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Burke & Wills Monument - VIC

Burke & Wills Monument

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -37.066695 144.226144

DMS: 37º 04' 0.11" S 144º 13' 34.14" E

UTM: 55 H 5894129mN 253382mE

Altitude: 322.84m

Address & Contact

Wills St
Castlemaine VIC 3450

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Information

The is the monument that the township of Castlemaine in the 1800's banded together to get built. The reason the Castlemaine township got together to built it, is that the Royal Society of Victoria spent funds on the monument to the Burke and Wills Expedition in Melbourne and so believed that it should be the only recognised monument in recognition to the Burke and Wills Expedition. Castlemaine thought otherwise, not only did the monument get built, but it also recognised the other participants that were on the expedition that the Royal Society of Victoria failed to give public acknowledge too.

PlaceID	329961

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Redesdale at 19/09:30am EDT

Distance from Burke & Wills Monument 26.61km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
16.2°C	14.1°C	53%	6.6°C	hPa	0.0mm	NNE	7km/hr 4knots	11km/hr 6knots

Closest Climatic Station

Castlemaine Prison

Distance from Burke & Wills Monument 1.96km SE

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	28.1	28.3	24.6	20.1	15.7	12.7	11.7	13.3	15.6	19.2	22.6	25.3
Mean Min. °C	12.9	13.5	10.8	7.5	5.2	3.4	2.8	3.5	4.9	6.6	9.2	10.8
Mean Rain mm	40.3	38.6	34.5	40.3	56.2	56.4	61.0	67.1	60.7	59.4	48.8	41.6