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	Marree Man - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Marree Man, or Stuart's Giant, as it was named in anonymous press releases (after John McDouall Stuart), is a geoglyph discovered by air on 26 June 1998.
		It lies on a plateau at Finnis Springs 60km west of the township of Marree in central Australia.
		Trec Smith, a charter pilot flying between Marree and Coober Pedy in the remote north of South Australia spotted the figure from the air on 26 June 1998.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marree_Man (1490 words)

	Marree, South Australia -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Marree () is a small town located in the north of (A state in south central Australia) South Australia.
		The name "Marree" was referred to briefly around the world when in 1998 a chalk figure etched into the landscape 60 km west of Marree was discovered, dubbed the " (additional info and facts about Marree Man) Marree Man".
		Marree is in the federal (additional info and facts about Division of Grey) Division of Grey and the state electorate of Stuart.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/m/ma/marree,_south_australia.htm (385 words)

	Marree, Outback, South Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Marree is located in the mid north of the state and is at the junction of the Birdsville and Oodnadatta tracks 1050 km.
		Once known as Hergott Springs, Marree (aboriginal for possum), was the staging post for camel trains which were the main means of transporting supplies and heavy loads in the outback.
		South of Marree is the ghost town of Farina, which was formerly the rail-head for the northern line which eventually reached Alice Springs in 1929.
	www.wilmap.com.au /maree.html (209 words)

	Railpix Australia - Quality Rail images.
		Marree was an important railway town in the far north of South Australia for almost 100 years.
		Opened in 1884 as a narrow gauge station it became a dual gauge station when the standard gauge was extended north from Telford (Leigh Creek) in 1957.
		Marree was bypassed; the trains and tracks have gone.
	railpix.railmedia.com.au /?page=marree (260 words)

	Maree Man
		The Marree man's stance indicated he was carrying a boomerang, but it was drawn from such an angle that the curve could not be seen.
		The Marree Man, is Australia's and the worlds biggest geoglyph, (a figure or symbol cut into the earth).
		The nearest town is Marree, a small village roughly 20 km to the east.
	www.hows.org.uk /personal/hillfigs/foreign/maree/mar.htm (535 words)

	Walkabout - Marree
		The area around Marree was first explored by Europeans when, in 1840, Edward John Eyre travelled north from Spencer Gulf and reached the southern shores of Lake Eyre South.
		It was named Marree, a word which is supposed to mean 'place of possums' in the language of the local Aborigines.
		Near the town's solitary pub is a white plaque commemorating the Simpson Desert expedition of 1939 in which Cecil T. Madigan and his party crossed the harsh dry region to the north of the town.
	www.walkabout.com.au /fairfax/locations/SAMarree.shtml (895 words)

	Flinders Region Area Consultative Committee Inc [FRACC] Marree Project
		The Outback town of Marree, rich in Afghan, Indigenous and rail transport history is located approximately 700 km north of Adelaide and is at the southern end of the Birdsville and Oodnadatta tracks.
		Marree is now an important service centre for the large sheep and cattle stations in the State's north east.
		Marree is a favourite destination for tourists wanting to experience a unique outback event.
	www.fracc.com.au /marree.htm (622 words)

	MARREE - Online Community
		Marree is the Australian outback's....the start of the Oodnadatta Track and the finsh of the Birdsville Track....This small town is ideally situated close to Lake Eyre and a diverse range of Outback eco-systems.
		Marree was originally a settlement known as Hergott Springs named after the springs nearby and that it was the main stop over for the Ghan Railways line, the relics of the old Ghan sit on the almost forgotten, last pieces of track left.
		Marree has a remarkable history and is definitely a unique place to experience.
	www.giveanaussieago.com.au /towns/Marree.html (178 words)

	Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Marree police is investigating the massive drawing and constable Liersch flew over the site and said the drawing was very impressive and detailed.
		However the area around the Marree man had been closed by the State Government, the people involved with drawing the figure have alerted the media to its existence.
		US officials refused to comment but have repeatedly denied any of their servicemen were involved with drawing the figure, which would have taken sophisticated navigation equipment to complete.
	uqconnect.net /~zzlhiess/australia3.htm (1049 words)

