Cape Burr
| Cape Burr South Australia | |
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 Port Neill, South Australia on the north coast of Cape Burr | |
  Cape Burr | |
| Coordinates | 34°7′22″S136°21′24″E/ 34.12278°S 136.35667°E |
Cape Burris a headland in the Australian state ofSouth Australiaon the east coast ofEyre Peninsulain the gazetted locality ofPort Neillabout 0.5 kilometres (0.31 miles) east of the locality's town centre. It is the southern extremity of Dutton Bay.[1][2]
The cape is one of several geographical features named during the first land-based European exploration of the eastern coast of Eyre Peninsula in 1840 byGeorge Gawler,theGovernor of South Australia.It was named afterThomas Burr,the Deputy Surveyor General of South Australia, who was one of those in the party accompanying Gawler.[3][4]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^"Search result for" Cape Burr (CAPE) "(Record no SA0011179) with the following layers being selected -" Suburbs and Localities "and" Place names (gazetteer) "".Property Location Browser.Government of South Australia. Archived fromthe originalon 12 October 2016.Retrieved4 May2017.
- ^Boating Industry Association of South Australia (BIA); South Australia. Department for Environment and Heritage (2005),South Australia's waters an atlas & guide,Boating Industry Association of South Australia, p. 213,ISBN978-1-86254-680-6
- ^Somerville, J. D. (15 January 1937)."Early days of Eyre Peninsula, Governor Gawler's view on Port Lincoln".Port Lincoln Times. p. 42.Retrieved1 December2014.
- ^"The Southern Australian. Quid perum atque decens curo, et roge, et omnts in hoc sum".Southern Australian. 9 April 1840. p. 3.Retrieved1 December2014.
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