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Major Mitchell Site - QLD

Major Mitchell Site

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Campsite at sunset

Plaque

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -24.460217 147.165054

DMS: 24º 27' 36.78" S 147º 09' 54.2" E

UTM: 55 J 7294810mN 516728mE

Altitude: 344.13m

Address & Contact

Dawson Developmental Rd
Mantuan Downs QLD 4722

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Information

Historical site, Road side over night stop over. Turn off to Salvator Rosa.

Major Thomas Mitchell traversed this area during his 1846 expedition during which he hoped to solve the mystery of Australian inland river system. He named the valley Salvator Rosa after the famous Italian painter and the Claude River and Mantuan Downs plains after the painter, Mantuan Biard.

PlaceID	156727

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Salvator Rosa - Carnarvon NP

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Springsure at 29/09:00am EST

Distance from Major Mitchell Site 100.48km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
15.0°C	°C	49%	4.4°C	hPa	0.0mm	-	km/hr knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Springsure Comet St

Distance from Major Mitchell Site 100.48km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.9	32.4	31.6	29.0	25.3	22.2	22.1	24.0	27.6	30.6	32.8	34.0
Mean Min. °C	20.8	20.5	18.8	14.8	10.9	7.1	6.2	7.5	11.2	15.2	17.9	19.8
Mean Rain mm	109.3	109.9	69.7	40.0	35.7	37.9	28.5	24.1	29.9	47.3	64.5	93.6