Mount Gunjin, Western Australia

Mount Gunjin (1,308 feet (399 m)) 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][8]

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Notes

  1. ↑ "A LAMENT.". The Bunbury Herald and Blackwood Express (WA: National Library of Australia). 20 March 1925. p. 8. Retrieved 7 February 2014. see also "The Sketcher.". Western Mail (Perth: National Library of Australia). 2 April 1925. p. 34. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "HARLEY- DAVIDSON.". The Sunday Times (Perth: National Library of Australia). 28 October 1928. p. 7 Section: Third Section. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  3. ↑ "A CHALICE OF CHARM.". The West Australian (Perth: National Library of Australia). 27 June 1922. p. 8. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  4. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/34313/20030326-0000/trails.heritage.wa.gov.au/ht_pdf/Kattamordo.pdf
  5. ↑ "Perth Observatory To Be On New Site.". The Canberra Times (National Library of Australia). 4 July 1963. p. 27. Retrieved 7 February 2014.
  6. ↑ Australian Geodetic Datum 1966 (AGD66)
  7. ↑ http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/87970/20080815-1231/www.perthobservatory.wa.gov.au/pdfs/obs_history.pdf
  8. ↑ Australia. Division of National Mapping (1967), Australia national geodetic survey as at 31 December 1966, The Division, retrieved 7 February 2014

Coordinates: 31°59′S 116°08′E / 31.983°S 116.133°E