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Burke & Wills Camp 15 - VIC

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Position

DEG: -35.340718 143.563384

DMS: 35º 20' 26.58" S 143º 33' 48.19" E

UTM: 54 H 6086156mN 732965mE

Altitude: 73.4m

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15 Monash Dr
Swan Hill VIC 3585

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Information

Burke and Wills arrived at Swan Hill on 6/9/1860 and departed on 11/9/1860. At the time Swan Hill had 140 inhabitants and was just a small outpost on the Murray. Size of the party made progress slow and although this was a place where a permanent camp was to be established it was decided to dismiss some of the party and continue largely intact to the Darling River. On the 11/9/1860 they packed up and crossed the Murray into NSW. Prior to this a Captain Cadell offered Burke his paddle-steamer Lady Augusta to load the supplies and take them to Pooncarrie. Burke refused. This had repercussions on supplies and delays, Had Burke taken up the offer what took 15 days overland travel could have been done in less than 2.

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TrekNotes Near This Place (1)

Murray Valley Hwy

Nearby Places (23)

Canoe Steps, Riverside Park, Swan Hill 0.09km
Swan Hill Riverside Caravan Park 0.24km
Burke & Wills Memorial 0.36km
Charley Gray Memorial 0.38km
Burke & Wills Camp 16 0.42km
Swan Hill 0.42km
Burke and Wills Morton Bat Fig Tree 0.51km
Swan Hill District Health 0.63km
Pioneer Settlement & Laser Spectacular 0.8km
Swan Hill 0.98km
Swan Hill Public Dump Point 1.12km
Murray Downs 2.11km
Big4 Swan Hill 2.13km
Swan Hill HOliday Park 2.76km
Rifle Butts Corner 3.77km
Swan Hill Airstrip 4.68km
Pental Island Holiday Park 5.83km
Hilltop Resort 6.85km
Holloways Lake 7.56km
Murray Downs 8.04km
Tyntynder South 8.14km
Tyntynder Central 9.46km
Tyntynder Central Reserve 9.48km

Wildflowers

Weather

Closest Weather Station

Swan Hill at 29/09:00pm EST

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 15 4.45km SW

Temperature
7.8°C
Feels Like	5.2°C
Rel. Humidity	77%
Dew Point	4.0°C
Pressure	1024.4hPa
Rainfall	0.2mm
Wind Direction	SW
Wind Speed	7km/hr 4knots
Gusts	9km/hr 5knots

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
7.8°C	5.2°C	77%	4.0°C	1024.4hPa	0.2mm	SW	7km/hr 4knots	9km/hr 5knots

Closest Climatic Station

Swan Hill Aerodrome

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 15 4.45km SW


Mean Max. °C
Jan	33.0
Feb	32.2
Mar	28.2
Apr	23.7
May	18.7
Jun	15.4
Jul	14.6
Aug	16.8
Sep	20.2
Oct	23.8
Nov	28.1
Dec	30.2
Mean Min. °C
Jan	15.9
Feb	16.0
Mar	12.6
Apr	8.8
May	6.0
Jun	4.2
Jul	3.6
Aug	4.0
Sep	5.9
Oct	7.8
Nov	11.8
Dec	13.4
Mean Rain mm
Jan	29.0
Feb	23.5
Mar	17.5
Apr	15.0
May	24.8
Jun	25.1
Jul	29.0
Aug	28.6
Sep	25.6
Oct	24.3
Nov	48.8
Dec	22.2

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.0	32.2	28.2	23.7	18.7	15.4	14.6	16.8	20.2	23.8	28.1	30.2
Mean Min. °C	15.9	16.0	12.6	8.8	6.0	4.2	3.6	4.0	5.9	7.8	11.8	13.4
Mean Rain mm	29.0	23.5	17.5	15.0	24.8	25.1	29.0	28.6	25.6	24.3	48.8	22.2