Although the Period takes its name from the Ediacara Hills where geologist Reg Sprigg first discovered fossils of the eponymous biota in 1946, the type section is located in the bed of the Enorama Creek within Brachina Gorge in the Flinders Ranges of South Australia, at.

Elatina Fm diamictite below Ediacaran Global Boundary Stratotype Section and Point | GSSP site in the Flinders Ranges National Park | Flinders Ranges NP, South Australia.

The lower boundary GSSP of the Ediacaran is at the base of the cap carbonate ( Nuccaleena Formation ), immediately above the Elatina diamictite in the Enorama Creek section, Brachina Gorge, Flinders Ranges, South Australia.

This is controversial because an age of about 580 million years has been obtained in association with glacial rocks in Tasmania which some scientists tentatively correlate with those just beneath the Ediacaran rocks of the Flinders Ranges.

) of Royal Holloway, University of London who studied rock formations in Flinders Ranges in South Australia, formed from sediments dating to the Sturtian glaciation, which bear the unmistakable mark of turbulent oceans.

: Kanmare ( Boulia, Queensland ); Tulloun: ( Mount Isa, Queensland ); Andrenjinyi ( Pennefather River, Queensland ), Takkan ( Maryborough, Queensland ); Targan ( Brisbane, Queensland ); Kurreah ( Broken Hill, New South Wales ); Wawi ( Riverina, New South Wales ), Neitee & Yeutta ( Wilcannia, New South Wales ), Myndie ( Melbourne, Victoria ); Bunyip ( Western Victoria ); Arkaroo ( Flinders Ranges, South Australia ); Wogal ( Perth, Western Australia ); Wanamangura ( Laverton, Western Australia ); Kajura ( Carnarvon, Western Australia ); Numereji ( Kakadu, Northern Territory ).

Flinders Ranges National Park.

The Flinders Ranges are largely composed of folded and faulted sediments of the Adelaide Geosyncline.

The same formation forms many of the other high parts of the Flinders, including the high plateau of the Gammon Ranges and the Heysen Range.

The flora of the Flinders Ranges is composed largely of species adapted to a semi-arid environment such as cypress-pine, mallee, and black oak.

Since the eradication of dingos and the establishment of permanent waterholes for stock, the numbers of red kangaroos, western grey kangaroos and euros in the Flinders Ranges have increased.

Image: Flinders_Ranges_South_Australia_wide. jpg | The Flinders Ranges as seen from the Sturt Highway.

Image: NASA-Flinders-Ranges. JPG | Flinders Ranges from space.

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Discovered by Edward John Eyre in 1839, for the following twenty years it was believed that Lake Torrens was an enormous horseshoe-shaped saltpan encircling the northern Flinders Ranges and blocking any path to the interior.

It runs from Parachilna Gorge, in the Flinders Ranges via the Adelaide Hills to Cape Jervis on the Fleurieu Peninsula and is approximately in length.

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Strzelecki National Park is a national park on Flinders Island, Tasmania ( Australia ), 307 km north of Hobart.

The island has several nature reserves to protect the remnants of its natural vegetation and native animals, with the largest and best-known being Flinders Chase National Park at the western end.

* Flinders Chase National Park

Australian Law Schools include those at the University of New England, Australian National University, Flinders University, Bond University, Macquarie, Monash, Deakin, UNSW, Adelaide, Victoria University, Sydney, Melbourne, Queensland University of Technology, the University of Queensland, the University of Western Australia and the University of Canberra.

The site of the Rialto Towers ( Flinders Lane, Collins Street, Winfield Square and Robbs Lane ) was occupied by several buildings including Robb's Buildings ( now demolished ), a grand classical styled 5 storey Victorian office building designed by Thomas Watts and Sons Despite the structural integrity of Robb's buildings and objections by the National Trust of Victoria, Grocon successfully argued that the retention of Robb's Buildings would spoil the effect of the proposed building and that as it would not integrate well with the new structure and that the Rialto should have its own modern concrete and glass podium.

