26. Woma, Weelina water hole |
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| Title : | 26. Woma, Weelina water hole |
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| Creator : | Mountford, Charles P., photographer | ||
| Date of creation : | 1938 | ||
| Format : | Photograph | ||
| Dimensions : | 60 x 60 mm | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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| Description : |
Edwin Lowe pulling a woma snake from its hole near the Weelina water hole in the Simpson desert. The party came across the eight foot python on their return journey to Mount Dare Station, and despite his best attempts to resist capture, the woma was extricated and taken with them. Mountford claimed it for the Adelaide Museum, and named it Cecil in 'honour' of geologist Cecil T. Madigan. Madigan, a member of the Australasian Antarctic expedition from 1911-1914, was fascinated with the Simpson Desert, and the following year led the first scientific expedition there, crossing the desert in 25 days. |
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| Related names : | Lowe, Edwin |
| Coverage year : | 1938 |
| Place : | Simpson Desert |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Connell, Gordon. The mystery of Ludwig Leichhardt. Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 1980 Lamshed, Max. 'Monty' : the biography of C.P. Mountford, Adelaide : Rigby, 1972, pp. 56-60 Mountford, Charles P. 'Papers relating to the South Australian Government Expedition to search for the remains of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt', PRG 1218/9 Price, A. Grenfell. The Mystery of Leichhardt : the South Australian government expedition of 1938, South Australia : Royal Geographical Society, 1937-38 Roderick, Colin. Leichhardt, the dauntless explorer, North Ryde, N.S.W. : Angus & Robertson, 1988 Shephard, Mark. The Simpson Desert : natural history and human endeavour, Adelaide : Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) and Giles Publications, 1992 Torr, Geordie. Pythons of Australia : a natural history, Sydney : UNSW Press, 2000 |
| Internet links : | Australian Dictionary of Biography: Cecil T. Madigan National Museum of Australia. Leichhardt: the man, the mystery, the science, the history [symposium held in 2007] South Australian Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board - Woma python (Aspidites ramsayi) |
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