Lake Torrens world population of red-capped plovers. Cinnamon quail-thrushes are also common in the IBA. Lake Torrens Lake Torrens is a normally ephemeral salt lake in central South Australia. After extreme rainfall events, the lake flows out through the Pirie-Torrens Corridor to the Spencer Gulf. Lake Torrens lies between the Arcoona Plateau to the west and the Flinders Ranges to the east, about north of Port Augusta and about north of the Adelaide city centre. The lake is approximately above sea level, with a maximum depth of 1 m. It is located within the boundaries of Lake Torrens National Park. Lake Torrens
William McCullagh Torrens William McCullagh Torrens William Torrens McCullagh Torrens (13 October 1813 – 26 April 1894) was an Irish Liberal politician, who sat in the House of Commons for English constituencies variously between 1848 and 1885. Torrens was the son of James McCullagh of Greenfield, Dublin, and his wife Jane Torrens, daughter of Andrew Torrens of Dublin. He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1835 he was Assistant Commissioner of the Irish Poor Inquiry and was called to the bar in Ireland in 1836. He was an original member of the Anti-Corn Law League founded in 1838. In 1846 he was