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| Layer Id | 2753 | Name | The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies |
| Description | Incidents of conflict between colonists and Indigenous people in South Australia. |
Type | Other |
| Warning | Colonial violence. Links to historical sources may contain racist language and attitudes. |
Rights | With permission. |
| Citation | Robert Foster, Skye Krichauff and Amanda Nettelbeck, The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies, The University of Adelaide, Adelaide, 2024, http://ua.edu.au/south-australian-frontier |
Created At | 2026-03-14 18:23:08 |
| Updated At | 2026-03-14 18:23:27 | Ghap Url | https://tlcmap.org/layers/2753 |
| Statistic | Value | Unit |
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Total Places
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469 | - |
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Area
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903232.97077711 | km2 |
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Convex Hull
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POLYGON((140.662262000269 -38.0593280003391,128.888000000328 -31.6789999996971,128.884087398888 -31.6762682612372,128.879999999667 -31.6699999998058,137.999188127154 -25.9970604421482,139.252121960269 -26.5692915718534,139.468553972564 -26.7130533276993,140.734365800267 -27.7410281002294,143.209139068962 -34.7202467154803,140.95160099985 -37.8523057000168,140.662262000269 -38.0593280003391)) | - |
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Density
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0.00051924588137708 | places/km2 |
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Centroid
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POINT(137.53007164475835 -33.603188555316066) | - |
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Bounding Box
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POLYGON((128.879999999667 -38.0593280003391,128.879999999667 -25.9970604421482,143.209139068962 -25.9970604421482,143.209139068962 -38.0593280003391,128.879999999667 -38.0593280003391)) | - |
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Most Central Place
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Tukkurm, Nyalta Wkkanin and Kanger Worli killed Maltalta, an Eyre Peninsula man who was making his way home after appearing as a witness in Adelaide, 11 February 1851 | - |
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Most Distant Place from center
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Massacre of the Wardamba people by police near Poeppel’s Corner, 1880s | - |
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Distribution
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kilometers |
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Start Date
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1820-01-01 | - |
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End Date
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1899-01-01 | - |
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Duration
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79 | years |
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Median Date
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1848-10-07 | - |
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Average Date
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1852-04-04 | - |