Places Home > All Places > Heritage > VIC > Mallee

Burke & Wills Plaque (Camp 12 - Tragowel) - VIC

Burke & Wills Plaque (Camp 12 - Tragowel)

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -35.8145 143.953667

DMS: 35º 48' 52.2" S 143º 57' 13.23" E

UTM: 54 H 6032599mN 766867mE

Altitude: 82.6m

Address & Contact

Loddon Valley Hwy
Tragowel VIC 3579

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

Web: N/A

Information

The expedition by Burke and Wills to the Gulf of Carpentaria passed through Tragowel. On 2 September 1860, the expedition group led by Robert O`Hara Burke arrived at the homestead of Abraham Booth and John Holloway on the Loddon River, called Tragowell Station (later renamed to Tragowel Estate).
Arrived 6.30pm Sunday, September 2
1860. Rained heavily overnight.
Departed 9.15am Tuesday, September 4
for Reedy Lake station, 20km north,
crossing the Loddon at Old Kerang.

PlaceID	413744

Map

Working on it...

Get Traveller App Get the ExplorOz Traveller App to download all ExplorOz Places for navigational use on your tablet, phone, iPad or laptop.

Download Place

Use this download for GPX, Hema Navigator and OziExplorer. Geo data only no map included.

TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Murray Valley Hwy

Nearby Places (17)

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Kerang at 01/03:00pm EST

Distance from Burke & Wills Plaque (Camp 12 - Tragowel) 10.55km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
18.6°C	16.7°C	45%	6.6°C	hPa	0.0mm	S	6km/hr 3knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Kerang

Distance from Burke & Wills Plaque (Camp 12 - Tragowel) 10.55km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	31.6	31.2	27.7	22.7	18.0	14.6	14.1	16.1	19.1	22.8	26.7	29.7
Mean Min. °C	15.1	15.2	12.8	9.4	6.7	4.6	4.0	4.9	6.7	8.8	11.3	13.4
Mean Rain mm	23.7	23.9	27.2	25.1	35.9	35.6	35.4	37.2	35.5	37.8	29.9	27.4