Everything about Musgrave Ranges totally explained
Musgrave Ranges is a mountain range in
Central Australia, straddling the boundary of
South Australia and the
Northern Territory, extending into
Western Australia. It is between the
Great Victoria Desert to the south and the
Gibson Desert to the north. They have a length of 210 kilometres and many peaks that have a height of more than 1100 metres, the highest being
Mount Woodroffe at 1,435 m.
The landform is named for Sir
Anthony Musgrave, a colonial governor of South Australia and
Queensland.
Inhabitants
They were inhabited by the
Pitjantjatjara Aborigines and discovered by English explorer
William C. Gosse and named after
Anthony Musgrave, then
Governor of South Australia. In an historic decision freehold title to the South Australian portion of the Musgrave Ranges was granted to the Pitjantjatjara people by virtue of the
Pitjantjatjara Land Rights Act 1980. Since that time however, the remote and relatively inhospitable nature of the area has moved many of the young traditional owners to relocate to such urban centres as
Port Augusta and
Whyalla.
Mineral Exploration
In order to combat substance abuse and poverty due to unemployment, the Pitjantjatjara Elders seek to develop employment and opportunity within the Pitjantjatjara Lands.
Mineral exploration companies in particular have been keen to discuss possible business alliances with the Pitjantjatjara people because in addition to being a highly prospective region (
platinum group elements,
gold,
uranium,
copper,
silver, possibly
oil), the region represents the largest freehold Aboriginal province in Australia and has had no modern
mineral exploration techniques applied since the Land Rights Act of 1980.
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