	Avalook Australia News, tips and hints for travellers and tourists
		We headed for Marree, but were soon diverted to the ochre cliffs, a magnificent depression of many coloured ochres, less than a kilometre from the road.
		Marree was formerly the change point at which the fast diesel trains from Adelaide or Port Augusta stopped, and the old narrow-gauge Ghan line to Alice Springs commenced.
		The Marree area was explored around 1840 by Edward John Eyre, who travelled from the Spencer Gulf and reached the southern portions what is now named Lake Eyre.
	www.avalook.com.au /newsletr/oznews26.htm (2699 words)

	Quorn, Hawker, Wilpena, Parachilna, Blinman, Leigh Creek, Arkaroola, Lyndhurst, Marree and The Flinders Ranges in ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Marree is the first sign of life on the Oodnadatta Track, lying 79 kilometres from Lyndhurst in the middle of the region's desolate saltbush country.
		Until recently, Marree was best known as the end of the legendary cattle route, the Birdville Track.
		Today, the tiny township has gained notoriety from the "Marree Man", an enormous outline of an Aboriginal warrior plowed anonymously into the salty desert plain.
	www.frogandtoad.com.au /sa/out/wilpena (904 words)

	Marree Hergott Springs
		For there is no doubt that small towns like Marree breed big people and towns like Marree have had and will have an influence on the nation far beyond their size, for Marree has for a long time been in the forefront of development and from its inception a transport and supply town.
		In those few words Mr Gigney was able to sum up the main cycles of Marree's history and the contribution made to it by the Aborigines, Afghans and white migrants who called the town home.
		Although the official name was Marree, which comes from the Aboriginal word Mari meaning place of many possums, the name Hergott Springs was used until World War I, when it was dropped as a result of the ill feeling towards Germany and German migrants in South Australia.
	www.southaustralianhistory.com.au /marree.htm (879 words)

	Marree - Services
		There is a registered nurse on 24 hour call at Marree who is available for consultation and referral as required.
		The pastoral properties around Marree have a separate RFDS clinic which is run monthly that will call direct to their properties as required.
		Marree offers ante-natal and postnatal care for mothers and babies with low to moderate risk.
	www.nfwrhs.sa.gov.au /marree/service.asp?pageMode=TEXT (333 words)

	Skywatch: New Clues To Marree Man Mystery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Speculation continued in Marree yesterday as to who ploughed the desert portrait, which has angered Aborigines, who claim it is poking fun at their culture.
		Marree police are "fed up" with the world media spotlight on their tiny three-man Outback station.
		Suzy Walsh, who works at Marree's Outback Roadhouse and General Store, saying that she is convinced that she could have served the unwittingly culprits is a little far fetched in itself.
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/1998/jul/m20-011.shtml (1384 words)

	Oodnadatta Track @ ExplorOz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The most obvious historical relics are the last remaining sleepers and ruins of the original Ghan railway that run alongside the track from Marree to William Creek.
		Marree is a good place to stock up your supplies, with supermarkets, caravan parks, a pub and some interesting bits of local history that fill in the gaps you missed in history class.
		The best camp is just over the hill overlooking the large dam that was built to supply water to the steam locomotives but now used as a watering hole for an incredible amount of wildlife including hundreds of cattle, corellas, galahs, ducks, top-not pigeons, eagles and crows.
	www.exploroz.com /TrekNotes/Deserts/Oodnadatta_Track.asp (2719 words)

	"Birdsville Track" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The unsealed track goes from Marree in South Australia's mid-north, to Birdsville in the south-western corner of Queensland through some of Australia's driest country.
		When this massive river is in flood the ferry is used in daylight hours only and provides access across the river for cars and attached trailers providing the wheels are contained within the safety chains of the ferry.
		north of Marree and 313 south of Birdsville, on the Derwent Creek.
	www.wilmap.com.au /birdsvilletrack.html (1726 words)

