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Boolcoomatta Conservation Reserve
Boolcoomatta Reserve is a 630 km2 private protected area in eastern South Australia, 463 km north-east of Adelaide, South Australia, Adelaide and 100 km west of Broken Hill, New South Wales, Broken Hill. It is owned and managed by Bush Heritage Australia (BHA). History The land was used as a sheep station for 150 years, running a flock as large as 90,000 sheep. There are also relics of some small-scale copper mining on the property. The land was purchased by BHA in 2006 with assistance from the Australian Government and Nature Foundation SA. Landscape and vegetation Much of Boolcoomatta is flat, with undulating ranges and rocky outcrops in the western section of the property. The ranges support open Acacia woodland while the plains to the east support shrublands of chenopods, including Atriplex, saltbush, as well as tussock grassland. Usually dry creeks, with occasional waterholes, are lined with river red gums. The climate is arid, with an average annual ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olary, South Australia
__NOTOC__ Olary is a town and locality on the Barrier Highway in South Australia. It is situated near Olary Creek and is one of the easternmost settlements in South Australia. The name "Olary" was first given to a nearby well or waterhole by pastoralists Duffield, Harrold and Hurd. Description and history This small settlement was established in the late 1880s to service the highway and the railway which pass through here. ''O'Lary'' Post Office opened on 12 October 1886, was renamed ''Oolarie'' around 1888 and ''Olary'' around 1896. After the modernisation of transport which travelled between Adelaide and Broken Hill the village population declined. However it still has a hotel and general store to cater for the transient road and railway workers and travellers. The Flinders-Olary NatureLink includes the mountainous Flinders and Olary Ranges together with the connecting plains country to cover 6% of the South Australian state. In 2010 the historic Bimbowrie Cobb and Co c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |