Trephina Gorge is a gorge in the
Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (commonly abbreviated as NT; formally the Northern Territory of Australia) is an Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia. The Northern Territory shares its borders with Western Au ...
of
Australia located in the locality of
Hart in the East
MacDonnell Ranges
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about east of
Alice Springs
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.
The gorge is named after the Trephina Creek which is believed to be named after Tryphina Benstead (née Rains) who was the wife of William (Bill) Benstead, the manager of Undoolya Station from 1877 onwards and the first licensee of the
Stuart Arms Hotel in Alice Springs.
Prior to August 1965, all of the gorge was located within
The Garden pastoral lease. On 12 August 1965, land associated with part of the gorge was excised from the pastoral lease and gazetted as the "Trephina Gorge Scenic Reserve". This land was renamed in 1978 as the "
Trephina Gorge Nature Park". On 17 September 2008, the title of this land was transferred to the
Atnerrperrke Aboriginal Land Trust to be held on trust for its
traditional owners
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. The land was subsequently leased to the Northern Territory government for 99 years to continue its use as the Trephina Gorge Nature Park.
Grey-headed honeyeater
The grey-headed honeyeater (''Ptilotula keartlandi'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is endemic to Australia.
Nomenclature, taxonomy and evolutionary history
First described as ''Ptilotis keartlandi'' in 1895 by Austral ...
at the gorge
Painted Finch at Trephina Gorge Nature Park Northern Territory Australia.jpg, Painted finch
The painted finch (''Emblema pictum'') is a common species of estrildid finch found in Australia. The painted finch acquired its name due to the red and white spotted and mottled underparts of both males and females. The binomial comes from embl ...
at the gorge
See also
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The Skinny Dip
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References
Canyons and gorges in the Northern Territory
Nature parks of the Northern Territory
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