Ngarkat Conservation Park. The landscapes are mainly sandy heath lands or Mallee scrub or a mix of both as here near Pertendi Hut site. : 無料・フリー素材/写真
Ngarkat Conservation Park. The landscapes are mainly sandy heath lands or Mallee scrub or a mix of both as here near Pertendi Hut site. / denisbin
| ライセンス | クリエイティブ・コモンズ 表示-改変禁止 2.1 |
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| 説明 | The Undeveloped Murray Mallee – Ngarkat Conservation Park. Stops at the border. Not all of the Murray Mallee lands were developed. The Ngarkat Aboriginal people roamed these lands before the pastoralists arrived. The Ngarkat people were attacked and murdered by the River Murray Aborigines during the 1840 to 1850 period and the Ngarkat were almost exterminated. Some of their women were taken as wives for the Riverland people. The closest links of the Ngarkat people were with the Ngarkat Aboriginal people in Victoria around Lake Hindmarsh. Evidence of their existence can be found in many of the sand dunes of the Ngarkat Park and around the two water soaks where stone scrapers and chipped stone flakes can be found – Peebinga and Scorpion Springs( 34 kms south of Pinnaroo). They were an extremely small group and little is known about them. The vegetation of Ngarkat Conservation Park varies according to the soil - from sand hills, clay flats and undulating sandy loam heathlands. In general terms Mallee eucalypts (several species) dominate the sand dunes, the sandy undulating country is dominated by heath vegetation (banksia, tea tree, swamp oak, and native pine etc) whilst the clay pans are dominated by dense scrub of Melaleuca and native broom. All provided a rich habitat for native animals from kangaroos, echidnas, dingoes, Dunnarts and various native mice, snakes and possums. Mallee fowl also inhabit some areas of the Park. Tracks lead into Victoria from Ngarkat Park.Because of the poor soil and lack of surface water most of the Ngarkat Park was left undisturbed by pastoralism settlement. Most of the Park is out of Hundreds. To the north of the Park are the Hundreds of Quirke (declared 1969) and Day (declared 1929). They were declared but never surveyed but there were some pastoral leases in these hundreds including around Scorpion Springs water soak in the 1930s but they were never successful. Scorpion Springs water soak is now part of Ngarkat Park. To the south of Ngarkat Park are the hundreds of Fisk (declared 1969), Shaugh (declared 1939) and McCallum (declared 1939) where pastoralists fared slightly better. Ngarkat Park abuts equally large conservation parks in Victoria which total around two million acres of natural vegetation. This area is the largest tract of uncleared land in SA. In spring the native flowers and plants are a blaze of colour. Ngarkat Conservation Park which covers over 270,000 hectares (400,000 acres) was gazetted in 1979 and has had other smaller parks like that of Scorpion Springs added to it. One of the few ruins in the northern end of the Park is Pertendi Hut which has been restored as a visitor facility. It was linked to a pastoral leasehold based on Scorpion Springs taken out in 1936. It has a fine mural of the flora and fauna of the park. From here it is just 22 kms to the Victorian border via a very sand track. |
| 撮影日 | 2023-11-21 12:28:54 |
| 撮影者 | denisbin |
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| カメラ | DSC-HX90V , SONY |
| 露出 | 0.001 sec (1/800) |
| 開放F値 | f/4.5 |