Innamincka

Innamincka
Pub, information center and general store
State :  Australia State : South Australia
Coordinates : 27 ° 44 ′  S , 140 ° 44 ′  E Coordinates: 27 ° 44 ′  S , 140 ° 44 ′  E Height : 56  m Area : 1.8  km²
Residents : 44 (2016) Population density : 24 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : ACST (UTC + 9: 30)
Innamincka

Aerial view of Innamincka

Crossing over Cooper Creek in the Strzelecki Desert

Innamincka is a small settlement in the northeast of the Australian state of South Australia . It is located 1065 kilometers northeast of Adelaide on the banks of Cooper Creek , within the Innamincka Regional Reserve and is surrounded by the Strzelecki Desert , Tirari Desert and Sturts Stony Desert . It can be reached from Lyndhurst via the Strzelecki Track .

history

Traditionally, this area is home to the Yandruwandha , Dieri and Yarrawarrka Aboriginal tribes . Charles Sturt was the first European to come to the area in 1845, followed by Augustus Gregory , Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills in 1858 . The latter died of exhaustion and lack of water on Cooper Creek; A memorial was erected in Innamincka in 1944 to commemorate her.

Innamincka was originally called Hopetown ; In 1890 it was appointed town. Although never very large, Innamincka owned a hotel, shop, and police station that also collected customs duties on cattle brought from Queensland to South Australia . In 1928 the Australian Inland Mission (as part of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia ) established a hospital, the Elizabeth Symon Nursing Home . As a result of a severe drought and because of its isolation, the hotel, hospital and police station were closed again in 1951 and the city abandoned.

Increased tourism and the discovery of gas and oil deposits led to the founding of Cooper Creek Hotel Motel Pty Ltd in the late 1960s , which initially opened a hotel and a shop. In 1994 the Elizabeth Symon Nursing Home was restored and now serves as the information center for the Innamincka Regional Reserve .

Web links

Commons : Innamincka, South Australia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Outback NSW
• Walkabout
• Aerial photos of Innamincka

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Innamincka ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved April 8, 2020.
2. ↑ About Innamincka at geodynamics.com.au, accessed December 25, 2013.
3. ↑ Innamincka and Cooper Creek ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at outbacknsw.com.au, accessed December 25, 2013.