Coward Springs, South Australia
Coward Springs is a former settlement and railway station in the desert in outback South Australia. It is situated on the Oodnadatta Track adjacent to the Wabma Kadarbu Mound Springs Conservation Park, 236 km from Coober Pedy.
It was named in 1858 by Peter Warburton after Corporal Thomas Coward, one of the members of the exploration party.
Coward Springs had a school from 1888 to 1890. The government bore was 400 feet deep and the artesian water rose 15 feet into the air from the bore. The bore was completed on 16 July 1886.
Coward Springs currently provides pleasant camping facilities, an open-air spa, and historical features.
Read more about Coward Springs, South Australia: Thomas Coward
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