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350000mE 400000mE Creek Dunganminnie LEGEND 8150000mN SIMPLIFIED GEOLOGY 7 Spring Umboolooga WH Development boundary 2 Development option number 300000mE Duck Hole Equipped bore Relief LEGEND Fi Wa Cased bore 300000mE Gravel Geological boundary STUART HIGHWAY Abandoned bore Limestone and Dolomite BEETALOO Ck McARTHUR 5 Ck 5 26464 MURRANJI ALT 5 MAMBALIYA Numerous Darcy Bore, status unknown Watertable, (cross section only) 8100000mN 8150000mN Little Spring Waterholes RRUMBURRIYA Ck 27943 George Spring 'Mallapunyah Registered number of bore/well Sandstone with minor dolomite 29024 B Line of cross section 'Murranji' WUYALIYA No. 2 Goat Hole Name of bore/well A Lily Hole McARTHUR Top Spring ALT 30901 Excavated tank MURRANJI Dillinghams Fault Lignum Tank B Turkey nest dam or tank

Boloonungroo T Dam Siltstone with limestone interbeds IR 23903 23900 2380 Huddleson D 8320 25277 UM Rainbow Bore Supplejack Bore Lagoon Bore Darkie Plain 4645 Earth embankment dam 23591 Beetaloo (n.t.g.) Hollomo Donkey 23592 Beetaloo Mundah WH Bauhinia Noon WH Mikado Dam Bore & D Name of dam or turkey nest Howell ponds 4882 23794 Willow Tree 4922 Southern 2381 Beetaloo No 2 7 Goochegoochena 23904 Water pipeline Sandstone with siltstone interbeds Beetaloo Bore Tank Cross Bore Martyrs Bore No 18 5 8050000mN 8100000mN 8050000mN 23295 Henry Walker No 4 23296 Henry 1 8484 Letter Box Dam 550000mE 4 2A Gutta Percha 22445 C 22230 Walker No 5 23899 Ivans Ephemeral watercourse; waterhole Bucket 23331 Plain Tank 25851 L.Argyle Ross STOCK 5 300000mE Clive Lloyd Waterhole Tank Coolibah Southwark Bore 22429 Sandy Creek Kilgour STOCK 7 31180 Dam B Bruce Laird 4 7 Gorge WH Lake: intermittent; mainly dry Bucket Tank Watty's Tank No 17 Archie Yd L.Munbaburra Basalt 6327 22188 Site 7 Ck 1233 5621 Watty Bore Dam Land subject to inundation Ross Creek David Hookes 'Beetaloo' Doreen Yd Dam 25853 4 Homestead Roads Gin Ck Dam 8100000mN Corner 8100000mN 9197 Beetaloo 1/77 24530 Major road - sealed 3 Bore 5 Tank 22444 24531 31184 1530 23375 7 S 31181 Creek 9199 Beetaloo 2/77 Greyhorse D 27849 N 4 ROUTE Spear Cr Newcastle 4 No 16 Les WH A L Bostock Old Hickety No 4 E Major road - unsealed L Causeway 22052 B A Grey Horse WH T Ck 6251 Site B Bostock Dam 5 Potato Farm Bore No 13 Robbies Minor road - sealed KILGOUR Hill Dam Garfield 1533 No 5 23901 22051 Baraba Dam Old Horse 31183 Kilgour ROUTE 8725 22053 Sobers Lewis Ridge 22237 Magneta Bore 6 Pdk Dam Minor road - unsealed