She was born in Adelaide, South Australia, and was educated at the Firbank Girls ' Grammar School in Melbourne, Flinders University and the Australian National University.

* Flinders Ranges National Park, South Australia

It was originally known as the National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park until 1996, when then-Premier, Jeff Kennett decided to rename it Melbourne Park, mainly to advertise the name " Melbourne " to a wide international audience.

The Bradfield Scheme has not received broad political support from any of the major Australian parties in recent times however it has been pushed by individual politicians such as Bob Katter who advocated the plan whilst National Party member for the state seat of Flinders during the 1980s and continues to support it as an independent in federal parliament.

O ' Donoghue has received honorary doctorates from Murdoch University, the University of South Australia, the Australian National University, the Queensland University of Technology and Flinders University.

Reconstructed skeleton casts of Muttaburrasaurus, sponsored by Kellogg Company, have been put on display at a number of museums, including the Queensland Museum, Flinders Discovery Centre, and National Dinosaur Museum in Australia.

Arkaroola Village is the settlement and resort at the hub of a wilderness sanctuary in the Northern Flinders Ranges in South Australia, adjacent to Gammon Ranges National Park and the Mawson Plateau.

The 8 hectare ( 20 acre ) park lies immediately to the south-east of the central business district, between Flinders Street and the north bank of the Yarra River, east of Flinders Street Station, and west of Exhibition Street, Batman Avenue and the Rod Laver Arena ( the National Tennis Centre ).

Pacific National currently provides the coal freight service to Flinders Power.

The Aroona Bio-Diversity Project was also supported by Landcare National Heritage grants from the Commonwealth Government, by active support from adjoining landholders and is currently administered and funded by NRG Flinders, Rob C Wilton, Manager NRG Flinders.

Educated at local primary schools and at Kerema High and Sogeri National High, he went on to study at the University of Papua New Guinea, where he obtained a Bachelor of Economics in 1970, and as an exchange student at Flinders University in South Australia.

In 1993 Pearson acted as representative to the traditional owners in the first land claim to the Flinders Island and Cape Melville National Parks, a claim which was successful, although the owners have yet to receive title.

Governor La Trobe offered the MCC a choice of three sites ; an area adjacent to the existing ground, a site at the junction of Flinders and Spring Streets or a ten-acre ( about 4 hectares ) section of the Government Paddock at Richmond next to Richmond Park.

The most serious outbreak occurred in Flinders Chase, with 630 square kilometres ( or 85 % of the total Park area ) having been burnt.

* Flinders Park Primary

The former La Perouse tram line branched from Oxford Street at Taylor Square in Darlinghurst to run south along Flinders Street, then into its own tram reservation along the eastern side of Anzac Parade beside Moore Park.

He was a medical practitioner before entering politics, serving as an intern and surgical trainee at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and as a surgical registrar at the Flinders Medical Centre and Repatriation General Hospital, Daw Park.

* Primary school education is provided at Carrum Downs Primary, Rowellyn Park Primary, Skye, St Joachim's primary ( a catholic faith school ) and Flinders Christian College ( a non-denominational Christian school ).

It is also home to Flinders Park and the Holy Trinity Cricket Club ( HTCC ).

* Tram route 70 Docklands ( Waterfront City )-Wattle Park via Harbour Esplanade, Flinders Street, Swan Street, Riversdale Road.

* Tram route 70 Docklands ( Waterfront City )-Wattle Park via Riversdale Road, Swan Street, Flinders Street, Harbour Esplanade.

* Flinders Island ( Queensland ), part of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park

* Flinders Park, now known as Melbourne Park, home of the Australian Open Tennis Championships

* Flinders Park, South Australia, an inner-western suburb of Adelaide

Sandown Park is located between Lightwood Road and Flinders Street, with station access from both via the station's underpass.

* Tram route 70 Docklands ( Waterfront City )-Wattle Park via Harbour Esplanade, Flinders Street, Swan Street, Riversdale Road.

* Tram route 70 Docklands ( Waterfront City )-Wattle Park via Harbour Esplanade, Flinders Street, Swan Street, Riversdale Road.