Flinders Ranges National Park
IUCN Category II (National Park)
Nearest town/city:	Hawker
Coordinates:	31°25′20″S, 138°42′18″E
Area:	912 km²
Managing authorities:	Department for Environment and Heritage
Official site:	Flinders Ranges National Park

Flinders Ranges is South Australia's largest mountain range and a national park, 384 km north of Adelaide. It stretches over 430 km from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna. Its most characteristic landmark is Wilpena Pound, a giant sickle-shaped formation which creates the effect of a remarkable natural amphitheatre covering nearly 80 square kilometres and contains the ranges highest peak, St Mary Peak, at 1170 metres. The World Conservation Union or International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN) is an international organization dedicated to natural resource conservation. ... Brecon Beacons National Park, Wales, UK A national park is a reserve of land, usually declared and owned by a national government, protected from most human development and pollution. ... Image File history File links Locator_Dot. ... Image File history File links Australia_Locator_Map. ... Hawker (31°53′ S 138°25′ E, altitude 315 m) is a town in the Flinders Ranges area of South Australia, 365 km north of Adelaide. ... The Department for Environment and Heritage is a department of the Government of South Australia (not to be confused with the similarly named Department of the Environment and Heritage). ... Emblems: Hairy Nosed Wombat (faunal); Leafy Seadragon (marine); Piping Shrike (bird: unofficial); Sturts Desert Pea (floral); Opal (gemstone) Motto: United for the Common Wealth Slogan or Nickname: Festival State Other Australian states and territories Capital Adelaide Government Const. ... The Himalaya as seen from the International Space Station A mountain range is a group of mountains bordered by lowlands or separated from other mountain ranges by passes or rivers. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ... Port Pirie is a city located in South Australia, Australia with a population of 15,200. ... Lake Callabonna from space Lake Callabonna is a dry salt lake with little to no vegetation in Southern Australia. ... Aerial photo of the pound Inside the pound Inside the pound Wilpena Pound, located 429 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, lies in the heart of the northern Flinders Ranges and is a remarkable natural amphitheatre covering nearly 80 square kilometres. ... Using a sickle A sickle is a curved, hand-held agricultural tool typically used for harvesting grain crops before the advent of modern harvesting machinery. ... // The name amphitheatre (alternatively amphitheater) is given to a public building of the Classical period (being particularly associated with ancient Rome) which was used for spectator sports, games and displays. ...

Geology

Formation of the Flinders Ranges began 800 million years ago with development of the Adelaide Geosyncline due to stretching of the earth’s crust. The sea covered the land for next 300 million years, depositing rock debris in the depression formed. These rocks were compressed and uplifted to form a mountain chain much higher than the present formations. The softer slates and shales were gradually eroded leaving quartzite and hard sandstone peaks. Ediacara Hills in the northern Flinders Ranges was the site of discovery in 1946 of some of the oldest fossils evidence of animal life. In 2004 a new geological period, the Ediacaran Period was formed to mark the appearance of Ediacara biota. The Adelaide Geosyncline is a major geological province in central South Australia. ... Slate Slate is a fine-grained, homogeneous, metamorphic rock derived from an original sedimentary rock composed of clay or volcanic ash through low grade regional metamorphism. ... Shale Shale is a fine-grained sedimentary rock whose original constituents were clays or muds. ... Quartzite Quartzite is a hard, metamorphic rock which was originally sandstone. ... Red sandstone interior of Lower Antelope Canyon, Arizona, worn smooth due to erosion by flash flooding over millions of years Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-size mineral or rock grains. ... Ediacara Hills is a hill range in the northern Flinders Ranges of South Australia, around 650km north of Adelaide. ... The Ediacaran Period is the last geological period of the Neoproterozoic Era, just before the Cambrian. ...

Flora and Fauna

The flora of the Flinders Ranges is comprised largely of species adapted to a semi arid environment such as cypress pine, mallee, and black oak. Moister areas near Wilpena Pound support grevilleas, Guinea flowers, lilies and ferns. Reeds and sedges grow near permanent water sources such as springs and waterholes.