8000000mN No 11 No 13 No 14 Bore & Dam Tank 4 23374 No 2 9215 Site 18 8483 New Hickety Steelcon Keplar Dev 8726 Track Ck (2nd) Mungabroom Baraba Bore 4644 TE 1 RIVE Tank No 14 U DESCRIPTION Bore 5441 Waterhole 26463 29380 3 Simpson 8158 28129 27299 Railway 22236 RO Woolcocks A Tank No 19 No 3 Wampaya Kilgour Rick McCosker 5 Tank Churchill Tank Site 18 Wampaya R Keith Bore 2382 7 (Site 1) 27294 25278 Gas pipeline, underground TERTIARY 22232 MALLAPUNYAH Stackpole A Bore 31185 Sugar Ferricrete, ferruginised rock and pisolitic lag gravel, mostly developed on Cretaceous Ian Redpath 22333 27293 Tb Tank 22428 SPRINGS Bag Bore & Dam Jump Up Dam Building/s Quart Pot Tank Site 21 24440 23902 4 No.12 Wampaya rocks. (Not shown on cross-section) No 15 5B 4916 Spell Site F 27305 Larry Bore 20606 8723 Dam 31182 25854 Fence 6 'Newcastle Waters' Paddock Bore Elliot No 1 Well No 17 No 9 3 Roads Bores Botham 28416 7 MUNGABROOM Intercon Pastoral boundary 24444 BARKLY Dam & Tank Homestead Bore Tower 5 CRETACEOUS Botham 24443 Site B 8724 24529 Bores Eight 7950000mN 8000000mN A 7950000mN No 12 7333 6700 Mile WH 1067 Eight Mile M Clay, silicified to claystone in outcrop. Sandstone and pebbly conglomerate particularly 24441 Thiess Bore 4915 Bloodwood Ck Bill Laurie STOCK 350000mE 22235 No 6 22029 23898 Lagoon Creek 24533 8063 7103 Bore & Dam Tank Site A D Tank D Bore at the base of the formation. NEWCASTLE Thiess Tank Site 17 22238 22050 No 9 No 12 Bore / Yard Christian Newcastle 22187 Site 6 4914 7 8 Mile Dam Tyson Site 19 Toudinny 28113 No 10 Max Walker Bore C Bore 27826 WATERS Tank Dam 8722 Bmr Scout Hole B-1 6215

5687 7 Creek No 8 6 - Mudstone and fine grained sandstone, minor dolomite and chert ("Anthony Lagoon Beds Hassett 5A 2348 Orange Toudinny W.H. No 5 Map compiled by E. Rooke & S. Tickell Cmy Tree Bore 2351 Reg 7100 26503 952 and Wonara Beds"). 7885 Roads Bores 25708 Williams Bore 22185 Site 4 Toudinny 7 UCHARONIDGE No.11 8512 No.1 Bore and dam field data collected by

KARLANTIJPA 5688 8274 Elliot Lillee Bore 28128 4 No 7 6 No 12 26504 - Limestone, silicified limestone, chert minor sandstone and mudstone. ("Gum Ridge Bradman Bore Dip Yard No.1 6 No 18 26077 27825 Technical Officer Col Garner. Cmg NORTH ALT 20605 26076 Undemow Formation"). Waters A/88 B/88 Waterhole ELLIOT 5B 6691 1534 Horse No 11 Repl BARKLY It forms part of the National Landcare Project: 6721 Corner Bore 31204 7900000mN 7900000mN 6 24442 Miller Bore 5 Paddock E Bore 8727 7886 The Bend WH

No 6 8728 8511 No.10 20448 Water Resource Assessment of the Barkly/Gulf Region CAMBRIAN - 4913 5 No 15 No 8 No.19 6843 Colabirrian Basalt and sandstone. ("Helen Springs Volcanics"). 25709 No 11 C/88 T/N & Tank 960 Clh 22831 22186 McLean B Bore Turkey Nest Bore No.9 961 Longreach 26907 26078 5 No 32 STOCKSite 5 Tank 8094 5442 No 4 3 6842 No.3 No 1 5391 27451 B Bore No 2 No 36 9857 Project coordination by P. Jolly, 5B 4 20698 1070 Coolib 400000mE 450000mE 500000mE Laver Tank 5689 22832 6182 No 4 5B No 18 5B 'Ucharonidge' 27450 4617 550000mE3 No 8 No.5 8050000mN Conservation 6690 Collei 8050000mN Cartography by A. Weigele & L. Fritz, PROTEROZOIC Grimmett Turkey Nest No 35 No 33 A ASHBURTON TANDYIDGEE Lake Bore No.3 Dam 26079 5 L Pr- Sandstone, siltstone, minor limestone, dolomite and conglomerate. The rocks are faulted 7 5 WALHALLOW O Design File: Barkly-Reg3_Wrs_52m 24723 LO 22334 20604 24793 O 8139 and folded. SBS Bore 27452 R Site 22 6 25859 R Plot File: Barkly-Region3_Water-Resources No 16 No 5 1186 4No 37 8924 O 31203 8721 1623 Australian Stn 8137 B Tower 2352 No 24 No 13 No 31 7 Jones Tank 22335 No 10 No 3 No.3 Pdk Dam No 34 8136 One Tree Bore 7 25858 7850000mN 7850000mN 517 No 7 Site 26 No 33 k 3 6 km 0 20 40 60 80 100 km 550000mE LawsonC 2nd Bore 5B 8925 The data was overlaid on geological maps supplied in 5B 8140 5439 No 1 5B 4948 Tandyidgee WH 27071 5 20697 No.32 digital form, by the Australian Geological Survey 5683 Anthony's 5406 No.2 No 23 4971 24510 4 518 Tandyidgee 6 5 No 6 No 31 29378 No.4 8135 Organisation, Canberra, ACT. 5B 22110 Broad 1187 'Walhallow' 5927 RANGE 20750 Bore No 3 5432 7 24518 4947 No.16 Egara No 2 5440 Homestead 'Mungabroom' No 22 LAKE Ferguson 22184 No 4 5684 25861 3 4970 No.3 9856 Ck No.7 Bore No 2 29535 30329 300000mE Ck 2353 Site 3 No 7 5B Ck No 30 4 24512 No.45 4 No 1 Hadlee Bore No 25 AUSLIG TOPO-250K data supplied through Sweetwater Bore 4 Ck WOODS ROUTE 20749 6 Cattle Ferguson 24512 1251 Land Information Services, 500000mE Ferguson Creek Billycan Bore 25310 Six 5862 No.6 7 No 45 No 41 4 5884 500000mE 3 7 6044 5B 26075 Sandy 4 2 26470 No 4b No 5 Ck Cobb 5 4695 Gidyea 6531 Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment. 22183 6643 28417 23364 No 8 No 4 Mile 31673 Ck SURFACE WATER RESOURCES GROUNDWATER RESOURCES Site 2 Paradise Bore No 16 5B 6 Salttrough WH 31604 Plain Bore No 3 Watts Bore Surveyors 29702 U 28124 599 Buffalo 1249 4912 519 Turkey Billycan 6 X No S45

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Ck Creek Ferguson No 43 Mile 450000mE A Bore Nest No 6 Hole 28415 20446 450000mE 6840 R Ck 31674 No 6 20449 Springs 6703 K Ck Rodney Marsh No 17 2A 25309 No.20 km 0 20 40 60 80 100 km Hawker Ck 7 6 Mile 31678 2A Creek 6 4 Numerous Lignum 5A No.6 Tank 22182 Site 1 3 No 40 Waterholes Ck Ck Prepared and produced by the Goose 4941 J Dam 5B No 38 Three POWELL CREEK 25705 4 ROUTE Ck 31677 Ck Eva 1248 Puzzle 6 Ck 31603 'Anthony Lagoon' 31675 Creswell Conservation and Natural Resources Group, Ck Crowleys Cherub 29375 5B 25704 Bingles Bore 20444 V No 1 No 39 Creek km 0 20 40 60 80 100 km 5 20447 31676 31682 28127 Anthony No.3 350000mE 400000mE 6 Hudsons Bore 25706 T 522 No 3 Lagoon Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment, No 10 Eva Bore 523 Turkey Ck No 3 350000mE 400000mE 26501 Alan Allan Knott Gully STOCK No 2 Homestead Bottom Bore 2412 oona I 5678 Goose Ck 31672 Lignum 31208 8150000mN 5947 Border Bore Tank Bundara 'Eva 