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Figure 49. Soils of Oriners and Sefton Stations based on the original “Atlas of Australian Soils”
(Isbell et al. 1968; BRS 1991). 35
3.2.5 Land systems
In the 1960‟s, CSIRO scientists used reconnaissance-scale field mapping of geology, soils,
and vegetation, along with air photo analysis, to delineate “land systems” across Australia,
which were relatively homogenous units locally. Four main land systems have been mapped
on Oriners and Sefton Stations: Balurga, Mottle, Annaly, Cumbulla (Figure 50; (Galloway,
Gunn et al. 1970). These land systems bring together the earlier described geology, soils,
topography, and drainage of the area, along with woodland canopy and grassland vegetation
conditions.
Figure 50. Land system of the forest country around Oriners/Sefton Stations. Balurga (Ba);
Mottle (Mo); Annaly (A); Cumbulla (C) (extracted from Galloway et al. 1970).
35 Note DERM sample locations for soil reference profiles from CYPLUS surveys (Biggs and Philip
1995a; 1995b), but additional reference profile sites from Isbell et al. (1968) also likely exist.
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