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Harrisons Cut - VIC

Harrisons Cut

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -37.32568 147.296967

DMS: 37º 19' 32.45" S 147º 17' 49.08" E

UTM: 55 H 5868957mN 526310mE

Altitude: 350m

Address & Contact

Matheson Track
Dargo VIC 3862

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Information

A fifty metre channel blasted through rock which was used to divert the Dargo River. This dried out the horseshoe bend in the river to sluice for alluvial gold.
It is located 15km north of Dargo and was probably cut in the 1880's.

PlaceID	159553

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Mount Hotham Airport at 02/04:30am EST

Distance from Harrisons Cut 30.91km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
-0.1°C	-3.6°C	62%	-6.5°C	1032.0hPa	0.0mm	NW	4km/hr 2knots	6km/hr 3knots

Closest Climatic Station

Mount Hotham

Distance from Harrisons Cut 41.37km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	16.3	15.8	12.9	8.3	4.6	1.3	-0.1	0.6	3.4	7.2	11.2	13.5
Mean Min. °C	7.8	8.0	5.7	2.5	-0.1	-2.4	-3.7	-3.4	-1.7	0.5	3.8	5.4
Mean Rain mm	97.0	110.3	114.1	94.4	119.9	131.9	131.3	141.4	135.3	122.7	148.2	110.0