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Cameron's 1 Ton Survey Post

Barwon River, Mungindi

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Cameron's 1 Ton Survey Post (2007); Heritage Branch staff

Cameron's 1 Ton Survey Post (2007)

Cameron's One Ton Survey Post (2007); Heritage Branch staff

Cameron's One Ton Survey Post (2007)

Cameron's One Ton Survey Post (2007); Heritage Branch staff

Cameron's One Ton Survey Post (2007)

Cameron’s One Ton Survey Post is situated on a dirt track about five kilometres south west of Mungindi. It marks the 1879 -1881 trigonometrical survey of the Queensland - New South Wales border. The 1882 post is rare as one of the largest timber survey posts in Australia. It marks the end of the survey by John Cameron at Latitude 29°. The survey began at the Zero obelisk erected at Barringun in 1879 and travelled in a westerly direction over a period of 12 months and 15 days to the South Australian border. Cameron then returned to Barringun in 1881 and began surveying in an easterly direction, until he reached the Barwon River. When the survey was completed in October 1881, Cameron celebrated by placing a wooden post, weighing one ton and carved with his name, on the riverbank.

Coordinates: -28.99415239, 148.93979983

Full details of this heritage-registered place are in the Heritage register.

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Last reviewed
1 July 2022
Last updated
28 February 2023