Lake Torrens Station

Lake Torrens Station is a rural locality in central South Australia. Lake Torrens Station is located between the Lake Torrens foreshore and The Ghan railway line.

Map showing Lake Torrens Station.

The area is part of an arid plain between the Flinders Ranges and Lake Torrens, and the post code is 5713.[1]

The traditional owners of the area are the Adnyamathanha people.[2][3]

In April 2016 a nuclear waste facility was proposed for the adjoining locality of Barndioota.[4] The facility, to hold materials classified as "low level radioactive waste" and temporarily store "intermediate level radioactive waste" above ground for 92 years, has been opposed by local environmental groups and Aboriginal people. A decision is not expected in the near future.

References
  1. Lake Torrens Station Post Code at Australia Post.
  2. This name is one of the names used on the widely used Aboriginal Australia Map, by David Horton (ed.), 1994 published in The Encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia (and subsequently separately) by AIATSIS. This map also divides Australia into 18 regions (Southwest, Northwest, Desert, Kimberley, Fitzmaurice, North, Arnhem, Gulf, West Cape, Torres Strait, East, Rainforest, Northeast, Eyre, Riverine, Southeast, Spencer and Tasmania).
  3. Horton, David. "The encyclopaedia of Aboriginal Australia : Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history, society and culture". Trove. (Catalogue entry for all editions) Map: "AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia". Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. 3 June 2015.
  4. Norman, Jane; staff (29 April 2016). "Nuclear dump: Barndioota station in SA earmarked as site of waste facility". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 6 October 2016.



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