Lake Cadibarrawirracanna
| Lake Cadibarrawirracanna | ||
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| Geographical location | Australia , South Australia | |
| Tributaries | Balta Baltana Creek, Engenina Creek, Giddi Giddinna Creek, Oolgelima Creek | |
| Drain | drainless ( evaporation ) | |
| Location close to the shore | Coober Pedy , William Creek | |
| Data | ||
| Coordinates | 28 ° 50 ′ S , 135 ° 26 ′ E | |
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| surface | 300 km² | |
| length | 30 km | |
| width | 17 km | |
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The Lake Cadibarrawirracanna is a salt lake in the Australian state of South Australia .
location
The salt lake is a maximum of 30 kilometers long and 17 kilometers wide in the northeast of the Woomera Prohibited Area , around 60 kilometers east of Coober Pedy , through which the Stuart Highway runs, and 70 kilometers west of William Creek .
Surname
The name Cadibarrawirracanna means "dancing stars on the water". The nineteen letters of the name are the longest place name in Australia.
song
With the long name of the lake there is the song Carra Barra Wirra Canna, recorded by the Australian singer Rolf Harris :
There's a lake in South Australia, Little lake with lovely name
And the story woven round it From the picaninnies came
Every night the native mothers Croon this lovely lullaby
Croon across the moonlit waters, to the star up in the sky
CHORUS:
Carra Barra Wirra Canna , Little star upon the lake
Guide me through the hours of darkness, Keep me safely till I wake.
Piccaninnies' heads are nodding, Drowsy crooning fills the air
Little eyes at last are closing, And the boat of dreams is there
Guide my boat across the waters, Cross the waters still and deep
Light me with your little candle, Safely to the land of sleep.
CHORUS
Web links
- The song Carra Barra Wirra Canna on YouTube , sung by Rolf Harris, accessed on January 7, 2014