Barkly Tableland

Barkly Tableland

      region of Australia, south of the Gulf of Carpentaria and extending southeastward about 350 miles (560 km) from Newcastle Creek, Northern Territory, to Camooweal, Queen. A grassy, undulating upland (average altitude 1,000 feet [300 metres]), nourished by subartesian water and seasonal water courses, it embraces an area of about 50,000 square miles (130,000 square km). Properties in the Barkly Tableland include some of Australia's larger holdings (exceeding 1,930 square miles, or 5,000 square km). Visited in 1845 by Ludwig Leichhardt, it was named by William Landsborough in honour of Sir Henry Barkly (Barkly, Sir Henry), governor of Victoria (1856–63). It is crossed (east–west) by the Barkly Highway.

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