The Lower Southern Arrente people have used this area for thousands of years for food, shelter, medicine and as a special cultural place. The water in the springs, fed by the Great Artesian Basin, is between 34 and38 ° C. The springs were spread out over long distances and were part of a big network for trading and communication across Australia. They traded things like ochre, stone tools, wooden tools, bailer shells and pituri (a plant used in ceremonies and to help catch animals for food).
FIGURE6 The Old Bubbler on the Oodnadatta Track
FIGURE7 Groundwater springs along the Oodnadatta Track
Murdarinna Waterhole
To Dalhousie Springs
Marla
Oodnadatta
Little Cadna-Owie Spring
Algebuckina Waterhole
Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre North
William Creek
Coober Pedy
Strangways Springs
Jersey Springs
Kati Thanda–Lake Eyre South
Coward Springs
Elizabeth Springs
The Bubbler
Fred Springs (Thinti-Thintinha)
Blanche Cup Springs
Hergott Spring
Finniss Springs
Bopeechee Springs
Marree
Venable Springs and Bore
Davenport Springs
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Source: Redrawn with permission from the SA Arid Lands Natural Resources Management Board / © Copyright Commonwealth of Australia Geoscience Australia 2006 9.3.4 Locating water Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples’ knowledge of the land and how to survive in it has been passed from generation to generation through Dreaming stories. During the dry seasons and periods of drought , they congregate at the mound springs. These springs were linked by songs and Dreaming stories and are often connected to rain-making rituals.
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