24505 3 Bore No 29 No.9 Northern Territory of Australia, June 2003. Bundara 521 No 34 No.2 Dam 28792 No.27 8150000mN Dam 3 Buffalo BARKLY 2327 A Downs' Ck 4803 Junction No 4 Bsr No 26 Ck 4414 25303 Ck 1181 7 Quarrantine Monm 6045 6 Tower 3 2162 BARKLY TABLELANDS 3 Morris 4 25860 W Broken C 2329 31602 No 11 ROAD 'Powell Creek 6 Junction No 19 CALVERT 22864 6 Dam No 16 520 No 5 Bluebush Outstation' Tank 3 Cherub Ck 31683 7 300000mE 7 Stock Route Wilkinsons Cattle 3 Desert Bore 103 25312 Creswell No 13 4 300000mE Monmoona 4500 2328 B Col's Bore 526 No 11 2 2502 No 2 3 27070 WH 6839 Q 7 No 46 29377 2A 3103 22863 6 7 No 21 28414 D26 Powell Nicholsons 3 K4 Creek No 4 Y 25864 2 2163 S 2595 8000000mN 5681 6 5 TO 8000000mN BORE DENSITY 219 3 C 1180 22862 N (Salt) 6 No 20 Adder WH K 538 Gleeson 4 28114 28315 25305 Walkers 1295 No 5 Spring 26822 BMR HS-1 30328 F No 17 Repl Dip Bore 2 No 15 28115 Yellow Hole 5B 546

8100000mN 8150000mN 3 11 Bull Bmr Scout 6584 P 5682 O 8100000mN 8150000mN 104 EVA DOWNS ANTHONY LAGOON 602 No 7 Wendy 3791 Ck Hole Hs-2 6 X13 Billy Ck No 3 5B Blue Bore Bore 2503 1 Gleeson 2334 H 31681 417 5 3 D27 12 HELEN SPRINGS 4 1288 No 44 18 Ck 418 Jingerah Bore 393 5B 31198 HIGHW Blue Bush No 8 TARRABOOL LAKE 25306 1291 3 No 6 Government Hunter Ck Ringwood Yellow WH Bore 22079 No 47 AY 5 No 11 2164 Invest. Bore 2330 D 2331 E 31680 No 42 24508 Oldfields Ck 2161 No 21 Mount Creek 28116 8129 S 7 3 19 LEGEND 27342 4 Lake Bore No 18 547 Blue Grayling 5B Bmr Scout 603 3110 23537 108 6 Bush No 2 27344 26821 Hole Hs-3 No 9 No.59 Yield Hunter Ck No 7 Guttapercha 5B 8130 T 4 No 14 WH 2 2504 Creek Litres per second (L/s) Ck Renner 28921 3 2 25308 2157

8050000mN 8100000mN 8050000mN No 1 2A 2ANo Ne12 D28 550000mE 25313 8050000mN 8100000mN 8050000mN 25875 5B "low yield" "high yield" 550000mE 26318 Indamilly WH 28310 24509 ROUTE Creek Burke Renner Springs 26499 21708 Ck 300000mE Mount No 9 3 24506 No 28 Boundary 979 White Nose 5B Indamilly Bore Ck 3792 2151 300000mE Shillinglaw 20445 No 14 Rocky 4701 527 No.13 < 2.5 2.5-5.0 > 5.0 27343 Mt Castle 5679 L 24507 4 25307 X12 2994 RAIN GAUGE Ck No 12 Creek 1294 5680 M 30137 Tower Ck 2333 G 29376 No S14 6046 5 24504 Z No 12 2A Dingo WH Dam 1 Newcastle Waters Fresh water. 'Old Burke W14 4602 7 No 27 Dingo WH 13 Tower Milla Milla Nilly WH Homestead 4 TDS < 1000 (Ruins)' 31670 No 19 4457 6 X11 215 5 26820 Carruthers 'Helen Helen Glenroy T/N 3769 759 Ck 5B No 20 26498 No 13 3793 2 Beetaloo Homestead 5B Site B Springs' 3 Attack 2 7000m X10 938 Creek Dam Dam No.6 3 Town of Elliott 14 Fair water. Mount Willieray 419 N/S Stock Carmilly Boundary Eva T/N 5 3114 Homestead 6541 2A 5B 2508 Edwards Route Bore T/N Middle Dam 7 No.26 T/N 2A 2A No.55 4 Anthony Lagoon TDS 1000 - 1500 'Maryville' Dam No 12 25562 23776 D32 2632 Creek 8000000mN Ck No 21 No 18 Helens T/N No 40 B