Since the removal of dingos and the establishment of permanent waterholes for stock, the numbers of red kangaroos, western grey kangaroos and euros in the Flinders Ranges have increased. The yellow-footed rock wallaby, which neared extinction after the arrival of Europeans due to hunting and predation by foxes, has now stabilized. Other marsupials include dunnarts, planigales and echidnas. Insectivorous bats make up significant proportion of mammals in the area. There are a large number of bird species including parrots, galahs, emus, the wedge-tailed eagle and small numbers of water birds. Reptiles include goannas, snakes, dragon lizards, skinks and geckos. The streambank froglet is an endemic amphibian. Trinomial name Canis lupus dingo (Meyer, 1793) Breed standards (external link) ANKC The dingo (plural dingoes or dingos), Canis lupus dingo, is a type of wild dog, probably descended from the Indian Wolf (Canis lupus pallipes). ... Binomial name Macropus rufus Desmarest, 1822 The Red Kangaroo (Macropus rufus) is the largest of all kangaroos and the largest surviving marsupial. ... Binomial name Macropus fuliginosus Desmarest, 1817 The Western Grey Kangaroo (Macropus fuliginosis) is a large and very common macropod, found across almost the entire southern part of Australia, from just south of Shark Bay to coastal South Australia, western Victoria, and the entire Murray-Darling Basin in New South Wales... Species Macropus robustus Macropus bernardus Macropus antilopinus A Wallaroo is any of three closely related species of moderately large macropod, intermediate in size between the kangaroos and the wallabies, but it is not a cross between the two. ... Dunnarts are furry narrow-footed marsupials the size of a mouse. ... Species Genus Tachyglossus    T. aculeatus Genus Zaglossus    Z. attenboroughi    Z. bruijnii    Z. bartoni    Z. hacketti(extinct)    Z. robustus(extinct) Echidnas, sometimes also referred to as spiny anteaters, are the only surviving monotremes apart from the Platypus. ... Suborders Megachiroptera Microchiroptera See text for families. ... Families Cacatuidae Psittacidae Parrots or Psittacines (order Psittaciformes) includes about 353 species of bird which are generally grouped into two families: the Cacatuidae or cockatoos, and the Psittacidae or true parrots. ... Binomial name Eolophus roseicapilla Vieillot, 1817 Galah range (in red) The Galah, Eolophus roseicapilla, (IPA: ) is one of the most common and widespread cockatoos. ... Binomial name Dromaius novaehollandiae (Latham, 1790) Synonyms Dromiceius novaehollandiae The Emu (IPA pronunciation: ), Dromaius novaehollandiae, is the largest bird native to Australia and the only extant member of the genus Dromaius. ... Binomial name Aquila audax (Latham, 1802) The Wedge-tailed Eagle or Arrawa (Aquila audax) is a very large Australasian raptor and the most common of all the worlds large eagles. ... Species See text. ... For other uses, see Snake (disambiguation). ... Species Pogona barbata Pogona henrylawsoni Pogona microlepidota Pogona minima Pogona minor Pogona mitchelli Pogona nullarbor Pogona vitticeps Bearded Dragon is the common name for any agamid lizard in the genus Pogona. ... Genera many—see text Skinks are the most diverse group of lizards. ... Subfamilies Aeluroscalabotinae Eublepharinae Gekkoninae Teratoscincinae Diplodactylinae Geckos are small to moderately large lizards belonging to the family Gekkonidae which are found in warm climates throughout the world. ... Species See text Crinia is a genus of frog, native to Australia, and part of the family Myobatrachidae. ... Subclasses and Orders Order Temnospondyli - extinct Subclass Lepospondyli - extinct Subclass Lissamphibia   Anura   Caudata   Gymnophiona Amphibians (class Amphibia; from Greek αμφις both and βιος life) are a taxon of animals that include all tetrapods and four-legged vertebrates that do not have amniotic eggs, are ectotherms, and generally spend part of their time...

Human History

Lookout from Devil’s Peak. It shows results of the rock layers were squeezed and folded into a long mountain chain.

