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Marree, South Australia
Marree is a small town located in the north of South Australia. It lies North of Adelaide at the junction of the Oodnadatta Track and the Birdsville Track, above sea level. The area is the home of the Dieri people. At the 2011 census, the Marree district which is the entire NE corner of South Australia had a population of 634, with 70% of the population being male. The town of Marree has a population of approximately 60 persons. The major areas of employment are mining, agriculture and accommodation services.
The town was home to Australia's first mosque, which was made of mud brick and built by the Afghan cameleers employed at Marree's inception. At one time the town was divided in two, with Europeans on one side and Afghans and Aborigines on the other.〔()〕
==History==
The first European to explore the area was Edward John Eyre, who passed through in 1840. In 1859, explorer John McDouall Stuart visited the area, and his German botanist ''Herrgott'' discovered the springs which Stuart named after him. Initially the area was known as ''Herrgott (or Hergott) Springs'' but when the town was surveyed in 1883 4 km South of the springs in preparation for the coming of the railway it was given the name ''Marree''. Marree is said to be derived from the indigenous word for possum. However the railway station itself was given the name ''Hergott Springs'' and the town remained known as such. The railway station's name was eventually changed to Marree in 1917 due to anti-German sentiment after World War I.〔
Parts of ''The Inbetweeners 2'', a 2014 British comedy film set in Australia, were filmed in Marree.
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