Homestead 8000000mN 31886 McKinlay 2233 4601 No 18 7104 7848 J 26266 No 3 2227 2758 No 26 2226 2585 Struttons 5 Eva Downs Homestead Attack No 20 360 2507 D7 Brackish water. 5A 7146 No 19 D34 Tank 6 Helen Springs Homestead Loveday 20507 3728 No.18 D31 TDS 1500 - 3000 Jeromah 7672 5675 Ck Mount Hall South T/N No 10 No 41 No 42 X8 2 7 Muckaty Homestead Carmilly No 10 No 11 3 No 17 Eaglehawk 2232 4 Corella 934 15 MUCKATY ALT ASHBURTON 23803 23777 763 8 Rockhampton Downs Carmilly WH Brolga 5671 T/N No 25 Corella No.2 7849 Corner T/N 3 No.10 Mt Hawker T/N No 23 23778 Brunette Homestead Saline water. Carmilly Bore 27949 Eaglehawk No 35 3 3729 6 Tomkinson Ck Munkaderry 27948 Dam 7 Namerinni WH No.5 Dam Bluebush No 9 No 44 X9 LIMESTONE AQUIFERS N. TomkinsonS.Tomkinson 20413 4 23801 9 Tennant Creek Post Office TDS > 3000 7950000mN Carmilly 7950000mN STUART 5B T/N T/N 21757 Springs No 1 23774 10 Tennant Creek Airport Creek 2A Munkaderry Tooliganbilly 2 2586 6557 6400 K11 7673 376 No 36 2225 Corella Hole (Meteorological Bureau) Koolooloongoo WH Banka WH WH Tooliganbilly T/N D35 K15 Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) Looa Looa Bore Booda 28120 23802 2958 WH No 6 Tooliganbilly Creek No 18

7950000mN 8000000mN 7950000mN No 37 6 in milligrammes per Litre (mg/L) 22553 Bore Whitewood Mitchell Ck Rattlepod 23800 No 33 765 7 7950000mN 8000000mN 7950000mN Ck T/N T/N No 46 No.12 350000mE 'Muckaty' Tower Looa No 2 Nailtail Conkerburry 317 3726 X7 2287 PHYSIOGRAPHY RIVER GAUGE Ck 7674 134 CORELLA3 350000mE RANGE Bore 28221 Ck T/N No 13 D19 HIGHWAY Gum Bore No 8 23332 Rocky LAKE 5674 5 Mile WH 2A Coolunjie WH 4507 2584 D33 3833 6558 11 Newcastle Creek No 15 No 4 Ck Chow T/N No.21 Dam Bootu 6 3 Snake Ck Dam Muttamundra WH No 34 3725 X5 K16 10132 25561 2A at Stuart Highway Bullock T/N Chowra 2228 3115 X6 BANKA BANKA No 8 29703 7514 7 12 Newcastle Creek Wolcongie T/N No 21 No.54 3694 3566 29540 4 No 16 No 17 2577 K21 N Bore 27947 X1 at Newcastle Waters 16 Ck No 7 380 Holding Pdk 25993 D36 X2 Elevation - metres AHD No 13 Barkly Bore No 22 Ck Limpe WH 4 7 7845 180 Wolcongie Dam 2 7 5795 13 Bundara Creek 7120 5672 7887 WH 7 FRACTURED ROCKS - LOCAL AQUIFERS NORTH 229 Attack Chow Chowra 23779 D47 8 7261 3 WH Ck 123 14 Powell Creek Duck Hole Dam Bullcamp 5 < 200 metres Low yields of generally fresh water 350000mE Ck Beefwood Bore 398 No 45 No.25 Lake No.33 15 Burke Creek 17 21237 Box Hole Dam Chow Chowra ROCKHAMPTON 22483 Old No.7 Coolingarrie No 10 3567 7900000mN 7900000mN Bloodwood Stuart Hwy 6 Mile Dam T/N DOWNS 16 Morphett Creek 7900000mN 7900000mN Floodout Bore Stud T/N 237 23339 Dam 115 3713 200 - 250 metres Bore Dam Kuerschner No 2 3116 Joe 17 Attack Creek 1194 No 15 No.39 T/Nest X3 2583 'Banka Banka' 7677 1204 No.53 3 Lirri-Lirri 2223 3654 5677 