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TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Background to Collection

Created 25/06/2025

Updated 10/01/2026

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In the mid-1920's Professor Theodore George Bentley (TGB) Osborn, Professor of Botany in the University of Adelaide, put forward strong scientific arguments concerning the lack of knowledge of the ecology of arid zone vegetation, and the effect of grazing on it (Osborn, 1925). In 1925 negotiations proceeded between the University of Adelaide and Messrs Hamilton Wilcox Ltd to secure a parcel of land for the purposes of research on Koonamore Station, a sheep-grazing property approximately 400 km north-east of Adelaide. A parcel of land of around 390ha was identified and fenced to exclude rabbits and other stock. The area was originally referred to as the Arid Region Flora Reserve but later was named the TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve after its founder. For simplicity it is commonly referred to as the Koonamore Vegetation Reserve.

This record is a collection of flora and fauna observations conducted in the TGB Osborn Vegetation Reserve (or Koonamore Vegetation Reserve).

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Title TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Background to Collection
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/6ed9d3e4-4ea7-4146-8cbc-5b7952254baa
Contact Point
Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network's Data Discovery
esupport@tern.org.au
Reference Period 16/07/1907
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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      ],
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        -32.12401
      ],
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      ],
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      ],
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      ]
    ]
  ],
  "type": "Polygon"
}
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This dataset was originally found on Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network "TGB Osborn (Koonamore) Vegetation Reserve, Background to Collection". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://geonetwork.tern.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/tgb-osborn-koonamore-vegetation-reserve-background-to-collection