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Surveyor Generals Corner (or Surveyor-Generals Corner) is a remote point where the Australian state boundaries of South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory meet.
These boundaries meet at the easternmost point of the approximately section of the Western Australian border with the Northern Territory border which runs east–west along the
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at the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku The nearest settlement is the Aboriginal community of Kalka in South Australia, situated on the Gunbarrel Highway just a few kilometres to the south. There are three occurrences of
Surveyor Generals Corner (or Surveyor-Generals Corner) is a remote point where the Australian state boundaries of South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory meet.
These boundaries meet at the easternmost point of the approximately section of the Western Australian border with the Northern Territory border which runs east–west along the 26th parallel south
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latitude to meet the western boundary of the South Australian border.
History
In 1922 an agreement was signed between the prime minister W. M. Hughes, the acting premier for South Australia, SirJohn George Bice
Sir John George Bice (24 June 1853 – 9 November 1923) was a blacksmith and politician in the colony and State of South Australia.
History
Bice was born in Callington, Cornwall, the son of Samuel Sandoe Bice (died 1903), a mining captain who ...
, and the premier of Western Australia, Sir James Mitchell
Sir James Mitchell, (27 April 1866 – 26 July 1951) was an Australian politician. He served as premier of Western Australia from 1919 to 1924 and from 1930 to 1933, as leader of the Nationalist Party. He then held viceregal office from 1933 ...
to set the border along the 129th meridian east
The meridian 129° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Asia, Australia, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.
The 129th meridian east forms a great ...
longitude and defined the boundary by lines drawn north and south through the centre of the Deakin Obelisk, erected in 1926 near Deakin, Western Australia and the Kimberley Obelisk, erected in 1927, near Argyle Downs, in the Kimberley Region of Western Australia. In 1963 when the survey on the ground was continued it was realised that there was no possibility of these lines meeting exactly at the 26th parallel south.
In June 1968 two monuments were erected at the junction of the boundaries approximately apart running east–west along the 26th parallel south. The most easterly monument common to all three jurisdictions was named Surveyor Generals Corner at the suggestion of the Director of National Mapping. The site is not named after a single Surveyor-General, because there were a number of them present as follows.
On 4th June 1968, two concrete pillars were completed to mark Surveyor-Generals Corner in the presence V.T. O'Brien, Acting Director of Lands, N.T., P.J. Wells, Acting Surveyor-General, N.T.;H.A. Bailey, Surveyor-General, S.A.;Harold Camm, Surveyor-General, W.A.; and B.M. Allwright, Surveyor, N.T.
Access
From 7 March 2003, access to the area was restricted following a decision by theIrrunytju
Wingellina or Irrunytju Community is a small Indigenous Australian community in Western Australia located about north east of Perth near the Western Australian-South Australian border in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia.
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(Wingellina) Community in whose traditional land the Surveyor Generals Corner is situated. Access to the area is limited to guided tours and visitors require a special permit in addition to the standard Great Central Road transit permit.at the Shire of Ngaanyatjarraku The nearest settlement is the Aboriginal community of Kalka in South Australia, situated on the Gunbarrel Highway just a few kilometres to the south. There are three occurrences of
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at Surveyor Generals Corner (also in Cameron Corner and Poeppel Corner), because it is located at the intersection of three time zones.
See also
*Surveyor General of South Australia
The Surveyor General of South Australia (also stylised Surveyor-General) is a position originally created for the Surveyor General for the colony of South Australia. The post is held by an official responsible for government surveying
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* Surveyor General of Western Australia
* Department of Lands and Surveys, Western Australia
References
External links
* {{coord, -25.9986, 129.0018, region:AU_type:landmark, format=dms, display=title Borders of South Australia Borders of Western Australia Borders of the Northern Territory Border tripoints