	Violence in Marree - WMC Interference (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Now, the town of Marree that quietly straddles the old Ghan railway line is waiting in trepidation for the next move in a fight that's already claimed one life.
		It's common knowledge in Marree that at least another $7,000 was spent over a five-day period before the fatal shooting by the group taking part in the initiation ceremony.
		The people of Marree, the Aboriginal people of Marree, have for a long time sort of fallen through the sieve of government policy in many respects and they haven't had a lot of the benefits that governments give people who fit into nice categories.
	www.sea-us.org.au /roxby/bb-abc.html (7395 words)

	Horseback Outback
		After a two-hour Cessna flight from Adelaide, I landed in Marree, an Outback hub of 80 people, where the 595 cattle, 170 horses and 70 would-be drovers would end their six-week journey.
		Marree is a bustling place in those parts, complete with pub, general store and, oddly, a giant wooden camel and makeshift mosque that serves the area's sizable Afghan population.
		Early in the last century, the rail line ended in Marree, so Afghans -- who'd settled here as farmers and cameliers to help supply goods to the Outback -- transported goods via camel through the rest of the desert.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2003/01/05/AR2005041501104.html (754 words)

	IPA in the News \| Give the Man a Break
		Burnum Burnum would have known what to do about Marree Man. If he were still alive he would have ridiculed the Aborigines who want to erase the 4 kilometre long earth sculpture in the far north of South Australia.
		Burnum Burnum was a cheeky Aboriginal activist who would have seen the wonderful potential Marree Man offers for local Aborigines to have a laugh, make some money, and take the mickey out of the earnest souls who suffocate them with their piety.
		Californians would flock to Marree in their thousands to gain enlightenment and to cure the great spiritual hunger that so many of them seem to feel.
	www.ipa.org.au /files/news_738.html (689 words)

	Welcome to the Marree Hotel
		The Victorian style building of two storeys has a well detailed exterior, with ground floor window arch keystones, a hip and gable roof and is a solid construction of sandstone.
		The history of the hotel parallels the history of Marree as a frontier cattle and railway town in the Outback of South Australia.
		The Marree Hotel’s friendly and helpful staff look forward to welcoming you to their historic hotel on your visit to Outback South Australia.
	www.sahotels.com.au /marree/index.asp (347 words)

	Oodnadatta Track - Wikitravel
		The track is situated in central South Australia and runs from Marree to Marla, passing William Creek and Oodnadatta along the way.
		Between Wangianna and Alberrie, 43km from Marree, you pass the dog-proof fence, one of the longest human-made barriers in the world.
		Between here and William Creek there are a few other minor sights, such as the Beresford Bore siding (156km from Marree), a historic rocket tracking emplacement (at the end of a one km road, 200m further on), Strangeways Bore and Irrapatana sidings (respectively 169km and 186km from Marree).
	wikitravel.org /en/Oodnadatta_Track (1303 words)

	Purple Prose - Winter 2002
		Last May after white-knuckling the two-hour Cessna flight from Adelaide, I landed in Marree, an Outback hub of 80 people, where the 595 cattle, 170 horses and 70 tourists would end their six-week journey, culminating in a cattle auction.
		Marree is a bustling place in those parts, replete with pub, general store and, oddly, a giant wooden camel and makeshift mosque preserved to honor the area’s sizable Afghan population.
		Early last century, the rail line ended in Marree, so Afghans used camels to transport goods through the rest of the desert.
	www.northwestern.edu /magazine/northwestern/winter2002/purple_prose (853 words)

	Marree
		Its first name was Hergott Springs, and for a long time Marree was a staging post for the camel trains used to transport heavy goods north and south along the Oodnadatta and Birdsville Tracks.
		Approximately 130 kilometres west of Marree are some fine examples of the many mound springs found in the area.
		KILLALPANINNA LUTHERAN MISSION MEMORIAL At Etadunna Homestead 121 kilometres north of Marree is a memorial commemorating the efforts of the people who ran the Lutheran Aboriginal Mission, the ruins of which are just to the north- west.
	www.pacificislandtravel.com /australia/southaustralia/marree.asp (439 words)

