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- Coward_Springs abstract "Coward Springs is a former settlement and railway station in the desert in outback South Australia. It is situated on the Oodnadatta Track adjacent to the Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park, 236 km from Coober Pedy.It was named in 1858 by Peter Warburton after Corporal Thomas Coward, one of the members of the exploration party.A government bore was completed on 16 July 1886. It was 400 feet deep and the artesian water rose 15 feet into the air from the bore. The salty water from the Great Artesian Basin had quickly corroded the bore head and bore casing and so by the 1920s millions of gallons of water flowed without control over the dry gibber plains, creating a wetland. A large pool formed where water bubbled from the corroded bore and was popular with railway passengers, crew, residents and locals alike. The bore was redrilled and relined in 1993 by the South Australian government and the flow rate was controlled and reduced. The current owners built the ‘natural spa’ to imitate the old pool. The water now flows from the rehabilitated bore through the ‘natural spa’ and into the wetland. The wetland has created its own dynamics and now is an oasis providing water and food, shelter and breeding areas for a wide range of wildlife. So far 99 plant species, 126 bird species and numerous small native mammals, reptiles, aquatic and terrestrial invertebrates have been recorded here.Coward Springs had a school from 1888 to 1890 although it was probably better known for the Coward Springs Hotel that was licensed from 1987 to 1953. Historically, as the train pulled into the station, passengers were given directions to the 'pub' and the ‘bath’ (the latter is now well known as the ‘natural spa’). When the hotel was demolished in 1965 the timber and galvanised iron were sent to a pastoral property on the Nullarbor Plain.Coward Springs today is privately owned and operated as a relaxed and friendly campground and heritage area www.cowardsprings.com.au. The owner/managers successfully had the Coward Springs Railway Site listed in the South Australian Heritage Register in 1998, August 13. The heritage site consists of two railway houses (the Engine Drivers Cabin and the Stationmasters House), two in-ground rainwater tanks, the bore, date palms and athel pines. All listed heritage components have been restored. The Stationmasters House is a private residence, the Engine Drivers Cabin - a beautifully built two-roomed cabin - was classified as a ruin in the 1980s but was restored by the current owners in the 1990s and opened as a museum. Although date palms were first planted in South Australia by the Afghan cameleers, there were two acres of date palms (variety Deglet Noor) planted in 1898 as part of a government experimental plantation at Coward Springs. The surviving date palms (near the bore/'spa' and in the camping area) still produce fruit.Coward Springs Camel Tours and Safaris operate seven-day camel treks in June and July every year, travelling into the surround desert landscape.".
- Coward_Springs country Australia.
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- Coward_Springs est "1858".
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- Coward_Springs latd "29".
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- Coward_Springs lga "Outback Areas Community Development Trust".
- Coward_Springs location Oodnadatta_Track,_South_Australia.
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- Coward_Springs name "Coward Springs".
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- Coward_Springs stategov Electoral_district_of_Stuart.
- Coward_Springs timezone UTC+09:30.
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- Coward_Springs type "town".
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- Coward_Springs subject Category:Ghost_towns_in_South_Australia.
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- Coward_Springs comment "Coward Springs is a former settlement and railway station in the desert in outback South Australia. It is situated on the Oodnadatta Track adjacent to the Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park, 236 km from Coober Pedy.It was named in 1858 by Peter Warburton after Corporal Thomas Coward, one of the members of the exploration party.A government bore was completed on 16 July 1886. It was 400 feet deep and the artesian water rose 15 feet into the air from the bore.".
- Coward_Springs label "Coward Springs".
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- Coward_Springs lat "29.4".
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- Coward_Springs name "Coward Springs".