Mount Gunjin () is a point of high ground between
Mundaring Weir
Mundaring Weir is a concrete gravity 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 ...
and
Kalamunda, south of the
Mundaring Weir 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 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.
See also
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Mount Cooke
Notes
Gunjin
Fire lookout towers in Australia
Darling Range
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