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people as a link between the hills and the sea. The Sturt River
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Flood control dam over the river in
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418:History of Adelaide
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684:24 December
599:Shared path
508:Present day
433:Warri Parri
351:Upper Sturt
320:Warri Parri
315:Sturt Creek
311:Sturt River
248: /
236:138°30′56″E
174:Upper Sturt
99:Warri Parri
94:Native name
70:river mouth
27:Sturt Creek
1446:Categories
1348:Rivers of
1312:Strzelecki
1292:Diamantina
1175:Brown Hill
1116:South Para
1104:North Para
1024:Rivers of
882:2007-12-24
659:References
585:phosphorus
569:government
538:South Road
446:confluence
416:See also:
398:Heathfield
387:indigenous
326:Warriparri
279:Basin size
233:34°57′40″S
200:confluence
1317:Warburton
1207:Wakefield
1128:Hindmarsh
1077:Christies
1045:Broughton
983:20 August
581:turbidity
544:with the
482:instead.
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202:with the
123:Australia
84:Etymology
1248:Currency
745:25 March
627:See also
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589:nitrogen
577:salinity
526:Ironbank
438:Dreaming
335:Adelaide
143:Adelaide
114:Location
1393:Willson
1373:Harriet
1368:Eleanor
1363:De Mole
1337:Macumba
1332:Officer
1282:Alberga
1253:Finniss
1202:Torrens
1155:Myponga
1143:Gilbert
1123:Glenelg
1072:Bungala
1050:Crystal
1040:Acraman
957:20 June
609:Glenelg
522:suburbs
412:History
400:in the
353:in the
119:Country
1378:Middle
1358:Cygnet
1307:Neales
1287:Cooper
1263:Murray
1238:Bremer
1109:Jacobs
1099:Gawler
953:. 2011
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406:course
390:Kaurna
367:Marion
361:, the
271:Length
158:Source
139:Region
106:Kaurna
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1383:Rocky
1302:Frome
1297:Finke
1258:Marne
1243:Burra
1233:Angas
1180:Sturt
1138:Light
1133:Inman
1087:Field
1065:Rocky
921:(PDF)
708:(PDF)
195:Mouth
129:State
24:Sturt
1322:Eyre
1212:Eyre
1192:Port
1060:Hutt
1055:Hill
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959:2014
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