Innamincka Regional Reserve
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Innamincka Regional Reserve is located in South Australia
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The 1.3 million hectares reserve was created in 1988, in particular to protect its important wetlands.
It was in this area that the Burke and Wills expedition
started and finished.
Both the Innamincka/Cooper Creek State Heritage Area and the Coongie Lakes National Park fall within the reserve.
Unlike most such reserves, pastoral farming and petroleum exploration and extraction are allowed land uses.
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
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The 1.3 million hectares reserve was created in 1988, in particular to protect its important wetlands.
It was in this area that the Burke and Wills expedition
Burke and Wills expedition
In 1860–61, Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills led an expedition of 19 men with the intention of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 3,250 kilometres...
started and finished.
Both the Innamincka/Cooper Creek State Heritage Area and the Coongie Lakes National Park fall within the reserve.
Unlike most such reserves, pastoral farming and petroleum exploration and extraction are allowed land uses.