- Email:
- warraweena@internode.on.net
- Telephone:
- Gina or Stony Steiner
- (08) 8675 2770
Postal
address:
CMB
107 Beltana via Port Augusta
5710
South
Australia.
Warraweena is property of Wetlands and Wildlife, a non-profit public company, listed on the Commonwealth Register of Environmental Organisations.
WETLANDS
& WILDLIFE
A.C.N. 052 909 887
A.B.N. 96 052 909 887
Registered
Office:
1st
Floor, 187 Wakefield Street
ADELAIDE SA 5000
For further
information:
Free Call 1800 635 855
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HISTORY
Many sites
reflect the occupation of Warraweena by aboriginal peoples, miners and
pastoralists. Several old mine sites, including Sliding Rock, can be found
within the boundary of the park, Sliding Rock (Cadnia) was a thriving
township in the 1870's and traces of some of the old buildings can still
be seen. Shepherd's huts, some of which are available for overnight stays,
are reminders of he pastoral history of Warraweena.
In 1996 Warraweena ceased being a sheep station and the lease was bought by Wetlands and Wildlife, a non-profit company, listed on the Commonwealth Register of Environmental Organisations and to this day is a private conservation park whose main goal is the recovery and conservation of native flora and fauna.
Many of the
park's features are remote and accessible only by foot or by four wheel
drive tracks suitable for experienced drivers only. Some historic sites
and several many attractive picnic and camping sites are easily accessible
POINTS
OF INTEREST
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Cockatoo Hut
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Sliding
Rock ruins at sunset
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Views
of the Cornish chimney at Sliding Rock Mine
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Graves
at the old cemetery.
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Remains
of a bygone era at Sliding Rock
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The
road through the heart of Sliding Rock township
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