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LOCATION
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Address HAPPY VALLEY
Locality
Accuracy L - low level confidence
Council Area Mitcham Council; Onkaparinga Council
Polygon Type D - item has been digitised (generally because it doesn't exist in a DCDB parcel, eg. bridge
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Sturt Gorge Glaciation Geological Site, Sturt Gorge Recreation Park
Registered Name Geological Monument - Sturt Gorge Glaciation
Significance This area is the type locality of the Sturt Tillite Precambrian glacial deposit. The glaciation represented at this site is now recognised as having been of worldwide extent. As a type section it is highly significant for understanding the worldwide Precambrian glacial period through the correlation of contemporary rocks elsewhere. In 1900 the pioneering South Australian geologist Walter Howchin first obtained evidence for the glacial origin of these rocks which was acclaimed as the first evidence of such an ancient glaciation in the southern hemisphere and one of the few then known anywhere in the world. The area is of very high significance for geological education and research and has been designated a Geological Monument by the Geological Society of Australia (South Australian Division) (Geological Monuments in South Australia).
Subject Index Landscape area - Geological Site
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 27-SEP-1990
REFERENCE
LGA Mitcham; Onkaparinga
State Heritage ID 14109
Heritage Number 5235
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CR 5758/608 H105100 S625, 674,CR 5750/580 D35889 A4,CR 5849/542 D56671 A1,CT 5390/621 D9612 A2233,CR 6161/225 D61457 A3,CR 6161/226 D94899 A101,CT 6161/223 D94899 A102,CR 6161/224 D94899 A103,CT 6076/722 H105100 S624,CT 6228/419 D77028 A611,CT 6228/418 D77028 A610,CT 6228/397 D121982 A57,CT 6228/414 D121982 A9001

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