A. M. Hopewell Collection
Hergott/Marree Surrounds
Including:
Lake Harry, a date plantation located about 40km north east of Marree.
Lake Letty (old spelling, now Lake Lettie), a permanent waterhole in the Frome River approximately 11 miles north of Marree on Muloorina Station. The Frome River is a tributary of Lake Eyre North.
Callanna, the next railway station north from Marree on the old Ghan line. It is approximately 13km west of Marree on the Oodnadatta Track. A bore was sunk into the Great Artesian Basin and a dam built to provide water for the Northern Railway's steam trains. The dam was built in about 1886 in the Calanna Creek.
Hergott/Marree Surrounds
Including:
Lake Harry, a date plantation located about 40km north east of Marree.
Lake Letty (old spelling, now Lake Lettie), a permanent waterhole in the Frome River approximately 11 miles north of Marree on Muloorina Station. The Frome River is a tributary of Lake Eyre North.
Callanna, the next railway station north from Marree on the old Ghan line. It is approximately 13km west of Marree on the Oodnadatta Track. A bore was sunk into the Great Artesian Basin and a dam built to provide water for the Northern Railway's steam trains. The dam was built in about 1886 in the Calanna Creek.