Mount Gunjin () is a point of high ground between

Mundaring Weir Mundaring Weir is a dam (and historically the adjoining locality) located from Perth, Western Australia in the Darling Scarp. The dam and reservoir form the boundary between the suburbs of Reservoir and Sawyers Valley. The dam impounds the Hele ...

and Kalamunda, south of the

Mundaring Weir Road Mundaring Weir Road (Kalamunda-Mundaring road) is a road in the outer eastern suburbs of Perth, Western Australia that links Mundaring and Kalamunda. Although an earlier rough track existed in a similar route, the Kalamunda-Mundaring road ...

. It is north of

Mount Dale Mount Dale is a mountain in Western Australia about east of Armadale in the Shire of Beverley. At high, it is one of the highest points in the Darling Scarp. It is best known for its walk track, which forms part of the Bibbulmun Track. Th ...

and south west of Mundaring Weir. It was the location of a Western Australian Forestry Department fire-watching tower, which had a few names including ''Mount Gunjin lookout tower''. The fire tower and hut site are identified in the

Kattamordo Heritage Trail Kattamordo Heritage Trail is a walk track in the Shire of Mundaring and the City of Kalamunda in the Darling Range. Route It goes for , and includes traversals along formations of former forestry tramways: * 1908 – Mundaring weir horse tra ...

pamphlet as being constructed in 1921. Prior to the relocation of the

Perth Observatory The Perth Observatory is the name of two astronomical observatory, observatories located in Western Australia (WA). In 1896, the original observatory was founded in West Perth, Western Australia, West Perth on Mount Eliza (Western Australia), ...

from Mount Eliza to Bickley, a site near Mount Gunjin had been considered for the observatory. In 1966 Mount Gunjin became the origin point in Western Australia for the National Geodetic Survey.

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Gunjin Fire lookout towers in Australia Darling Range {{WesternAustralia-geo-stub

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