Aerial views of the Mulligan and Simpson Desert |
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Title : | Aerial views of the Mulligan and Simpson Desert |
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Creator : | Madigan, C. T. (Cecil Thomas), 1889-1947 | ||
Source : | The Simpson Desert and its borders, plate 6 | ||
Place Of Creation : | Sydney | ||
Publisher : | Royal Society of New South Wales | ||
Date of creation : | 1929 | ||
Format : | Pamphlet | ||
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Description : |
Cecil Madigan conducted aerial surveys of Central Australia in 1929. The view of the Mulligan River, west of Birdsville is taken from 4000 feet, and reveals earlier channels of the river. The lower photograph shows the south-east margin of the Simpson Desert from 5000 feet. Goyder Lagoon is the dark mark at the top of the photograph. Madigan considered that this view was as near as it was possible to show Charles Sturt's route into the desert. This view shows the typical straggly sand dunes at the edge of the Simpson Desert. Madigan made a series of nine flights in Central Australia in 1929 with the loan of two Westland Wapiti aircraft and their crew from the Defence Department. During the flights two cameras made exposures every five minutes. The first flights were made over known territory to enable results of later flights to be assessed more accurately. Madigan's work revealed the uncompromising nature of the regions covered, where rivers petered out into the desert, however no new landforms were discovered. However, the aerial survey provided Madigan with the information he needed to undertake a scientific survey of the Simpson Desert from the ground in 1939. |
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Related names : | Madigan, C. T. (Cecil Thomas), 1889-1947 |
Coverage year : | 1929 |
Place : | Mulligan River |
Further reading : | Madigan, C. T. The Simpson Desert and its borders [Sydney: Royal Society of New South Wales, 1938] Royal Society of South Australia The Simpson Desert Expedition, 1939: scientific reports Adelaide: The Society, 1944-1948 Madigan, C. T. Crossing the dead heart Adelaide: Rigby, 1974 Shephard, Mark The Simpson Desert: natural history and human endeavour Adelaide: Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) and Giles Publications, 1992 |
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