The first humans to inhabit the Flinders Ranges were the Adnyamathana people (meaning ‘hill people’ or ‘rock people’) whose descendants still reside in the area. Cave paintings, rock engravings and other artifacts indicate that the Adnyamathana people have lived in the Flinders Ranges for tens of thousands of years. Image File history File links Devil's-Peak1. ... Image File history File links Devil's-Peak1. ...

The first European explorers to the region were an exploration party from Matthew Flinders seagoing visit to upper, Spencer Gulf aboard The Investigator. They climbed Mount Brown in March 1802. In the winter of 1839 Edward John Eyre, together with a group of five men, two drays and ten horses, further explored the region. They set out from Adelaide on 1 May 1839. The party set up a depot near Mt. Arden, and from there explored the surrounding region and upper Spencer Gulf, before heading eastward to the Murray River and returning to Adelaide.^[1] Captain Matthew Flinders. ... Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia, in the state of South Australia, facing the Great Australian Bight. ... --69. ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Edward John Eyre (5 August 1815 - 30 November 1901). ... Edward John Eyres two expeditions of 1839 to the interior of South Australia were his first expeditions as an explorer, if one discounts the two earlier trips he made down the Murray River to Adelaide, herding cattle and then sheep. ... May 1 is the 121st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (122nd in leap years). ... 1839 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The Murray River, or River Murray, is Australias second-longest river in its own right (the longest being its tributary the Darling). ...

There are records of squatters in the Quorn district as early as 1845, and the first pastoral leases were granted in 1851. William Pinkerton is credited as being the first european to find a route through the Flinders Ranges via Pichi Richi Pass. In 1853 he drove 7,000 sheep along the eastern plains of the range to where Quorn would be built 25 years later (Pinkerton Creek runs through the Ouorn township). Quorn (32° 20′ S, 138° 02′ E, pop ~1400) is a township and railhead in the Flinders Ranges in the north of South Australia, 39 km northeast of Port Augusta. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... 1853 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

In 1851 Wilpena, Arkaba and Aroona were established as sheep stations, and within a few years other runs were marked out through the hills and along the adjoining eastern and western slopes. 1851 (MDCCCLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Friday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...

During the late 1870's the push to open agriculture land, for wheat growing north of the Goyder's Line had met with unusual success, with good rainfall and crops in the Flinders Ranges. This, along with the copper mining lobby (copper was mined in the Hawker-Flinders Ranges area in the late 1850's and transported overland by bullock dray), induced the government to build narrow gauge railway line north of Port Augusta through Pichi Richi Pass, Quorn, Hawker and along the west of the ranges, eventually to Marree. (It was intended to service the agricultural and pastoral industries in the region). A map showing the location of Goyders Line An original map of Goyders Line Goyders Line is an imaginary line across South Australia indicating the edge of the area suitable for agriculture. ... Hawker (31°53′ S 138°25′ E, altitude 315 m) is a town in the Flinders Ranges area of South Australia, 365 km north of Adelaide. ... Marree ( 29°38′ S 138°03′ E) is a small town located in the north of South Australia. ...

The rainfall returned to a normal pattern for the region, causing many of the agricultural farms to collapse. You can still see adandoned homes dotted around the arid landscape. Wilpena station, thanks to the unusual geography there, is now the only location north of Goyder's Line to be able to sustain any crops - although it has now been left to the wild and is only a tourist location.

Mining exploration, continued in the region (but coal mining at Leigh Creek and barytes at Oraparinna were the only long term successes), the pastoral industry with sheep and cattle flourished, and the rail line became of major importance in opening up and servicing sheep and cattle stations along the route to Alice Springs. Leigh Creek (30°35′ S 138°24′ E) is a coal-mining town in the north of South Australia. ... Alice Springs CBD, NT Alice Springs is a town in the Northern Territory of Australia located at . ...

Hawker townsite was surveyed at a bend in the railway line where the train line left the main road to Blinman, and named in 1880 after South Australian politician and pastoralist, George Charles Hawker. Blinman main street Blinman (31°05′S 138°40′E) is a town deep in the Flinders Ranges in South Australia. ...

