Pretty Sally

Pretty Sally or Pretty Sally Hill is a dormant volcanic cone located between Wallan and Kilmore in Victoria, Australia. It is 529 metres above sea level.[1] It arises from the surrounding open undulating plains of a broad gap in the Great Dividing Range.[2]

The original road to Sydney ran near the peak known as the Big Hill. Sally Smith (better known as "Pretty Sally") operated an unlicensed hotel there in the 1840s.[3] She died falling under her cart after striking a stump.[4]

The hill is skirted by a section of the Northern Highway, which was formerly part of the Hume Highway. By the 1930s Pretty Sally had gained a reputation as a notorious road accident black spot due a sharp turn near the crest of the hill.[5] In 1979 the now closed Pretty Sally Roadhouse was used as the setting of Fat Nancy's in the film Mad Max.[6]

A fire tower is manned during the bushfire season, generally from December to March.[7] There is also a trig station on the hill.[8]

References

  1. "Map of Pretty Sally, VIC" (PDF). Bonzle Digital Atlas. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  2. "Pretty Sally Land System" (PDF). Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  3. "From Our Seymour Correspondent". Retrieved 20 Jan 2013.
  4. "From Our Seymour Correspondent". Retrieved 20 Jan 2013.
  5. "Hume Highway Danger". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848-1954) (Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia). 23 May 1939. p. 9. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  6. "Pretty Sally Roadhouse". Mad Max Filming Locations. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  7. "On the lookout". Melbourne, Vic.: Newspaper House. 14 October 2009. Retrieved 22 June 2011.
  8. "Place Names Search: PRETTY SALLY". Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 22 June 2011.

Coordinates: 37°22′51″S 144°57′58″E / 37.38083°S 144.96611°E / -37.38083; 144.96611


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