Marree (other)
Marree may refer to the following : *Marree, South Australia, a town and locality * Marree Aboriginal School - refer List of schools in South Australia * Marree Airport - refer List of airports by IATA code: R *Marree Man, a geoglyph near Marree, South Australia *Marree Mosque, a mosque in Marree, South Australia *Marree railway line *Marree railway station, a closed railway station *Marree Subgroup The Marree Subgroup, previously described as Maree Formation and Marree Formation, is a geological subgroup in the Eromanga Basin of South Australia whose strata date back to the Aptian. The subgroup was first described as a formation by Forbes i ...

Marree, South Australia
Marree ( , formerly Hergott Springs) is a small town located in the north of South Australia. It is located north of Adelaide at the junction of the Oodnadatta Track and the Birdsville Track, above sea level. Marree is an important service centre for the large sheep and cattle stations in north-east South Australia as well as a stopover destination for tourists travelling along the Birdsville or Oodnadatta Tracks. The area is the home of the Dieri Aboriginal people. The major areas of employment are mining, agriculture and accommodation services. The town was home to Australia's first mosque, which was made of mud brick and built by the Afghan cameleers employed at Marree's inception. At the turn of the 20th century the town was divided in two, with Europeans on one side and Afghans and Aboriginals on the other. History and etymology The first European to explore the area was Edward John Eyre, who passed through in 1840. In 1859, explorer John McDouall Stuart visited the a ...
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Marree Aboriginal School
Marree may refer to the following : *Marree, South Australia, a town and locality * Marree Aboriginal School - refer List of schools in South Australia * Marree Airport - refer List of airports by IATA code: R *Marree Man, a geoglyph near Marree, South Australia *Marree Mosque, a mosque in Marree, South Australia *Marree railway line *Marree railway station, a closed railway station *Marree Subgroup The Marree Subgroup, previously described as Maree Formation and Marree Formation, is a geological subgroup in the Eromanga Basin of South Australia whose strata date back to the Aptian. The subgroup was first described as a formation by Forbes i ...

List Of Schools In South Australia
This is a list of all schools, both open and closed, in South Australia: Government schools Aboriginal schools Anangu Schools are located in Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara, Maralinga Tjarutja and Yalata, South Australia, Yalata in the far west of South Australia where Aboriginal people refer to themselves as Anangu. Government primary schools Primary Schools (R–6) operated by the South Australian government. Prior to 2022 many of these were R–7, but in 2022, year 7 became part of high school and primary schools shifted to R–6. Government secondary and R–12 schools Secondary schools (7–12), operated by the South Australian government. From 2022, year 7 will be part of high school. Government special schools Defunct government schools Non-government schools Catholic primary schools Main articles: Catholic education in Australia and Roman Catholic Church in Australia Catholic secondary and R–12 schools Independent schools ...
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Marree Airport
Marree may refer to the following : *Marree, South Australia, a town and locality *Marree Aboriginal School - refer List of schools in South Australia * Marree Airport - refer List of airports by IATA code: R *Marree Man, a geoglyph near Marree, South Australia *Marree Mosque, a mosque in Marree, South Australia *Marree railway line *Marree railway station, a closed railway station *Marree Subgroup The Marree Subgroup, previously described as Maree Formation and Marree Formation, is a geological subgroup in the Eromanga Basin of South Australia whose strata date back to the Aptian. The subgroup was first described as a formation by Forbes i ...

Marree Man
The Marree Man is a modern geoglyph discovered in 1998 in Outback South Australia. It depicts an Aboriginal man hunting with a boomerang or stick. It lies on a plateau at Finniss Springs, west of the township of Marree in central South Australia, approximately 12 km north-west of Callanna. It is just outside the Woomera Prohibited Area. The figure is tall with a perimeter of , extending over an area of about . Discovered fortuitously by a charter pilot in an overflight on 26 June 1998, it is one of the largest geoglyphs in the world, arguably second to the Sajama Lines). Its origin remains a mystery: no one claimed responsibility for its creation and no eye-witness has been found, notwithstanding the scale of the operation required to form the outline on the plateau floor. The description "Stuart's Giant" was used in anonymous faxes sent to media as press releases in July 1998, in a reference to the explorer John McDouall Stuart. Shortly after its discovery, the ...
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Marree Mosque
The Marree Mosque is a former mosque located in , South Australia, Australia. History The mosque was completed in (some sources indicate as early as 1861), by members of the South Australian Afghan (Australia), Afghan community. These "Afghans" were generally Muslims from then-British India, although some came from Afghanistan and the Middle East. They worked as cameldrivers and breeders in the region. Figures indicate an approximation that 3,000 "Ghans" were involved in this type of work until it was overtaken by the car and train in the 1930s. The mosque was constructed by camel breeder Abdul Kadir, owner of Wangamanna Station. Another cameleer, Mullah Assim Khan, became imam of the Marree mosque in the early 20th century. The town had two mosques for some time, before the northern one was abandoned around 1910. Another report indicates that a mosque was deliberately demolished in 1956 by its elderly caretaker, Syed Goolamdeen, who could no longer maintain it. As of 2003, ...
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Marree Railway Line
The Marree railway line is located in the Australian state of South Australia. History As a result of the opening up of the Leigh Creek Coalfield in the late 1940s and capacity restrictions on the existing narrow gauge Central Australia Railway via the Flinders Ranges, Marree railway station, Marree and Quorn railway station, Quorn, a new standard gauge line was built, opening on 17 May 1956 from Stirling North on the outskirts of Port Augusta railway station, Port Augusta to Telford Cut and on 27 July 1957 to Marree. The line was extended to Marree railway station, Marree because of the volume of cattle traffic coming off the Birdsville Track. As well as freight trains, the new line was served by Commonwealth Railways CB class railcar, CB railcar services and ''The Ghan''. The CB class was pulled from service in 1976 by Australian National Railways (ANR), leaving the standard gauge Ghan and a mixed train as the only passenger rail services on the line. Following the opening ...
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Marree Railway Station
Marree railway station was located on the Central Australia Railway, and later the Marree railway line serving the small South Australian outback town of Marree. History Early history Marree station opened on 7 February 1884 at what was then known as Hergott Springs as the terminus of the Central Australia Railway when it was extended from Farina. The line was extended to Coward Springs on 1 February 1888. The town and railway station were renamed as Marree in 1917. In 1891, the line was extended north to Oodnadatta, ultimately reaching Alice Springs in 1929. Conversion to dual gauge On 27 July 1957, Marree became a dual-gauge junction station, when the extension of a heavy-duty standard gauge line was opened originally to convey coal from Telford Cut to Stirling North since the capacity of the flood-prone, lightly constructed narrow gauge line from Port Augusta was inadequate for tonnages required to serve the new Playford A Power Station near Port Augusta, though the ...
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