Mount Tennent

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Mount Tennent

from Tuggeranong Hill
Elevation 1,375 m (4,511 ft)
Location
Mount Tennent is located in Australian Capital Territory
Mount Tennent
Location in ACT
Coordinates 35°33′S 149°03′E / 35.55°S 149.05°E / -35.55; 149.05Coordinates: 35°33′S 149°03′E / 35.55°S 149.05°E / -35.55; 149.05

Mount Tennent is a mountain in the southern part of the Australian Capital Territory. At the base of the mountain flows the Gudgenby River and this is a site for the proposed Mount Tennent Dam.

It is named after a local bushranger, John Tennant (note spelling difference) who had a hideout on the slopes of the mountain in 1827. It had previously been named Mount Currie by Allan Cunningham after Captain Mark Currie, who led the first European expedition nearby (Fraser and McJannett) in 1823. Indigenous Australians refer to the mountain as Tharwa, also the name of the village at the northern foot of the mountain.

[edit] References

  • Exploring the ACT and Southeast New South Wales, J. Kay McDonald, Kangaroo Press, Sydney, 1985 ISBN 0-86417-049-1
  • Over the hills and Tharwa way, I. Fraser & M. McJannett, Canberra & South East Region Environment Centre, 1994 ISBN 646-19029-6
view from the east


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