[meteorite-list] NP Article, 05-1948 Henbury Craters

From: ROCKS ON FIRE <meteorites_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:32:45 2004
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Hi, Mark, list,

this is not Henbury, that is WOLFE CREEK. ;-)

Best regards from DOWN-UNDER,

Norbert & Heike Kammel
    ROCKS ON FIRE
       IMCA #3420
www.rocksonfire.com <%3Fhttp://www.rocksonfire.com%3F>



MARK BOSTICK wrote:

> Paper: Holland Evening Sentinel
>
> City: Holland, Michigan
>
> Date: Thursday, May 06, 1948
>
> Page: 5
>
>
>
> Huge Meteorite Crater Found
>
> Sydney, Australia (UP) - What is believed to be one of the World's
> largest meteorite craters has been found in Western Australia, reports
> from an oil exploration party indicate.
>
> The crater is 150 feet deep and more than half a mile in diameter. It
> is on the edge of a desert basin, 400 miles from the town of Broome,
> and 61 miles south of Hall's creek, the nearest largest airport.
>
> It was first noted June 21, 1947 during an air reconnissance flight by
> Frank Reeves, geologist, and N. B. Sauvo, a geophysicist. On Aug. 27,
> 1947, Reeves and another companion, Dudley Evans, traveled by jeep to
> the crater.
>
> They decided after two hours' inspection that it was of volcanic origin.
>
> Later, however, Reeves and Evans were shown pictures of the famed
> meteorite crater in Arizona, as depicted in the June, 1926, issue of a
> geographic magazine. With Dr. H. G. Raggatt, director of the
> commonwealth bureau of mineral resources, they decided that the
> Australian crater actually was of meteoric origin.
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> Never heard the part of the National Geographic magazine in
> discovering Henbury Crater's origin before.
>
>
>
>
> Please visit, www.MeteoriteArticles.com, a free on-line archive of
> meteor and meteorite articles.








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Hi, Mark, list,<br>
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this is <b>not </b>Henbury, that is <b>WOLFE CREEK</b>.<span
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<p><font color="#000000">Best regards from DOWN-UNDER,<br>
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   Norbert &amp; Heike Kammel<br>
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MARK BOSTICK wrote:<br>
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  <p>Paper: Holland Evening Sentinel</p>
 
  <p>City: Holland, Michigan</p>
 
  <p>Date: Thursday, May 06, 1948</p>
 
  <p>Page: 5</p>
 
  <p>&nbsp;</p>
 
  <p>Huge Meteorite Crater Found</p>
 
  <p>Sydney, Australia (UP) - What is believed to be one of the World's largest
meteorite craters has been found in Western Australia, reports from an oil
exploration party indicate.</p>
 
  <p>The crater is 150 feet deep and more than half a mile in diameter. It
is on the edge of a desert basin, 400 miles from the town of Broome, and
61 miles south of Hall's creek, the nearest largest airport.</p>
 
  <p>It was first noted June 21, 1947 during an air reconnissance flight
by Frank Reeves, geologist, and N. B. Sauvo, a geophysicist. On Aug. 27,
1947, Reeves and another companion, Dudley Evans, traveled by jeep to the
crater.</p>
 
  <p>They decided after two hours' inspection that it was of volcanic origin.</p>
 
  <p>Later, however, Reeves and Evans were shown pictures of the famed meteorite
crater in Arizona, as depicted in the June, 1926, issue of a geographic magazine.
With Dr. H. G. Raggatt, director of the commonwealth bureau of mineral resources,
they decided that the Australian crater actually was of meteoric origin.</p>
  </font>
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  <div>Hello All,</div>
 
  <div>&nbsp;</div>
 
  <div>Never heard the part of the National Geographic magazine in discovering
Henbury Crater's origin before.&nbsp; </div>
 
  <div>&nbsp;</div>
 
  <div>&nbsp;</div>
 
  <div>&nbsp;</div>
 
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Please visit, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.MeteoriteArticles.com">www.MeteoriteArticles.com</a>, a free on-line archive of meteor
and meteorite articles.</div>
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