Wilsons Peak

Wilsons Peak
Jirramen[1]

Wilsons Peak, photographed from New South Wales
Highest point
Elevation 1,230 m (4,040 ft)
Coordinates 28°15′S 152°29′E / 28.250°S 152.483°E / -28.250; 152.483Coordinates: 28°15′S 152°29′E / 28.250°S 152.483°E / -28.250; 152.483 [2]
Geography
Wilsons Peak

Location in Queensland

Location Queensland, Australia

Wilsons Peak[2] 1,230 m (4,040 ft) is a steep mountain in Queensland, Australia which is covered in dense rainforest. It marks the intersection of the Great Dividing Range with the McPherson Range in the Scenic Rim region. The Queensland and New South Wales border fence also leads up the middle of it.

The mountain was named by Captain Patrick Logan, the notoriously brutal commander of the Moreton Bay penal settlement, in honour of a colleague he served with at Moreton Bay.

Local Aboriginals referred to the mountain as "Jirramen," which is Aboriginal for knee. This is derived from the fact that the shape of the top of the mountain bears some resemblance to a human knee.[1]

The local Aboriginal tribe used the peak to send a series of smoke signals along the Main Range. The other peaks used for the series of signals are: Mount Roberts, Doubletop, and Mount Mitchell.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Fassifern Centenary Book (1944) pI24; Thomas Hall, A Short History of the Downs Blacks, known as the Blucher tribe (Warwick, 1917) pp.39-40.
  2. 1 2 "Wilsons Peak". Gazeteer of Australia. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 2008-11-02.


This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Tuesday, January 26, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.