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Burke & Wills Camp 59 - QLD

Historic Site

Position

DEG: -27.818597 142.264211

DMS: 27º 49' 6.95" S 142º 15' 51.14" E

UTM: 54 J 6922251mN 624514mE

Altitude: 81.84m

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Noccundra QLD 4492

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Information

Burke and Wills camped here on 15/11/1860 till16/11/1860. Wills was convinced the Cooper was nearby, and so they only moved westward to the next good supply of water before going out in each direction searching. Unbeknown to Wills he was in what we now call the Cooper Channel.

PlaceID	461109

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Ballera at 19/03:30pm EST

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 59 64.37km NW

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
37.9°C	35.5°C	22%	12.5°C	1005.2hPa	0.0mm	NE	17km/hr 9knots	24km/hr 13knots

Closest Climatic Station

Ballera Gas Field

Distance from Burke & Wills Camp 59 64.37km NW

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	39.3	37.0	34.1	30.1	24.3	20.2	20.2	23.5	28.2	32.3	34.8	37.3
Mean Min. °C	25.8	24.6	21.2	16.7	11.0	7.7	7.2	9.0	13.4	17.2	20.8	23.1
Mean Rain mm	29.3	25.3	31.4	10.3	7.8	15.7	8.3	6.1	10.2	6.1	31.9	12.1