Mount Burr, South Australia
| Mount Burr South Australia | |||||||||||||||
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  Mount Burr | |||||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 37°32′29″S140°27′26″E/ 37.541383°S 140.457329°E[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Population | 324 (UCL2021)[2] | ||||||||||||||
| Established | 1844 | ||||||||||||||
| Postcode(s) | 5279 | ||||||||||||||
| Elevation | 67 m (220 ft)[3] | ||||||||||||||
| Time zone | ACST(UTC+9:30) | ||||||||||||||
| • Summer (DST) | ACST(UTC+10:30) | ||||||||||||||
| Location | 55 km (34 mi) NE ofMount Gambier | ||||||||||||||
| LGA(s) | Wattle Range Council | ||||||||||||||
| State electorate(s) | MacKillop | ||||||||||||||
| Federal division(s) | Barker | ||||||||||||||
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| Footnotes | Adjoining localities[1] | ||||||||||||||
Mount Burris a small town in the south-east ofSouth Australia,about 10 km (6.2 mi) east ofMillicentand about 55 km (34 mi) north-west ofMount Gambier,in theLimestone Coastregion. It derives its name from a nearby mountain, Mount Burr.
History
[edit]The nearby mountain was named Mount Burr by GovernorGeorge Greyafter George Dominicus Burr, a surveyor and Professor of Mathematics atSandhurst Military College.His son,Thomas Burr,a surveyor, accompanied Governor Grey on the expedition to Mount Gambier in 1844:[4]
7 May 1844: At about 2pm we made the top of a range, the principal summit of which his Excellency has done me the honour to call after my father. The Mount Burr range is about 1600 feet above the level of the sea...
— Mr Thos. Burr, Dep Surv.-Gen.
Also in the surveying party was artistGeorge French Angas.[5]
In 1873, an Act of Parliament was passed which encouraged the planting of forests, and the South AustralianDepartment of Woods and Forestswas quite likely the first governmentforestrydepartment created in theBritish Commonwealth.The first trees planted included not only the nativeeucalypts,but alsohardwoodsfrom Europe andconifersfrom Europe andNorth America.Theradiata pine,native toCalifornia,proved especially successful, and huge numbers were planted.[5]
The town of Mount Burr was established in 1931, home to a largetimber millwhich was the first of its kind in the area. The town and all of its facilities were built by theGovernment of South Australiain the middle of a forest, mostly using locally sawn timber.[3]
A cricket and football club were established in 1932 and 1940 respectively.[5]
In October 1965, when the first regional South Australian commercial television station,SES-8,located at Mount Gambier, was readying for transmission in the South-east, a tensioning cable on a 500 ft (150 m) transmitter mast broke, and the steel tower crashed to the ground. Fortunately nobody was seriously injured and the launch went ahead in March 1966. SES-8 was sold toWIN Televisionin 1999, and regional broadcasting from Mt Gambier ceased in 2013.[6]
In late 2000 the timber mill closed.[3]
Geography
[edit]The town is named after a local mountain called Mount Burr, which it measures 240 metres (790 feet) tall and is andormant volcano.Mount Burr lies within theLimestone Coastregion.[3]
The mountain of Mount Burr is home to theSES-8television transmitter, which is responsible for transmittingWIN Television,Seven SA,Ten SA,SBSandABC televisionto households across the south-east of SA and westernVictoria.[citation needed]
Facilities, industries and attractions
[edit]The main industries in the town areforestry,transport and agriculture.[3]Paper manufacturerKimberly-Clarkis a major source of employment.[7]
Mt Burr Primary School caters for children from pre-school age through to Year 7.[7]
Mt Burr Forest is a forest reserve, named after Thomas Burr, deputy surveyor of the town. Within the forest liveendangered speciessuch as thesouthern brown bandicoot,as well as thered-necked wallaby,emusand more than 60 other species of birds.[8]
Historic buildings
[edit]The historicMount Graham Homesteadis listed on theSouth Australian Heritage Register,[9]as is the Noolook Bark Mill, which is within Mt Burr Forest.[8][10]
Mount Burr Swamp
[edit]Mount Burr Swamp is a large, former deep freshwater marsh, managed byNature Glenelg Trustwith the aim of restoring the 300 ha (740-acre)wetlandswhich lie adjacent toThe Marshes Wetland Complex.Mount Burr Swamp is an area of greatbiodiversity,providing habitat forlittle galaxias(fish),growling grass frog,Australasian bitterns,southern brown bandicoots,red-tailed black cockatoos,brolgasandsouthern bent-wing bats.[11]
In mid-2021, students from theUniversity of South Australia's 18-month Aboriginal Pathways Program accompanied localAboriginal elderson a land management course at the swamp. Traditional methods of conservation are taught, and the students are experienceconnection to countryand caring for country.[12]
See also
[edit]Notes and references
[edit]- ^ab"Search results for" Nangwarry. LOCB' with the following datasets selected – 'Suburbs and Localities', 'Counties "," Government Towns "," Local Government Areas "," SA Government Regions "," Railways ", 'Hundreds', 'Roads' and 'Gazetteer'".Location SA Map Viewer.South Australian Government.Retrieved27 February2018.
- ^Australian Bureau of Statistics(28 June 2022)."Mount Burr (urban centre and locality)".Australian Census 2021.
- ^abcde"Mount Burr".Wattle Range Council.Retrieved15 July2021.
- ^Burr, Thomas;Stanley, Lord (1845)."Account of Governor G. Grey's Exploratory Journey along the South-Eastern Sea-board of South Australia".The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London.15(1845). John Murray, Albemarle Street, London: 160–184.doi:10.2307/1797905.JSTOR1797905.Retrieved20 February2015.
- ^abc"The origins of the Mount Burr Football Club – Mt Burr".GameDay.30 October 2015.Retrieved15 July2021.
- ^Hill, Kate (1 April 2016)."Tonight's the night: Television channel SES-8 beams out to the south east".ABC News.Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Retrieved15 July2021.
- ^ab"Department for Education".Mount Burr Primary School.30 June 2021.Retrieved15 July2021.
- ^ab"Mount Burr Forest Reserve".Mount Gambier Point.Retrieved15 July2021.
- ^"Mount Graham Homestead".South Australian Heritage Register.Department of Environment, Water and Natural Resources.Retrieved26 August2016.
- ^"Noolook Bark Mill".SA Heritage Places Database Search.Retrieved15 July2021.
- ^"Mount Burr Swamp (SA)".Nature Glenelg Trust.28 May 2021.Retrieved15 July2021.
- ^Green, Selina (11 July 2021)."Aboriginal students help restore 300-hectare swamp site to former glory".ABC News.Australian Broadcasting Corporation.Retrieved15 July2021.
