Site Details

Name

Illamurta Springs Conservation Reserve

Status

Permanent Declaration

Type

Place

Description

Statement Of
Heritage Value

The Reserve embraces a diversity of features which combine to establish its heritage significance.
The relationships betweeen Aboriginals, pastoralists, missionaries and the police at the turn of the century contributed to a dramatic, possibly notorious period in the history of Central Australia. With the establishement of the police camp at Illamurta Springs in 1893, a significant start was made to understand the nature and complexity of Aboriginal culture at the same time maintaining a quality of law and order. Relic structures and yards provide valuable information in the understanding of the history of occupation.

The contributions made by Mounted Constable Cowle, who lived as a virtual hermit at the site for over a decade in primitive conditions, to the sciences of Anthropology and Zoology, combined with his skills as a bushman and law enforcement officer, made him an individual well worthy of his recognised place in the history of theTerritory.

Illamurta Spriings is significant in the evolution of the landscape since it lies at the centre of a thrust fault known as the Illamurta Structure, a geological monument embracing an area about 40 kilometres in length and 8 kilometres wide developed form a basement ridge and associated upward piercing (diapriric) movement of Late Proterozoic sediments.

For the evolution of flora it has relatively minor signficance in that it contains examples of a rare species of tropical reed (Phragmites australis) as well as recorded species of the relatively uncommon Acanthaceae (Sarojusticia kempeana) and Juncaceae (Juncus kraussil).

Nominated

16/09/1993

Nomination Refused

Nomination Accepted

18/11/1993

Provisional Declaration

Assessment Report
Considered

10/02/1994

Report Action

Comment sought

Report Comments

Recommended

Not Recommended

Refused By Minister

Referred Back

Signed By Minister

31/08/1994

Publish notice of
declaration

07/10/1994

Gazetted

14/09/1994

Revoked

Destroyed

File No

H95/0031

Value

Historic, Indigenous & Natural

Conservation Policy

LGA

Macdonnell Shire

Comments

Photo

	Name	Description	Date Added
View	IllamurtaSpgs08_LR.jpg	Old Police Station ruin	10/JUN/16
View	IllamurtaSpgs21_LR.jpg	Well	10/JUN/16
View	IllamurtaSpgs20_LR.jpg	Lime heap	10/JUN/16

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Scan

	Name	Description	Date Added
View	Instrument and Gazettal.pdf	-	06/FEB/09

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Further Information

	Name	Description	Date Added
View	Illamurta Springs.pdf	Factsheet	14/DEC/11

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Approximate Location

LAIS Key	Street Number	Street Name	Suburb	Location Code	Lot Number	LTO Plan	Part	Tenure
000 01054	0		GHAN	000	1054	-	-	Reserve

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Status Explanations

Nomination Period - a nomination has been accepted by Heritage Branch, but has not yet been accepted by the Heritage Council; OR a nomination has been accepted by the Heritage Council but the place/object has not yet been subject to a heritage assessment.

Assessment Period - a nomination has been accepted by the Heritage Council and the place/object is in the process of being assessed.

Consultation Period - Heritage assessment has been completed and s24 of the Act has been instigated, ie comment has been sought on a proposal to declare the place/object.

Recommendation Period - the Heritage Council has made a recommendation to declare the place/object and the Minister's final decision is awaited.

Not Recommended - a decision has been made by the Heritage Council not to recommend to the Minister that a place/object be declared

Declared - the Minister has made a decision to declare the place/object

Refused - the Minister has refused to declare the place/object