Mungaroo Hill Historic Trig Wirraminna, South Australia, Australia
By Goldenwattle on 07-Jul-16. Waypoint TP7403

A historic, but now defunct trig point.

Information found by 'No_Tomorrow'.

http://www.slsa.sa.gov.au/manning/pn/m/m12.htm#mungarooH

"Mungaroo Hill
Nomenclature
An aboriginal name; meaning unknown.
General Notes
Five kilometres south-east of Wirraminna railway station on the east-west railway.

In 1960 Mr Barron's brass name plate, formerly attached to his saddlebag, was found by Mr W.A. Wilson of Lake Callabonna Station; it was apparently lost by its owner in 1879 while surveying the SA/Queensland border. A photograph is held in the Department of Lands of the relic and a note says: "He died at the age of 31, due to ill health ensuing from hardships suffered whilst surveying in remote areas." A photostat copy of the plate and caption is in the Mortlock Library - refer PRG 412.

A plaque erected on the hill in May 1990 reads: This plaque commemorates the erection of this stone cairn by Surveyor Barron in 1878 for the trigonometrical survey of land adjacent to Lake Gairdner, and pays tribute to those surveyors who endured the hardships of exploration in the remote areas of our State... In 1960 Mr Barron's brass name plate, formerly attached to his saddlebag, was found by Mr W.A. Wilson of Lake Callabonna Station; it was apparently lost by its owner in 1879 while surveying the SA/Queensland border. A photograph is held in the Department of Lands of the relic and a note says: "He died at the age of 31, due to ill health ensuing from hardships suffered whilst surveying in remote areas." A photostat copy of the plate and caption is in the Mortlock Library - refer PRG 412."

[Could the next finder please check the coordinates for this trig and correct if necessary. I did not take accurate coordinates, but the trig is very obvious from the Stuart Highway.]