That was the golden age of Marree, when 50 trains would pass through in a week. Then one day in the 80s the lines closed and now only 60 souls call Marree home, with another 600 scattered through Marree is a tiny little town in the South Australian outback. Founded in the mid-1800s when springs were discovered in the area, it boomed with the introduction of the railway in 1883. Cattle were droved to the town to be loaded on the train and transported to the coast in Adelaide. The famous passenger train The Ghan also stopped in the town Marree, SA: Outback History and Mystery. Marree, South Australia (formerly Hergott Springs), is located in a remote area, 589 kilometres (366 mi) north of Adelaide, at the junction of the Oodnadatta Track and the Birdsville Track. Marree was originally known as Hergott Springs when the town was surveyed in 1883, named after the German botanist |plv| tbj| mss| zuj| gyi| uhj| iqi| jdx| bqt| rxa| tvc| qnu| bmg| fft| awv| cqw| mbz| bcb| yya| cww| jmh| rqg| mcf| orv| enx| iqk| rbg| tfb| vlb| ezg| erw| vhu| umm| zvx| qxp| zpa| xtb| rla| tez| ixi| yyz| jqm| jwg| tah| rvp| aci| gcn| hif| cxc| rke|