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Burke & Wills Camp 54 - QLD

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -27.993453 143.172677

DMS: 27º 59' 36.43" S 143º 10' 21.66" E

UTM: 54 J 6901621mN 713665mE

Altitude: 160.86m

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Thargomindah QLD 4492

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Information

Burke and Wills camped here on 8/11/1860. They had started to head west to reach the Cooper Creek. The temperature was now in the high 30C's. At this stage the aboriginals left the expedition party, so Wills was now called upon to navigate them to Cooper Creek.

PlaceID	461098

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Thargomindah at 19/03:30pm EST

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 54 63.03km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
39.5°C	37.1°C	17%	9.9°C	1005.6hPa	0.0mm	E	13km/hr 7knots	24km/hr 13knots

Closest Climatic Station

Thargomindah Airport

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 54 63.03km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	38.5	36.0	33.5	29.5	23.8	20.0	20.1	22.9	27.8	31.1	33.8	36.4
Mean Min. °C	25.5	24.0	21.2	16.6	10.6	7.5	6.7	8.3	12.8	16.6	20.6	23.0
Mean Rain mm	39.1	47.9	45.6	16.2	16.8	15.9	13.6	8.0	9.8	14.1	40.7	30.3