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Burke & Wills Camp 1 - VIC

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Position

DEG: -37.761757 144.922283

DMS: 37º 45' 42.32" S 144º 55' 20.23" E

UTM: 55 H 5818585mN 316983mE

Altitude: 36.63m

Address & Contact

798-792 A60
Moonee Ponds VIC 3039

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Stone monument in Queens Park on Mt Alexander Road depicting the location of the first camp of the ill fated Burke & Wills expedition on Monday 20th August 1860. They only travelled 6km on the first day - it was winter and they had started out from Melbourne late in the afternoon just after 4pm after a big public send-off, said to be the largest public event Melbourne had ever seen."The 27 imported camels were tied at the water hole (Queen's Park lake) and the horses, terrified of the camels, were tethered at the corner of Napier Street and Fletcher Street."The Moonee Ponds water reserve, was a favourite hunting and camping place for the local Wurundjeri-willam people. Moonee Moonee was the name they gave for the ponds. The expedition did not make an early start on day 2 either - leaving Moonee Ponds at 2.30pm. The party left together: 19 men, 26 camels, 23 horses and three wagons, plus 3 hired wagons, their drivers and horses.

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Closest Weather Station

Essendon Airport at 09/03:00am EDT

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 1 4.04km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
11.9°C	8.9°C	75%	7.6°C	1015.7hPa	0.0mm	W	13km/hr 7knots	17km/hr 9knots

Closest Climatic Station

Essendon Airport

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 1 4.04km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	26.3	25.6	23.9	20.1	16.1	13.7	13.0	14.3	16.7	19.1	21.7	24.3
Mean Min. °C	13.4	13.9	12.4	9.8	7.7	5.9	5.2	5.5	6.6	8.1	9.9	11.7
Mean Rain mm	42.8	47.2	40.2	54.1	49.2	40.2	43.5	48.7	50.8	60.6	59.0	51.4