Mount Coree Explained

Mount Coree
Other Name:Pabral
Elevation M:1421
Elevation Ref:[1]
Location:Australian Capital Territory /
New South Wales, Australia
Range:Brindabella Range
Map:Australian Capital Territory
Label Position:top
Coordinates:-35.3064°N 148.8108°W

Mount Coree (formerly known as Pabral) is a mountain with an elevation of that is located within the Brindabella Range on the border between the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, Australia. The summit of the mountain is located in the Australian Capital Territory.

Location and features

The mountain is situated in the Brindabella National Park on the NSW side and in the Namadgi National Park on the ACT side. The mountain marks the point where the ACT border changes from a straight north-easterly line to being judged by the watershed of the Cotter River, and the Coree Trigonometrical Station on top of it is officially mentioned as such in the which established the borders of the ACT.

Before European settlement, the mountain was used by Indigenous Australian tribes to hunt for bogong moths.[2] Coree is an aboriginal name for moth.[3] Mount Coree was originally shown as "Pabral" on an 1834 map of Major Sir Thomas Mitchell, an Australian colonial explorer.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. 23810. Mount Coree, Australia. 11 October 2013.
  2. Web site: Australian Alps National Parks, Brindabella. Department of Environment and Heritage. Government of Australia. https://web.archive.org/web/20050614070829/http://www.australianalps.deh.gov.au/parks/brindabella.html. 14 June 2005. dead.
  3. Web site: ACT Planning & Land Authority . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110315221850/http://www.actpla.act.gov.au/tools_resources/maps_land_survey/place_names/place_search?sq_content_src=%2BdXJsPWh0dHAlM0ElMkYlMkZ3d3cuYWN0bWFwaS5hY3QuZ292LmF1JTJGUGxhY2VOYW1lcyUyRlBsYWNlRGV0YWlscy5hc3B4JTNGb2JqZWN0SUQlM0Q2NzIxJmFsbD0x . March 15, 2011 .
  4. Web site: Coree, Mount. Environment and Sustainable Development. ACT Government. 11 October 2013.