Mount Gunjin (Western Australia) Explained

Mount Gunjin is a point of high ground between Mundaring Weir and Kalamunda, south of the Mundaring Weir Road. It is north of Mount Dale and south west of Mundaring Weir.

It was the location of a Western Australian Forestry Department fire-watching tower, which had a few names including Mount Gunjin lookout tower.^{[1] [2] [3]}

The fire tower and hut site are identified in the Kattamordo Heritage Trail pamphlet as being constructed in 1921.^[4]

Prior to the relocation of the Perth Observatory from Mount Eliza to Bickley, a site near Mount Gunjin had been considered for the observatory.^[5]

In 1966 Mount Gunjin became the origin point in Western Australia for the National Geodetic Survey.^{[6] [7]}

See also

• Mount Cooke

Notes

-31.9833°N 124°W

Notes and References

1. News: A LAMENT. . . WA . 20 March 1925 . 7 February 2014 . 8 . National Library of Australia. see also News: The Sketcher. . . Perth . 2 April 1925 . 7 February 2014 . 34 . National Library of Australia.
2. News: HARLEY- DAVIDSON. . . Perth . 28 October 1928 . 7 February 2014 . 7 Section: Third Section . National Library of Australia.
3. News: A CHALICE OF CHARM. . . Perth . 27 June 1922 . 7 February 2014 . 8 . National Library of Australia.
4. Web site: Australian Web Archive. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20030325130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34313/20030326-0000/trails.heritage.wa.gov.au/ht_pdf/Kattamordo.pdf. dead. 2003-03-25.
5. News: Perth Observatory To Be On New Site. . . 4 July 1963 . 7 February 2014 . 27 . National Library of Australia.
6. Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (AGD66)
7. Web site: Australian Web Archive. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080815023100/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/87970/20080815-1231/www.perthobservatory.wa.gov.au/pdfs/obs_history.pdf. dead. 2008-08-15.