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The Black Stump - QLD

The Black Stump

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -24.423731 145.469914

DMS: 24º 25' 25.43" S 145º 28' 11.67" E

UTM: 55 J 7298003mN 344875mE

Altitude: 288.86m

Address & Contact

33 Thistle St. Blackall

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Information

Anything west of Blackall is considered 'beyond the Black Stump', in reference to the earl surveying of western regions. Nestled on Thistle St behind the Blackall State School is a wood memorial stump erected in 1988 to commemorate of the bi-centennial of Australia and given a facelift in 2018 for the Blackall 150 year event. The site represents the observation used when surveying was done to gain a more accurate basis for maps of Queensland, back in 1888. The surveyors used the stump for the placement of their transit to gain latitude and longitude observations. As time passed any country to the west of Blackall was considered to be 'beyond the Black Stump'.

PlaceID	488139

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Blackall at 12/01:30pm EST

Distance from The Black Stump 4.04km W

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
23.7°C	17.3°C	22%	0.7°C	1018.0hPa	0.0mm	S	24km/hr 13knots	35km/hr 19knots

Closest Climatic Station

Blackall Airport

Distance from The Black Stump 4.04km W

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	35.7	35.0	33.4	30.7	26.0	22.5	22.4	25.2	29.3	32.9	34.5	35.6
Mean Min. °C	22.7	22.0	19.7	15.6	10.2	7.8	6.2	7.6	12.4	16.3	20.0	21.9
Mean Rain mm	112.4	80.8	35.8	28.4	14.7	28.7	14.9	13.5	26.4	26.2	58.8	113.1