What is the Musgrave Ranges?
Q: What is the Musgrave Ranges?
A: The Musgrave Ranges is a mountain range in Central Australia that covers the boundary of South Australia and the Northern Territory.
Q: How long is the range?
A: The range has a length of 210 kilometres (130 miles).
Q: How high are many of its peaks?
A: Many of its peaks have a height of more than 1,100 metres (3,609 feet).
Q: Who was the first European to find them?
A: The first European to find them was the English explorer William Gosse in the 1870s.
Q: Who did he name them after?
A: He named them after Anthony Musgrave, who was Governor of South Australia at the time.
Q: When did Yankunytjatjara people begin migrating east and southward? A: Yankunytjatjara people began migrating east and southward at the start of the 20th century, setting up camps along Alberga River and moving into Ernabella mission. From 1917, they also began a movement southward to Ooldea.
Q: Why were Pitjantjatjara forced to move to Musgrave region? A: Pitjantjatjara were forced to move to Musgrave region because of a long drought in their territory, Mann and Tomkinson Ranges in west.
Q: When was South Australian part granted to Pitjantjatjarra people ? A: The South Australian part of Musgrave Ranges was granted to Pitjantjarra people in 1980 through Pitjanntajarra Land Rights Act.
