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Hale River

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Name Hale River
Type Designation Stream
Place Id 13401
Place Type Feature
Status Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)  
Latitude: -24° 47' S (Decimal degrees -24.793042)
Longitude: 135° 47' E (Decimal degrees 135.795537)
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Locality / Suburb  
  Ghan
  Hale
  Hart
  Simpson
Local Government Area  
  Central Desert Shire Council
History/Origin Upper reaches crossed by H V Barclay on 14 March 1878.(15) Favenc and Barclay both claimed that the latter named the river (16) Cockburn records that the river was mapped and named by Barclay after Robert Dalton Hale who was an assayer for Broken Hill Proprietary at that time.

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