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Burke & Wills Camp 117 - QLD

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -18.203808 140.87824

DMS: 18º 12' 13.71" S 140º 52' 41.65" E

UTM: 54 K 7987261mN 487125mE

Altitude: 7.71m

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Stokes QLD 4890

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Information

Burke and Wills camped here on 7/2/1861. They were now walking on the banks of the Flinders River. Wills called this area "The Plains of Promise" as the land looked very fertile and he realised the Gulf was not that far away.

PlaceID	461476

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Normanton at 03/12:30am EST

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 117 61km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
26.1°C	27.1°C	67%	19.5°C	1014.6hPa	0.0mm	SSE	13km/hr 7knots	17km/hr 9knots

Closest Climatic Station

Normanton Airport

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 117 61km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.7	33.6	33.7	34.0	31.7	29.5	29.7	31.5	34.7	36.7	37.0	36.2
Mean Min. °C	25.2	25.1	24.4	22.7	18.9	16.2	15.7	16.7	20.1	23.3	25.3	25.8
Mean Rain mm	252.7	179.4	149.1	32.0	4.2	5.1	1.9	1.0	8.3	7.8	39.0	134.8