The pre‐settlement hydrology and vegetation of the northern adelaide plains and the progress of settlement and clearing during the nineteenth century

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Abstract
The Northern Adelaide Plains has developed into a major supplier of fresh vegetables for Adelaide. Unfortunately, overutilisation of the underground water supplies for irrigation is causing their depletion. As a management tool the Engineering and Water Supply Department has constructed a computer simulation of the aquifers. It was decided that reconstruction, from historical sources, of the pre‐settlement and early‐settlement hydrology would greatly facilitate the calibration and testing of the model. This is the purpose of the present study. In addition, insofar as vegetation is an indicator of the hydrological environment, an attempt has been made to reconstruct the original vegetation cover and then trace the progress of settlement and clearing. This study thus originated as an exercise in ‘applied historical geography’.

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