21756 No.18 23775 No 39 No 49 D38 Water table less than 5930 New 927 Banka Govt Bore 3 9447 21849 Old No 7 Bluebush Dam 29696 250 - 300 metres 5 No 19 No 5 T/N No 24 3 23338 3 3830 60 metres below ground level Homestead 5673 No 18 2A 23341 D43 EVAPORATION GAUGE 400000mE 450000mE 500000mE KARLANTIJPA SOUTH 2231 X17 LAKE WHITTINGTON Brunchilly Liri Liri Dam 2 400000mE 450000mE 500000mE 7843 Brunchilly 3714 > 300 metres NORTH ALT 20414 Dam 27946 Donkey Dam 394 23336 X4 18 Newcastle Waters No 21 No.24 T/N 4052 No 20 1198 No.1 No 11 No 48 Ck Brunchilly 4 D42 2 122 Post Office 7846 1471 23908 23340 Morphett 21119 Homestead Dam Brunchilly Weaver 2A WatercourseNo.32 19 Town of Elliott 24326 22552 Dam 28121 No 24A 22028 2A Dam 2234 116 2578 D37 No.43 24325 Deagan WH 4519 Chow-chowra 20 Tennant Creek Airport 20995 'Brunchilly' No 27 413 1998 1219 23994/5 5794 5B No 15 9448 140 No.26 20 10 9 3 1203 No 9 D14 7850000mN (Meteorological Bureau) 7850000mN No 8 Tennant 7968 1041 No 2 22203 No 6 2A 415 2 2A 243 7850000mN 550000mE 7850000mN 7965 7675 2235 1498 km 0 100 km Creek 550000mE 5A 1044 No 7 No.23 Tower No 28 1920 3 2283 Churchills Head No 12 Weaner STOCK Ck 680 5935 'Rockhampton 25990 23892 RANGE 7847 BRUNCHILLY Supplejack T/N Acacia T/N 405 2280 T/N No 17 Downs' No.52 D13 DESCRIPTION 23897 23993 22202 7075 4 2 2A 2282 D10 T/N This map displaysSYLVEST the height Toolaway 7000m T/Nest D12 7676 Attack WH 29534 10000m of the ground surface 1469,1470 2 20696 Dam 3117 'Kalumpurlpa' 13658 No 13 No 1 Dam 2279 7000m Dam "Semi-desert country". Flanks the Ashburton and Whittington Ranges and slopes gently to the NE. Drops in elevation some 3859 13659 20508 No 23 25677 SHORT 5A Mulga T/N 13973 4 Wallace Dam 117 Total Annual Rainfall (mm) 13271 Stuart Memorial SOUTH BARKLY No 12 1200 No 50 Ulginuli WH 70m. to abut the black soil plains. Residual red sand and patches of pisolitic ironstone ("buckshot gravel") on low rises; RAINFALL RAINFALL 7900000mN 29376 7900000mN 7854 13270 422 LAKE 2281 STOCK Trough No.27 3108 K9 minor sand ridges. Drained by NE flowing streams that terminate in braided channels near the base of the slope. Newcastle Waters and Beetaloo Homesteads and Town of Elliott Mean Monthly Rainfall (mm) 13269 Coolibah T/N 1210 22424 2 D11 7000m Ephemeral runoff. Unsuitable for surface water storage development. 1208 No 16 No 22 Dam 23337 395 No 4 DE BURGH 3 LEGEND Rock Hole No 11 3 4A Bore No 32 Newcastle Waters Homestead Boree No 10 2 Terpentine ROUTE 2942 3120 D1 No.21 Swamp, claypans or densely braided creeks. Flat topography with gilgais. Dark silty clay. Lowland subject to flood 1600 T/N 505 3 T/N 15669 BARKLY 2194 inundation. Centres for internal drainage. Generally unsuitable for surfacewater storage development due to 150 RANGE No 4 4 dry 1400 No 14 2579 Dam 124 Dookamunda