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Burke & Wills Camp 118 - QLD

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -18.035832 140.862207

DMS: 18º 02' 8.99" S 140º 51' 43.97" E

UTM: 54 K 8005845mN 485416mE

Altitude: 6.22m

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Unnamed Road
Normanton QLD 4890

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Information

Burke and Wills camped here on 8/2/1861. From camp 117 to camp 118 Wills was expecting to find evidence of Gregory (an explorer) who had walked near here in 1856. Gregory had also noted that the land was fertile. However they did not find any trace of it. They were now less than 36 miles from the ocean. The water in the river was brackish so they knew they were close.

PlaceID	461477

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Normanton at 29/07:15pm EST

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 118 44.71km NE

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
26.2°C	24.5°C	75%	21.4°C	1014.6hPa	-mm	S	32km/hr 17knots	44km/hr 24knots

Closest Climatic Station

Normanton Airport

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 118 44.71km NE

	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