SOUTH AUSTRALIA: Matthew Flinders & the Coastal Landforms of SE Australia

	South Australian Sites	(colonial jig)
Click on a button below Spencer Gulf	Spencer Gulf page examines - key landform features of this major indention of Australia's southern coast: north-south subsidence (rift) zone parallel to Flinders Ranges, tent hills, mud flats - Investigator expedition events: ship's boat wreck, exploration of the head of gulf MAP
Flinders Ranges	Flinders Ranges page examines - features developed upon a folded and faulted sedimentary landscape, and the role of sequences of resistant and softer layers in creating topography - Investigator expedition events: sighting the ranges, climbing Mt Brown MAP
Adelaide Region	Adelaide - Gulf St Vincent page examines - landform features of the Adelaide area, Mt Lofty Range (continuation of Flinders Ranges) and Gulf St Vincent (area of subsidence) - Investigator expedition events: sailing along the coastline MAP
Hallett Cove	Hallett Cove page examines - important features inherited from the Permian Glaciation and exposed by more recent erosion, as well as evidence of previous and later glaciations (three glacial phases in total) - Investigator expedition events: sailing along the coastline MAP
Fleurieu Peninsula	Fleurieu Peninsula page examines - physical features of the Peninsula and adjacent Straits (Backstairs and Investigator), including Normanville ancient metamorphic inlier, Kangaroo Island - Investigator expedition events: intense exploration, travel through straits MAP
Granite Island	Granite Island - Victor Harbour page examines - the appearance of granites along an erosional coastline, influence of jointing in granite, results of weathering, ecology of the island - Investigator expedition events: leaving shelered gulf waters into open waters MAP
Encounter Bay	Encounter Bay page examines - large bay and coastal spits, areas of diverse wildlife - Investigator expedition events: the famous and unexpected meeting between the two captains, Matthew Flinders and Nicolas Baudin MAP
Murray Mouth	Murray Mouth page examines - aspects of the Murray River (Australia's most important river), its mouth and mention of upstream portions of the Murray Basin - Investigator expedition events: failure to find the Mouth of Murray River MAP
Mt Gambier	Mt Gambier page examines - features of Blue Lake and Mt Schank, formed during Australia's most recent volcanic eruption, ash layers in roadside cuttings - Investigator heading south-east along coast discovered by others MAP