Wilson Bluff is a coastal cliff on the Australian continental coastline, extending from east of
Eucla in
Western Australia
Western Australia (commonly abbreviated as WA) is a state of Australia occupying the western percent of the land area of Australia excluding external territories. It is bounded by the Indian Ocean to the north and west, the Southern Ocean to th ...
to south of
Border Village in
South Australia
South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. It covers some of the most arid parts of the country. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories ...
.
It was first recorded in 1885 as Wilson Point, but was Wilson Bluff in volume one of the
Australian Pilot
:''This title is related to nautical issues, and is not related to aviation in Australia''
Australian Pilot is a series of editions of Sailing Directions to navigators in Australian coastal waters.
Most editions were published by the British ...
1914–1918 edition. It is reported as being named after "Professor Wilson of Victoria" by
E. A. Delisser
Edmund A. Delisser (1829July 1900) was an Australian surveyor who first named the Nullarbor Plain in 1866 when travelling between Fowler's Bay and Eucla.
South Australia
In 1865 he had been employed by the pastoral company DeGraves and Co. to ...
, a surveyor employed by DeGraves and Co., a pastoral company.
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In a 1903 photograph it is identified as being near "Muddie Yarrah" sandhills.
It is also known as Yirgila in South Australia.
Within
southern Australia
The term Southern Australia is generally considered to refer to the states and territories of Australia of New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and South Australia. The part of Western Australia south of lati ...
, it is located both within the gazetted locality of
Nullarbor and within the protected area known as the
Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area
Nullarbor Wilderness Protection Area is a protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located about west of Ceduna in the locality of Nullarbor.
The wilderness protection area was proclaimed under the ''Wilderness Protection A ...
, and also overlooks state coastal waters protected by the
Great Australian Bight Marine National Park
Great Australian Bight Marine National Park is a marine protected area in the Australian state of South Australia located west of the state capital of Adelaide city centre, Adelaide.
It consists of two sections occupying the ocean immediatel ...
and the
Far West Coast Marine Park
Far West Coast Marine Park is a marine park in South Australia. The park is within state waters, about from the state capital of Adelaide.
The land around Far West Coast Marine Park is very much flat, bordered by the Nullarbor Plain to the north ...
.
See also
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Bunda Cliffs
The Bunda Cliffs, also known as the Nullarbor Cliffs, are a coastal scarp on the southern coast of Australia, extending from the western coast of South Australia to the south-eastern corner of Western Australia.
Geography
The Bunda Cliffs ex ...
Notes
Coastline of South Australia
South coast of Western Australia
Nullarbor Plain
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