refer to the hardness of the ground, rather than to its geological composition". However, there are a number of complications in trying to establish the origins of place names supposedly relating to Aboriginal words, and there is no definitive answer for Ediacara. See also Ediacara, South Australia, a locality List of fossil sites (with link directory) Nilpena Ediacara National Park Footnotes References External links University of California page on the Ediacara Hills EDIACARA RANGE entry in "Gazeteer of Australia". Commonwealth of Australia. Geoscience Australia First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites Flinders Ranges Mountain ranges of South Australia Precambrian Oceania Proterozoic paleontological sites of Australia Paleontology in South Australia Australian National Heritage List Far North (South Australia)