	Earshot - 26/06/99: "The Marree Cameleers" (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Marree, in the far north east of South Australia, is a small town of less than a 100 people, made up equally of Aboriginals, White Australians, and Afghans.
		This last group are the descendants of the original Afghan Cameleers, who came to Australia in the mid 19th century - helping to open up the country's arid interior with the most appropriate form of transport for the environment - camels.
		But in Marree, the Afghan community are putting up a fight - they want the story of their cameleer ancestors to be part of the town's heritage, alongside the Indigenous and white Australian history that is reflected in Marree.
	www.abc.net.au /rn/history/earshot/stories/s32961.htm (175 words)

	Flinders Ranges and Outback South Australia - Holiday Planner - Oodnadatta Track (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Stretching 615km from Marree in the south, to Marla in the north, this is a land of contrasts.
		Between Marree and Oodnadatta, a jumping off point for crossing the vast Simpson Desert and travelling to the Witjira National Park, the road closely follows the route of Charles Todd's Overland Telegraph Line which ran from Port Augusta to Darwin.
		The Marree Caravan and Campers Park on the edge of town has a range of accommodation, powered and unpowered sites, outdoor kitchen, laundromat and sells fuel, LPG and ice.
	www.flindersoutback.com /oodnadatta.htm (1110 words)

	Maree Man - Update (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		=3D=3D=3D=3D The Mystery of Marree man. by Roy Eccleston.=A0 From: The Weekend Australian 5 September 1998 ARTIST Christopher Headley should not have been too surprised when the local policeman from Marree, 600km north of Adelaide, rang to quiz him about the discovery of a 4km-tall depiction of an Aboriginal hunter ploughed into a local plateau.
		Marree Man may not last as long as these examples but, in the short term, he's providing just as much intrigue.
		Marree Man has his supporters, though, and they're not just the postcard and T-shirt makers, or tourist operators such as Oscar's Outback Tours, which has anointed the drawing an artistic "masterpiece" and the "eighth wonder of the world".
	www.virtuallystrange.net /ufo/updates/1998/sep/m05-026.shtml (2612 words)

	SIGHTINGS
		It also unveiled the plaque buried near the Marree Man - a four-kilometre drawing of a naked Aboriginal hunter - which was dug up on Tuesday by government representatives following directions in an anonymous letter to the media, apparently from the creators.
		But they said they would observe the exclusion zone put in place when the Marree Man was discovered last July, and would begin their trail of clues this Sunday with an answer buried at the Cerne Giant in England.
		Aboriginal Lands Trust chairman Garnet Wilson said the Marree Man was an insult to local Aborigines and he would like to "throw it (the plaque) in the deepest ocean I could find, it's just trash".
	www.rense.com /ufo2/maree.htm (384 words)

	MARREE MAN - THE EVIDENCE
		The figure looks to have been an amalgam of the body of a man photographed in the distinctive throwing stance depicted in the desert drawing and the head of another man wearing a headband and chignon.
		The Marree Man, gouged out of red soil on a remote plateau 60km outside of the town of Marree on the Oodnadatta track, is the world's largest known art work but its authorship is unknown.
		A South Australian anthropologist says the notable similarities between the Marree Man and the throwing stance of the figure (Far Left) and the distinctive hair style of the Man (Right) provide clues to who made the drawing.
	www.geocities.com /curiosities3/evidence.htm (984 words)

	Simpson Desert French Line
		As the South Australian-based farming pioneers ventured north from Marree in the 1880s seeking new pastoral holdings, their enterprise led them well into Queensland Channel Country.
		For many years the Afghan camel teams based in Marree handled the bulk of the public cartage along the 'Track, although shut out from carrying mail by a PMG stipulation that horses must be used on mail contracts.
		Marree was as far as the conventional carriers could go and it was left to Fred Teague and Montie Scobie to cart the fragile and bulky loads up the Birdsville Track this time.
	www.simpsondesert.fl.net.au /mail (1562 words)

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