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    The Finke River, or Larapinta in the Indigenous Arrernte language, is a river in central Australia, whose bed courses through the Northern Territory and...
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    Australia, 125 kilometres (78 mi); west southwest of Alice Springs, on the Finke River, in the traditional lands of the Western Arrarnta people. Established...
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    about 229km each way, the Finke Desert Race travels through many properties on its way to end up crossing the Finke River just north of Aputula. The...
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    to walk along the marked paths to avoid destroying the seedlings. The Finke River is claimed to be one of the oldest catchments in the world, with areas...
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  • The Finke River hardyhead (Craterocephalus centralis) is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is endemic to the Finke River system in the Northern...
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  • Highway, near the border with South Australia. The Finke River (named after German prospector William Finke), which is dry for most of the year except during...
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    Palm Valley, within the Finke Gorge National Park, is an east-west running valley in the Krichauff Range 123 km (138 km by road) southwest of Alice Springs...
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    Oodnadatta to Alice Springs Washouts 1940 – February Finke Finke River floods 1941 – March Finke River crossing closed 1944 – February Severe flooding 1946...
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  • Finke may refer to: Finke, Northern Territory, a community in central Australia now known as Aputula Finke bioregion, Northern Territory Finke River, central...
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    climbing out of the Finke River depression after track was laid on the river bed as a cheap solution. Proceeding through the Finke River was possible with...
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    of the border to South Australia, in Witjira National Park, into the Finke River. Winnecke Depot Creek - 669 m Tug Creek - 583 m Florence Creek - 560...
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    March 2017). "Finke River Mission - Glossary Term - Northern Territory". Find & Connect. Retrieved 8 November 2022. "About". Finke River Mission. 29 October...
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    Creek, Finke River, Georgina River and Diamantina River are the four main rivers of the basin. Other desert rivers include the Hale River, Plenty River and...
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    boarding school catering for around 200 Aboriginal students run by the Finke River Mission. It has another campus in Kintore (Walungurru), which has four...
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    home to Western Arrernte, Pintupi and Pitjantjatjara people. The term "Finke River Mission" was initially an alternative name for the Hermannsburg Mission...
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    Hermannsburg Mission. Anna Kenny has noted that the people of the Upper Finke River prefer their language to be known as Western Aranda. This dialect has...
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    Glen Helen Gorge is a gorge on the Finke River, located 132 kilometres (82 mi) west of Alice Springs in the Northern Territory of Australia. It lies within...
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    Eucalyptus sessilis, commonly known as Finke River mallee, red bud mallee or river mallee, is a species of mallee that is native to the Northern Territory...
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  • locality in the Shire of Collie Palmer River (Northern Territory), a tributary of the Finke River Palmer River, Queensland Palmer, Ontario, Canada, a...
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    other times on the plain below, in the West MacDonnell National Park. Finke River Simpsons Gap Standley Chasm Ellery Creek Bighole Serpentine Gorge Ochre...
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    that they were: At Mount Gosse, Mount Zeil, and Mount Heughlin; on the Finke River to Idracowra, Blood Creek, Macumba, Mount Dare, and Andado, and some...
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    series of river systems in the Territory. These rivers include: the Alligator Rivers, Daly River, Finke River, McArthur River, Roper River, Todd River and Victoria...
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    more temperate microclimate above the river. Defined as long and narrow forest vegetation associated with rivers, gallery forests are structurally and...
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    and noticeably in central Australia after the floods of 1974 along the Finke River in the Northern Territory. Since then it has become a serious weed and...
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  • tributary of the Finke River Palmer River (Queensland), in Australia Palmer River (Bécancour River tributary), a tributary of Bécancour River, in Chaudières-Appalaches...
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  • William Finke (1814 or 1815 – 17 January 1864) was chief clerk to the first treasurer of the province of South Australia who arrived in the first fleet...
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    above sea level in some parts. It is home to Uluru, Kata Tjuta, the Finke River, the Victorian Desert, the Great Sandy Desert and the Gibson Desert....
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    and that their horses were getting very weak, a return was made to the Finke River and then to Charlotte Waters and Adelaide, where Giles arrived in January...
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    Rivers and creeks, which are sparse and generally ephemeral, in the Australian desert include: Darling River Alberga River Finke River Georgina River...
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    20th century. There was a large trade in marsupial mole skins in the Finke River region between 1900 and 1920. Large numbers of aborigines arrived at...
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