Everard Ranges

Rising into domes above a Cenozoic peneplain, which is here about 550 metres (1,800 ft) above sea level, they were named by Ernest Giles[1][2] in 1873 after SA Commissioner of Crown Lands William Everard,[1] and consist of monoliths or bornhardts, rich in caves and overhangs with Aboriginal rock painting galleries.

Giles described them in his book, Australia Twice Traversed as follows:[citation needed]"Arriving at the first hills of the Everard, I found they were all very peculiar, bare, red, granite mounds, being the most extraordinary ranges one could possibly imagine, if indeed any one could imagine such a scene.

Numerous rocky glens and gorges were seen, having various kinds of shrubs and low trees growing in the interstices of the rocks.

Tourism in the area has been taken under the wing of the Mimili community, lying about 22 km north-east.

[4] There is an extensive radiation of camaenid land snails in the region, with many species appearing endemic to the Everard Ranges, including Pleuroxia everardensis, P. carmeena, Sinumelon pumilio, Tatemelon everardensis, Semotrachia minuta, S. illbilleeana, Dirutrachia ponderi.