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LOCATION
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Address OOLDEA
Locality
Accuracy L - low level confidence
Council Area Land Not Within a Council Area (Far North)
Polygon Type D - item has been digitised (generally because it doesn't exist in a DCDB parcel, eg. bridge
DESCRIPTION
Details (Known As) Daisy Bates' Campsite
Registered Name Daisy Bates' Campsite
Significance The campsite used by Mrs Daisy M Bates CBE, at Ooldea from September 1919 until 1934 is a significant historic site of high heritage value to both South Australia and the Nation. The statement of significance recorded by the site researchers states: 'Bates' campsite is significant because of its association with an important historical figure. The remains of her camp are a stark physical reminder of the realities of her day to day life in the desert.' (Colley et al, 90) Daisy Bates learned approximately 180 different Aboriginal dialects and recorded an enormous amount of her knowledge in books and journal articles. After the arrival of the Miss Annie Lock and the new Mission at the Ooldea Soak with its huts, church, dispensary and distribution of rations, Bates retired to Adelaide in 1934 and began the sorting of her papers and the writing of her book, 'The Passing of the Aborigines', which was published in London in 1938. (SHB Report)
Subject Index Aboriginal site - Historic/Contact site
Class State
STATUS
Status Code REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register
Status Date 14-DEC-1995
REFERENCE
LGA Unincorporated SA
State Heritage ID 14265
Heritage Number 1
SECTION 16 INFORMATION
Section 16 b - it has rare, uncommon or endangered qualities that are of cultural significance
f - it has strong cultural or spiritual associations for the community or a group within it
g - it has a special association with the life or work of a person or organisation or an event of historical importance
PLAN PARCEL & TITLE
As listed in the SA Heritage Register
Plan Parcel & Title Information CT 4393/157 D31180 Q19

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