Innamincka, South Australia

Innamincka is a small settlement in the north- east of the Australian state of South Australia. It is located 1065 km north-east of Adelaide on the banks of Cooper Creek, Innamincka Regional Reserve within and surrounded by the Strzelecki Desert, Sturt Stony Desert and Tirariwüste. It is on the basis of Lyndhurst Strzelecki track to achieve.

History

Traditionally, this area is home to the Aboriginesstämme the Yandruwandha, Dieri and Yarrawarrka. As the first Europeans came Charles Sturt 1845 in this area in 1858 was followed by Augustus Gregory, Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills. The latter died of exhaustion and lack of water at the Cooper Creek; in her memory a monument was erected in Innamincka 1944.

Originally Innamincka was called Hope Town; 1890 he was appointed to the city. Although she was never very large, Innamincka owned a hotel, a store and a police station, which exacted the customs fees for Queensland to South Australia have placed cattle. 1928 established the Australian Inland Mission (part of the Royal Flying Doctor Service of Australia ) a hospital that Elizabeth Symon Nursing Home. As a result of a severe drought and due to the remoteness of the hotel, hospital and police station were closed in 1951 and again abandoned the city.

Increased tourism and the discovery of gas and oil resources led in the late 1960s, establishing the Cooper Creek Hotel Motel Pty Ltd, which first opened a hotel and a shop. In 1994, the Elizabeth Symon Nursing Home has been restored and now serves as an information center for the Innamincka Regional Reserve.