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Musgrave Ranges is a mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 in Central Australia
Central Australia

Central Australia/Alice Springs Region is one of the five regions in the Northern Territory. The term Central Australia is used to describe an area centred on Alice Springs, Northern Territory in Australia....
, straddling the boundary of South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia 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....
 and the Northern Territory
Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
, extending into Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
. It is between the Great Victoria Desert
Great Victoria Desert

The Great Victoria Desert is a barren, arid, and sparsely populated desert ecoregion in southern Australia. It falls inside the states of South Australia and Western Australia and consists of many small sandhills, grasslands and salt lake s....
 to the south and the Gibson Desert
Gibson Desert

The Gibson Desert covers a large area in the state of Western Australia and is still largely in an almost "pristine" state. It is about 155,000 square kilometres in size, making it the 5th largest desert in Australia, after the Great Sandy, Great Victoria, Tanami and Simpson deserts....
 to the north. They have a length of and many peaks that have a height of more than , the highest being Mount Woodroffe
Mount Woodroffe

Mount Woodroffe is South Australia's highest peak, at 1,435 metres....
 at .

were inhabited by the Pitjantjatjara
Pitjantjatjara

Pitjantjatjara is the name of both an indigenous Australians people of the Central Australian desert, and their language . They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara language and Ngaanyatjarra language, they are also related to the Ghyeisyriieue and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible ....
 Aborigines and discovered by English explorer William C. Gosse
William Gosse

William Christie Gosse , explorer, was born in Hertfordshire, England and migrated to Australia with his father in 1850. In 1859 he entered the Government service of South Australia....
 and named after Anthony Musgrave
Anthony Musgrave

Sir Anthony Musgrave Order of St Michael and St George was a Secretary of State for the Colonies and governor. He was born at St John?s, Antigua, the third of 11 children of Anthony Musgrave and Mary Harris Sheriff....
, then Governor of South Australia.






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Musgrave Ranges is a mountain range
Mountain range

A mountain range is a chain of mountains bordered by highlands or separated from other mountains by mountain pass or valleys. Individual mountains within the same mountain range do not necessarily have the same geology, though they often do; they may be a mix of different orogeny, for example volcanoes, uplifted mountains or Fold mountains...
 in Central Australia
Central Australia

Central Australia/Alice Springs Region is one of the five regions in the Northern Territory. The term Central Australia is used to describe an area centred on Alice Springs, Northern Territory in Australia....
, straddling the boundary of South Australia
South Australia

South Australia is a States and territories of Australia 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....
 and the Northern Territory
Northern Territory

The Northern Territory is a federal states and territories of Australia of Australia, occupying much of the centre of the mainland continent, as well as the central northern regions....
, extending into Western Australia
Western Australia

Western Australia is a States and territories of Australia occupying the entire western third of the Australia . The nation's largest state and the second largest subnational entity in the world, it has 2.1 million inhabitants , 85% of whom live in the south-west corner of the state....
. It is between the Great Victoria Desert
Great Victoria Desert

The Great Victoria Desert is a barren, arid, and sparsely populated desert ecoregion in southern Australia. It falls inside the states of South Australia and Western Australia and consists of many small sandhills, grasslands and salt lake s....
 to the south and the Gibson Desert
Gibson Desert

The Gibson Desert covers a large area in the state of Western Australia and is still largely in an almost "pristine" state. It is about 155,000 square kilometres in size, making it the 5th largest desert in Australia, after the Great Sandy, Great Victoria, Tanami and Simpson deserts....
 to the north. They have a length of and many peaks that have a height of more than , the highest being Mount Woodroffe
Mount Woodroffe

Mount Woodroffe is South Australia's highest peak, at 1,435 metres....
 at .

Inhabitants

They were inhabited by the Pitjantjatjara
Pitjantjatjara

Pitjantjatjara is the name of both an indigenous Australians people of the Central Australian desert, and their language . They are closely related to the Yankunytjatjara language and Ngaanyatjarra language, they are also related to the Ghyeisyriieue and their languages are, to a large extent, mutually intelligible ....
 Aborigines and discovered by English explorer William C. Gosse
William Gosse

William Christie Gosse , explorer, was born in Hertfordshire, England and migrated to Australia with his father in 1850. In 1859 he entered the Government service of South Australia....
 and named after Anthony Musgrave
Anthony Musgrave

Sir Anthony Musgrave Order of St Michael and St George was a Secretary of State for the Colonies and governor. He was born at St John?s, Antigua, the third of 11 children of Anthony Musgrave and Mary Harris Sheriff....
, 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
Whyalla, South Australia

Whyalla is the third most populous city in South Australia after Adelaide and Mount Gambier, South Australia. It is a seaport located on the east coast of the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia....
.

Mineral exploration

In order to combat unemployment, the Pitjantjatjara Elders seek to develop employment and opportunity within the Pitjantjatjara Lands. Mineral
Mineral

A mineral is a naturally occurring solid formed through Geology processes that has a characteristic chemical composition, a highly ordered atomic structure, and specific physical properties....
 exploration
Exploration

Exploration is the act of searching or traveling a terrain for the purpose of discovery, e.g. of unknown people, including space , for Petroleum, gas, coal, ores, caves, water , or information....
 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
Platinum group

The platinum group metals sometimes collectively refers to six metallic chemical element clustered together in the periodic table.These elements are all transition metals, lying in the d-block ....
 elements, gold
Gold

Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and atomic number 79. It is a highly sought-after precious metal, having been used as money, as a store of value, in jewelry, in sculpture, and for ornamentation since the beginning of recorded history....
, uranium
Uranium

Uranium is a silvery-gray metallic chemical element in the actinide series of the periodic table that has the chemical symbol U and atomic number 92....
, copper
Copper

Copper is a chemical element with the symbol Cu and atomic number 29.It is a ductile metal with very high thermal and electrical conductivity....
, silver
Silver

Silver is a chemical element with the chemical symbol Ag and atomic number 47. A soft, white, lustrous transition metal, it has the highest electrical conductivity of any element and the highest thermal conductivity of any metal....
, possibly oil
Oil

An oil is a chemical substance that is in a viscosity liquid state at room temperature or slightly warmer, and is both hydrophobic and lipophilic ....
), the region represents the largest freehold Aboriginal province in Australia and has had no modern mineral exploration
Mineral exploration

Mineral exploration is the process undertaken by companies, partnerships or corporations in the endeavour of finding ore to mining. Mineral exploration is a much more intensive, organised and professional form of mineral prospecting and, though it frequently uses the services of prospecting, the process of mineral exploration on the whole is...
 techniques applied since the Land Rights Act of 1980.