Marla

History

Marla was constituted as a government town under the Crown Lands Act 1929-1980 on 21 May 1981 and was gazetted as a locality under the Geographical Names Act 1991 on 8 February 2001 with the assigned boundaries being similar to that of the government town. Geoffrey H. Manning, the South Australian historian, reports that the town was proclaimed as a place for "the provision of essential services to travellers crossing the continent" and to act as an administrative centre for the north-west part of the state including the Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara lands and the Mintabie Opal Field to the town's west.

Most-observed species

• Little Crow

  Corvus bennetti North, 1901 · Aves
  47
• Magpie-lark

  Grallina cyanoleuca (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  45
• Yellow-throated Miner

  Manorina flavigula (Gould, 1840) · Aves
  42
• Willie-wagtail

  Rhipidura leucophrys (Latham, 1802) · Aves
  37
• Crested Pigeon

  Ocyphaps lophotes (Temminck, 1822) · Aves
  33
• Galah

  Eolophus roseicapilla (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  31
• Zebra Finch

  Taeniopygia guttata (Vieillot, 1817) · Aves
  30
• Australian Raven

  Corvus coronoides Vigors & Horsfield, 1827 · Aves
  29