Gawler Ranges

The Gawler Ranges are a range of mountains in South Australia to the north of Eyre Peninsula. The Eyre Highway skirts the south of the ranges. The ranges were named by Edward John Eyre after the Governor of South Australia, George Gawler in 1839. This was on one of Eyre's earlier expeditions before his famous crossing of the Nullarbor Plain further west.

The Gawler craton is a craton rich in mineral resources, although many are only recently discovered and not yet fully exploited.

The Gawler Ranges National Park and Gawler Ranges Conservation Reserve are in the ranges north of Wudinna.

References

  • Anon. (1973). The Gawler Ranges. Report on a suvey by the Nature Conservation Society of South Australia. NCSSA: Adelaide.
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