Talk:Simpson Desert

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Contents 1 earlier unsigned comments 2 size 3 Image 4 Red sand 5 Trans-Australian Line 6 Date of Naming

[edit] earlier unsigned comments

• Date of naming seems wrong. Was it really crossed by colson before it was named? perhaps 1839?

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• Please explain? I added info to it, that i was tought in school over 13 years ago. I also added some places that people may find interesting if useing wikipedia for holiday info. --Amckern 11:25, 6 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] size

Is the figure of 600,000 square kilometres right? Encarta lists it as being only 100,000 [1] and here its listed as 56,000 square miles -- Astrokey44|talk 04:56, 23 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Could use this one, nice historical one: http://images.slsa.sa.gov.au/mpcimg/09140/B9113_22.htm Colson's expedition. The copyrightcruft at the bottom should be cropped, though (since it's not true). pfctdayelise (translate?) 14:45, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

nice! ive added it to commons and put it here -- Astrokey44|talk 15:00, 12 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Red sand

I saw a photo of the Simpson Desert with vivid red sand; it was striking. It would be great to find a free image showing this red sand. —Keenan Pepper 04:23, 4 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Trans-Australian Line

I think the statement that the trans-australian line crosses the simpsons desert is wrong. The trans-australian line runs from Port Augusta to Kalgoorlie and is not near the Simpson. The line from Port Augusta to Alice Spring does run past the western edge of the Simpson Desert but it is not the trans-australia line. 58.107.18.14 12:20, 9 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Date of Naming

I've seen 1932 (Blainey, who was an Australian historian) and 1929 (National Geographic), and now 1939. Can we get some kind of source for this? Phoenix Song (talk) 13:31, 4 June 2008 (UTC)