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One Tree Hill (Australian Capital Territory)

Coordinates: 35°08′31.5043″S 149°05′28.8183″E / 35.142084528°S 149.091338417°E / -35.142084528; 149.091338417
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One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill is located in Australian Capital Territory
One Tree Hill
One Tree Hill
Location in the ACT
Highest point
Elevation875.948 m (2,873.85 ft)[1]
Coordinates35°08′31.5043″S 149°05′28.8183″E / 35.142084528°S 149.091338417°E / -35.142084528; 149.091338417
Geography
LocationAustralian Capital Territory /
New South Wales, Australia

One Tree Hill is a peak near the village of Hall and the Canberra suburb of Taylor. Its trigonometrical station lies on the border between the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales, Australia.

It is at the north-eastern end of the longest straight-line section of the border, with Mount Coree at the south-western end. North and east of One Tree Hill, the border is formed by the watershed of the Molonglo River catchment. One-Tree Trigonometrical Station is nominated in the description of the Australian Capital Territory, in the Second Schedule of the Seat of Government Acceptance Act 1909.[2]

One Tree Hill lies on the traditional lands of Ngunnawal people.[3]

Robert Dixon in 1830[4] and Robert Hoddle, between 1830 and 1836,[5] used One Tree Hill as a high point from where to view the area and as a landmark from which they took bearings, while surveying the area.[6]

It was the location at which Charles Scrivener began his detailed topographical survey of the area for the new capital site of Canberra. Later, it was an important location for the survey of the border of the new Australian Capital Territory.[6]

One Tree Hill is a popular walking destination and lies on the Canberra Centenary Trail. The lookout at the top of the hill provides a panoramic view in all directions.[7]

There is a Telstra telecommunications tower on the hill.[8]

Reference section

  1. ^ "One Tree Hill, Australian Capital Territory, Australia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Documenting Democracy". web.archive.org. 19 January 2009. Retrieved 4 October 2021.
  3. ^ Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (10 January 2021). "Map of Indigenous Australia". aiatsis.gov.au. Retrieved 3 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. ^ Cranfield, Louis R., "Dixon, Robert (1800–1858)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 3 October 2021
  5. ^ "Robert Hoddle", Wikipedia, 21 June 2021, retrieved 3 October 2021
  6. ^ a b ACT Government (21 October 2020). "Section 3 – Northern Border Campsite to Hall Village". Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate - Environment. Retrieved 3 October 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  7. ^ "Centenary Trail to One Tree Hill - 17 June 2014 | Hall and District Community Website". www.hall.act.au. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ^ "ACMA Register of Radiocommunications Licences (RRL)". web.acma.gov.au. Retrieved 4 October 2021.