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Burke & Wills Camp 5 - VIC

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -37.140579 144.641318

DMS: 37º 08' 26.09" S 144º 38' 28.72" E

UTM: 55 H 5886928mN 290505mE

Altitude: 491.49m

Place Type

Heritage - Historic Site

Location

79.61kms North of Melbourne
455.31kms SouthWest of Canberra
596.41kms SouthEast of Adelaide

Address & Contact

1727-1729 Burke And Wills Track
Baynton VIC 3444

Phone: N/A

Email: N/A

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Information

The Burke & Wills Expedition passed through here in 1860. At Darlington, the homestead of Dr Thomas Baynton, they made their 5th camp on Friday 24th August 1860. Their camp site is still marked by a small clump of Osage Orange trees between the present homestead and the road, close to Pohlman's Creek, apparently the original site of the homestead. Thomas Alexander Browne (‘Rolf Boldrewood’) had lived at Darlington as a boy when his father, Captain Sylvester Brown(e), held the run before Dr. Baynton's occupation of it.

PlaceID	52577

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Redesdale at 17/01:30am EST

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 5 17.22km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
7.2°C	3.9°C	96%	6.6°C	hPa	6.6mm	NNW	13km/hr 7knots	22km/hr 12knots

Closest Climatic Station

Redesdale

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 5 17.22km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	29.2	28.7	25.0	20.4	16.0	12.7	11.9	13.5	16.1	19.3	23.5	26.3
Mean Min. °C	13.0	13.4	10.5	7.1	5.1	3.8	3.0	3.0	4.2	5.4	8.5	10.0
Mean Rain mm	33.5	38.0	33.5	40.0	55.9	59.2	65.5	60.8	53.7	52.4	41.6	38.0