intermittent, widespread sheet flooding and siltation. ROUTE Ck Dingo T/N 2A average 1200 120 3 25994 No.34 WH PLAYFORD Hayward No 38 2A Scrub woodland on low "plateau-like" rises. Relief of maximum 30m above surrounding plain. Rubbly pisolitic ironstone and 23806 4 TABLELAND 403 No.24 GEOLOGICAL PROVINCES wet 1000 No 47 Dookamunda chert "gibber". Scattered dolomite outcrops. Generally unsuitable for surface storage development due to unsuitable soils, 90 Desert 800 lack of depth of soil and low runoff potential. Newcastle Dam 414 1212 Rocky 2 2 Waters rainfall No 14 3141 600 60 Gibson Stony laterite; thick soil profile. Stable peneplain dissected by a broadly spaced dendritic drainage system. 25676 No.15 No.23 Town of Elliott PHILLIP CREEK Creek No.32 White Da Generally suitable for surface storage development. 400 Bullock No 7 28450 733 3 rainfall RAINFALL (mm) 30 RANGE 2A 727 abd RAINFALL (mm) Dam No 29 Meerie WH Stock Route 30330 Beetaloo 200 Mt Woodcock Tower 28239 Francis Alexander (Longhole) WARUMUNGU 503 No 8 Dam 3 No.9 ALR rainfall Dam "Black soil plain" & "downland". Gently undulating. Max. relief 30m. Brown-grey, very fine sandy clayey silt soil; cracks, 0 0 ABORIGINAL LAND TRUST Barkly Sth No.33 Georgina Basin Brumbreu WH S/R 28451 slakes & swells. Isolated patches of low sandy/gravelly rises of red silty clay soil. Dendritic, trellis & braided drainage; 'Phillip Creek' Coodna WH 2800 501 Anthony Lagoon and Eva Downs Homesteads SHORT 30518 4 SO Ck Manga Manda WH 2941 UTH BARKLY Wiso Basin frequently gently incised. Natural ephemeral to semi-permanent waterholes. Surfacewater is milky; contains suspended Anthony Lagoon Homestead Phillip Kerramun Lagoon BARKLY No 30 Whippet Hill No 31 500 clay particles. Runoff moderate. Suitable for surface storage development. (Careful site selection required) 23805 3 No.6 BSR 1400 400000mE 450000mE 7 732 3143 McArthur 499Basin Frewena 7 "Low ranges", mostly comprising the Ashburton and Whittington Ranges. Rises to elevation of 350m; relief 50m. No.14 No.13 No.5 BSR 1200 368 No.1 3 Tennant Creek No 51 Pats Dam Shallow stoney soils. Dense drainage system. High runoff. Limited number of sites suitable for small kilometres 0 5 10 15 20 25 50 75 kilometres No 3A 23822 358 30490 3 Block embankment dams, otherwise unsuitable for surfacewater development 1000 26794 396 No.29 23996 800 3 23823 Anthony Lagoon This map was produced on the Geocentric Black numbered lines are 50000 metre intervals of the Map Grid of Australia (MGA), Zone 53 6 6 730 No.30 rainfall 600 Datum of Australia 1994 (GDA 94) Universal Transverse Mercator Projection 24528 No.12 26795 41 Frewena Dam Eva Downs Horizontal Datum: GDA 94 Vertical Datum: AHD (metres) 400 23893 km 0 100 km rainfall 'Frewena' RAINFALL (mm) 22534 No.20 RAINFALL (mm) 200 7850000mN 7850000mN