Quorn was surveyed by Godfrey Walsh and proclaimed a town on 16 May 1878. The township covered an area of 1.72 km² and was laid out in squares in a manner similar to the state's capital city, Adelaide. Governor Jervois bestowed the name 'Quorn'. His private secretary at the time had come from the Parish of Quorndon (which had one of the most famous hunting packs in England). May 16 is the 136th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (137th in leap years). ... 1878 (MDCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Quorn logo. ...

Trivia

• Parachilna railway station (now disused) is one of the set location for the Australian feature film, Rabbit Proof Fence.
• Just north of Leigh Creek is the starting point of the famous Birdsville Track which crosses the harsh Australian desert into Queensland

The Flinders Ranges as seen from the Stuart Highway. Location of Parachilna in South Australia (red) Parachilna () was once a town in South Australia. ... Map of the actual Rabbit proof fence showing the trip from Moore River to Jigalong Rabbit-Proof Fence is an Australian film based on the book Follow The Rabbit Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington Garimara. ... Birdsville is a small town located in Central West Queensland, Australia. ... Emblems: Faunal - Koala (Phascolarctos cinereus); Floral - Cooktown orchid (Dendrobium bigibbum); Bird - Brolga (Grus rubicunda); Aquatic - Barrier Reef Anemonefish (Amphiprion akindynos); Gem - Sapphire; Colour - Maroon Motto: Audax at Fidelis (Bold but Faithful) Slogan or Nickname: Sunshine State, Smart State Other Australian states and territories Capital Brisbane Government Const. ... Flinders_Ranges_South_Australia. ... The Stuart Highway (National A87 in SA and National 87 in NT) is one of Australias major roadways. ...

Flinders Ranges from space. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1031x1024, 234 KB) Summary Flinders Ranges from space. ...

References

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See also

• Wilpena Pound
• Protected areas of South Australia
• Ediacara
• Arkaroola
• Gammon Ranges
• Mawson Plateau

