Rawnsley Bluff (formerly Rawnsley's Bluff) is a

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feature in the Australian state of

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located in the locality of

Flinders Ranges, South Australia __NOTOC__ Flinders Ranges is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the mountain range of the same name, about north of the state capital of Adelaide, about north-east of the municipal seat in Quorn and about north- ...

and within the boundaries of the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. It is a

bluff Bluff or The Bluff may refer to: Places Australia * Bluff, Queensland, Australia, a town * The Bluff, Queensland (Ipswich), a rural locality in the city of Ipswich * The Bluff, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), a rural locality * Bluff River (New ...

that is part of

Wilpena Pound Wilpena Pound – also known by its Adnyamathanha language, Adnyamathanha name of Ikara, meaning "meeting place" – is a natural amphitheatre of mountains located north of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia in the heart of the Ikara-Flinders ...

, and it is south of

St Mary Peak __NOTOC__ St Mary Peak / Ngarri Mudlanha is a mountain located in the Australian state of South Australia on the northwestern side of Ikara. It is the highest peak in the Flinders Ranges and the eighth highest peak in South Australia, with a he ...

(St Mary Peak is the tallest in the

Flinders Ranges The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain range in South Australia, which starts about north of Adelaide. The ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna. The Adnyamathanha people are the Aboriginal group who have inhabit ...

at ).NASA - Wilpena Pound
/ref> Rawnsley's Bluff connects the eastern and western mountain ranges of the pound. The Adelaide Scotch College Cadet Unit used the bluff for training each year until the unit was disbanded in the early 1970s.Peter Read, Alex Pouw-Bray - Ninety Years at Torrens Park: The Scotch College Story - Page 154
(Google Books) Training included flights with

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, infantry training, and practice with infantry weapons such as mortars. The unit was noted for providing outdoor adventures to the student body. In the 1890s Rawnsley's Bluff was home to a

trigonometrical station A triangulation station, also known as a trigonometrical point, and sometimes informally as a trig, is a fixed surveying station, used in geodetic surveying and other surveying projects in its vicinity. The nomenclature varies regionally: they a ...

, supporting surveying in

.Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, Volume 2 (1894)
(Google eBook, Page 347)

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Rawnsley's Bluff

Rawnsley's Bluff
(green grass)
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