EVAPORATION Newcastle Waters Post Office (pre 1979) and Town of Elliott (post 1979) 0 WATER RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT OPTIONS 379 26823 This map displays major rock No.24 Note: Helen Springs Homestead provinces grouped by age of Total Annual Evaporation (mm) Mean Monthly Evaporation (mm) 67 Gaps indicate no record Helen Springs, Muckaty and Rockhampton Downs Homesteads formation and rock type. 150 23894 No 4000 400 not nil rainfall DEVELOPMENT OPTION DESCRIPTION 23876 No.19 Prentice No.21 Lake 1200 120 3000 300 2 Specified Stock only Low - high yield, saline groundwater 20996 NT Por 1000 DALMORE DOWNS 2000 200 90 Periodically remove stock 4469 800 2A Surfacewater and low-high yield, saline groundwater 22535 Helen Springs e.g. when dams dry No 18 500000mE 550000mE 1000 100 rainfall 600 60 Muckaty Stock only Low - high yield, fair - brackish groundwater (local sites suitable for dam construction) 400 3

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EVAPORATION (mm) 30 0 0 RAINFALL (mm) For further information contact: Rockhampton 200 RAINFALL (mm) 4 Stock only Surface water and low - high yield, fair - brackish groundwater Conservation and Natural Resources Group, Tennant Creek Airport (Meteorological Bureau) Downs rainfall 0 0 Department of Infrastructure, Planning and Environment. Australian Total Annual Evaporation (mm) Mean Monthly Evaporation (mm) Alice Plaza, Todd Street, Alice Springs, Tennant Creek Post Office and Tennant Creek Airport (Meteorological Bureau) 5 Domestic, stock Surface water and low yield, fresh groundwater (local areas unsuitable for dam construction) Groundwater 500 Northern Territory of Australia Technologies 5000 Low yield, fresh - brackish groundwater (careful site selection necessary to guarantee sustainable 5A Domestic, stock 400 1200 120 yield and fresh quality) 4000 1000 300 Tennant Creek 90 5B Domestic, stock Low yield, fresh - brackish groundwater 3000 Post Office 800 rainfall 200 600 2000 60 6 Domestic, irrigation, stock High yield, fresh groundwater Tennant Creek 400 100 Airport rainfall 30 1000 Domestic, irrigation, stock Surfacewater and high yield, fresh groundwater

EVAPORATION (mm) (Meteorological 200 7 EVAPORATION (mm) NATIONAL RAINFALL (mm) Bureau) RAINFALL (mm) WATER RESOURCES MAP OF 0 0 0 LANDCARE Oct Sept NOTES: 1 - Development options: "domestic, irrigation" indicate these waters could be developed for such uses. MONTH MONTH PROGRAM 1997 1990 1980 1910 1930 1960 1970 1890 1900 1950 1886 1920 1940 1997 1990 1980 1970 1968 WATER YEAR (October 1 - September 30) WATER YEAR (October 1 - September 30) Water Year (October 1 - September 30) 2 - This map pertains to water attributes only; not all soils are suitable for irrigation over the areas designated. BARKLY / GULF STUDY REGION 3