Aerial views of Central Australia |
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Title : | Aerial views of Central Australia |
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Creator : | Madigan, C. T. (Cecil Thomas), 1889-1947 | ||
Source : | The Simpson Desert and its borders | ||
Place Of Creation : | Sydney | ||
Publisher : | Royal Society of New South Wales | ||
Date of creation : | 1929 | ||
Format : | Pamphlet | ||
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The upper photograph shows the western side of the Todd River and the sand ridges of the Simpson Desert. This was taken from 3,800 feet. The lower photograph shows the flat topped hills of the desert north of the Finke River, from 1000 feet. Together these photographs reveal some of the diversity of the features of the central Australian landscape. 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. The aerial survey did however provide 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 |
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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