Botanical Exploration in the Southern Flinders Rang, 

 South Australia (1800-1970) 



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Is moot ctipn 



I Ik: low inululaline. lulls ucai the 



small ii'wn oi Crystal Brook term the 

 approximate division between the 



Hinders Range and Mount Lofty 

 Range systems. Tbo Southern Fliu 



deis Range extends t furthei sJjhtj 



niilas no t th l<« the lulls about Onorn, 

 wheic many wel country plants are 

 replaced by those ot more arid com- 

 munities. 



Uolamcal esploiahon in Hie South 

 ern Hinders Range is dominated In 

 Iwo well known Injures- Baron Fer- 

 dinand von Mueller and Professor 

 Sir John B. Cleland) to whom we 



owe much of our ptcsenl knowledge 

 pi the legion's flora. 



Mthough no actual census has 

 ever been made of the native llora. 

 ihc total number of highei pi, mis 

 must he in the vicinity ol S00> Pot 

 details of the endemic plants found 

 ill these ranges ihti alteiilion of 

 leaders .s drawn 10 the June l l >7<) 

 issue ol Aumalhm Phuitw 



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Ihc many attractive gorges on the 

 western scarp of the range, notably 

 Nappcihy. Nclshahy. Telowie. Port 

 tierineiii, Mumhray Creek. Alhgatoi 

 and the Buekaringa and Warren 

 Gorges near Quoin are well vegetated 

 and mainlv free of despoliation by 

 man. I he picturesque llorroeks ami 

 I'ichi Richi Passes have been sadh 

 invudcd hy a large numher ot alien 



plants. 



There are no mountains over 

 4.0(111 it and I he highcs.1 and hest 

 known peaks are Mount Brown 

 3,186 It.. Mount Remarkable 3,146 fl., 

 Devil's Peak 2.2SS tt. and the Bluff 

 2.410 ft. 



Rocky Rivei ihc most imfloflM 

 stream tor the tegion. rises ,„ 

 VViiiahara f orest and Hows ftw. 

 wards until it joins the BlQtufai 

 River iust north of Mwr&on. \„ 

 other large stream Hie VVi)K»ehra 

 ( reek has its origins in the M U1I111 

 Remarkable Range. Hows p M $i ^ 

 town ol Melrose, then eoniimies pg 

 a uoiiheilv course, before entonn; 

 the southern end ot Lake Turrtm 

 deal Kalhool.i Othci smallei u.ii,.,. 

 courses worthy of mention ft 

 Bamou (reek. Waterfall Crest. 

 Mamluav Creek, Alligator Creek. ,»r,j 

 Spring ("reek. "The extensive Will 

 oehia Plam .mil smaller Beclaloo HA 

 lev are two important internw«nt;.in- 

 plains ol the Southern Filmier, 

 Rjuge 



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I he Wm.ib.ii.i forfait Reset ve ami 

 the Moiiitl Brown and Mount 

 Remarkable Forest Reser\es tK 

 imporiant forested areas under the 

 control of the South \usir,i|i;o 

 Wooils and Forest DcparinmiL 

 Regional Parks .ire localed .it Alli- 

 gator (iorge. Mambray Creek and 

 Mount Remai kahle. Beetaloo Rese: 

 voir siliiulett near the head ol fait 

 lOQ Valley and the Baiooia Rescrwir 

 arc the two largest catchment ,,r. . 

 m the Southern Flinders Range 



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 ( inlury 



Rohert Brown was the firsl baun- 

 ist to sample the flora of any part ol 

 the Hinders Ranges. On |u Match 

 1802. he and two companion- M 



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