Protected areas of South Australia

National Parks: Belair | Canunda | Coffin Bay | Coorong | Flinders Chase | Flinders Ranges | Gawler Ranges | Innes | Lake Eyre | Lake Gairdner | Lake Torrens | Lincoln | Mount Remarkable | Murray River | Naracoorte Caves | Nullarbor | Onkaparinga River | Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges | Witjira Conservation Parks: Acraman Creek | Bascombe Well | Billiatt | Black Hill | Cape Gantheaume | Cleland | Cox Scrub | Danggali | Deep Creek | Fairview | Kelly Hill | Hacks Lagoon | Hambidge | Hincks | Lake Gilles | Marino | Monarto | Morialta | Naracoorte Caves | Ngarkat group | Pinkawillinie | Scott Creek | Seal Bay | Simpson Desert | Spring Gully | Talisker | Tantanoola Caves | Telowie Gorge | Unnamed Aerial photo of the pound Inside the pound Inside the pound Wilpena Pound, located 429 kilometres north of Adelaide, South Australia, lies in the heart of the northern Flinders Ranges and is a remarkable natural amphitheatre covering nearly 80 square kilometres. ... South Australia contains 324 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 216,310 km² (21. ... The Ediacaran period is the last geologic period of the Neoproterozoic age, just before the Cambrian. ... Arkaroola Village (30°18′S 139°20′E) is the settlement and resort at the hub of a wilderness sanctuary in the Northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia, adjacent to Gammon Ranges National Park. ... Bunyip Chasm The Gammon Ranges are part of the northern Flinders Ranges, immediately southwest of and adjacent to Arkaroola Sanctuary. ... Typical Mawson Plateau terrain; rolling hills, with sparse vegetation interspersed with numerous eroded granite boulders. ... South Australia contains 324 separate Protected Areas with a total land area of 216,310 km² (21. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_South_Australia. ... Belair is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 16 km south of Adelaide. ... Canunda is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 350 km southeast of Adelaide. ... Coffin Bay is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 301 km west of Adelaide. ... Coorong is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 156 km southeast of Adelaide. ... Flinders Chase is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 213 km southwest of Adelaide. ... Gawler Ranges is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 350km north-west of Adelaide. ... Innes is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 160 km west of Adelaide. ... Lake Eyre National Park is located in South Australia (Australia), 697 km north of Adelaide. ... Lake Gairdner is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 436 km northwest of Adelaide. ... Lake Torrens National Park in South Australia (Australia), is located 431 km north of Adelaide. ... Lincoln is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 249 km west of Adelaide. ... Mount Remarkable is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 238 km north of Adelaide. ... Murray River is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 186 km east of Adelaide. ... Naracoorte Caves is a national park in South Australia (Australia). ... Nullarbor is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 887 km west of Adelaide. ... Onkaparinga River National Park is in South Australia (Australia), 32 km south of Adelaide also incorporates the Onkaparinga River Recreation Park. ... Vulkathunha-Gammon Ranges National Park in South Australia (Australia) lies approximately 750 km to the north of Adelaide and 110 km east of Leigh Creek. ... Witjira is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 987 km north of Adelaide. ... Acraman Creek estuary Acraman Creek Conservation Park is located on the northern side of Streaky Bay on the western side of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, about half way between Ceduna and Streaky Bay townships. ... Billiatt Conservartion Park is situated in Australia midway between Alawoona and Lameroo, approximately 200 km east of Adelaide. ... Black Hill Conservation Park is a public reserve approximately 10 km northeast of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia, Australia. ... Cape Gantheaume Conservation Park is located on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. ... Cleland Conservation Park is a conservation park in the Adelaide Hills, South Australia. ... Deep Creek Conservation Park is 45 square kilometres of natural Australian bush land located at the southern end of Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia, 11 km east of Cape Jervis. ... Fairview Conservation Park (36. ... Kelly Hill Conservation Park is located on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. ... Bool Lagoon is a game reserve in the Limestone Coast region of South Australia, about 20 km south of Naracoorte, near Wrattonbully. ... Marino Conservation Park is located in the Adelaide suburb of Marino. ... Morialta Conservation Park is a public reserve 10 km northeast of Adelaide, in the state of South Australia, Australia. ... Naracoorte Caves is a national park in South Australia (Australia). ... Ngarkat Conservation Park is situated in South Australias south-eastern corner. ... Scott Creek Conservation Park Scott Creek Conservation Park is pretty small for a conservation park but it also has a lot of stuff in its relatively small area. ... Seal Bay Conservation Park is located on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. ... Simpson Desert Regional Reserve is located in South Australia, 957 km north of Port Augusta. ... Red Stringybark woodland in Spring Gully CP View to the west from Spring Gully CP Spring Gully Conservation Park is a conservation park in the hills to the west of the Clare Valley in South Australia. ... Talisker Conservation park is located on the South-Western area of the Fleurieu Peninsula, South Australia. ... Unnamed Conservation Park is a reserve in South Australia (Australia) in the southern Great Victoria Desert and northern Nullarbor Plains, close to Maralinga and 450 km northwest of Ceduna. ... Wilderness Protection Areas: Cape Bouguer | Cape Gantheaume | Cape Torrens | Ravine des Casoars | Western River Cape Gantheaume Wilderness Protection Area is located on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. ... Ravine des Casoars Wilderness Protection Area is located on Kangaroo Island, South Australia. ... Regional Reserves: Chowilla | Innamincka | Lake Frome | Nullarbor | Simpson Desert | Strzelecki | Yellabinna Nullarbor Regional Reserve is located in, South Australia, 300 km west of Ceduna. ... Simpson Desert Regional Reserve is located in South Australia. ... Strzelecki Regional Reserve is located in South Australia, 493 km north-east of Port Augusta. ... Recreation Parks: Brownhill Creek | Onkaparinga River | Shepherds Hill | Sturt Gorge | Onkaparinga Gorge Onkaparinga River National Park is in South Australia (Australia), 32 km south of Adelaide also incorporates the Onkaparinga River Recreation park. ... Conservation Reserves: Chadinga | Naracoorte Caves Chadinga Conservation Reserve is located in the Chadinga Dunes on the western side of Lake MacDonnell. ... Naracoorte Caves is a national park in South Australia (Australia). ... Game Reserves: Bool Lagoon Bool Lagoon is a wetland of international importance. ...

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