McPherson Range
| McPherson Range | ||
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| Highest peak | Mount Barney ( 1359 m ) | |
| location | New South Wales / Queensland , Australia | |
| part of | Great dividing range | |
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| Coordinates | 28 ° 17 ′ S , 152 ° 42 ′ E | |
The McPherson Range is an Australian mountain range located about 630 km northeast of Sydney in New South Wales .
Location and description
The McPherson Range extends eastward as part of the Great Dividing Range from Wallangarra to the Pacific coast . Opposite the coast, the mountain range extends further into the Border Ranges and further into another mountain region that was formed by the Tweed Volcano . On the border of New South Wales and Queensland , the mountain range forms part of the Scenic Rim . To the west of the McPherson Range is the Main Range .
In McPherson Mountains there are several national parks, such as the Mount Barney National Park , Border Ranges National Park and Lamington National Park , among other parks that are part of the Gondwana rainforests of Australia and as a UNESCO - World Heritage listed.
The Brisbane- Sydney railway line and Lions Road overcome the mountains using fissures through the Richmond Gap , as do the Mount Lindesay Highway and the Nerang - Murwillumbah Road. Another passage through the Teviot Gap is the road near Wilson's Peak between Boonah and Killarney .
history
The mountains were first entered by the whites on an expedition by Allan Cunningham and Patrick Logan when they were looking for a route to the Darling Downs from the newly created convict colony on Moreton Bay . Logan climbed Mount Barney , the highest mountain in the range with a height of 1359 m, which he assumed was Mount Warning . At the summit, he saw Mount Warning further south and realized that it was a different mountain range, and named it McPherson Range , after Major Duncan McPherson . Logan also named Wilsons Peak and Mount Shadforth , which is now called Mount Toowoonan .
Flora and fauna
The subtropical rainforest in the mountains was never destroyed by bushfires and contains 20 types of rock and three epiphytic orchid species . The Stream Lily is a perennial plant that grows along the mountain streams and gorges. The unique Lamington Spiny Crayfish evolved in white color in the valleys of the mountains of New South Wales and blue in Queensland. The rainforests contain significant populations of the endangered Rufous Scrub-bird and Albert's Lyrebird , both in limited areas of southeastern Queensland and northeastern New South Wales.
tourism
The Wilsons Peak forms the intersection of the Great Dividing Range and the McPherson Range . This mountain is frequently visited by those seeking relaxation because of its waterfalls such as Teviot Falls , Queen Mary Falls , Daggs Falls , Browns Falls and Upper Browns Falls .
Others
In the McPherson Mountains on February 19, 1937, an airplane, a Stinson VH-UHH , crashed on the flight from Brisbane to Sydney . Bernard O'Reilly , a Bushman and author, set out alone to find survivors. On the second day of his search, he found wreckage and two emaciated and seriously injured survivors, nine days after the crash. The third survivor who wanted to get help was later found dead. Four of the occupants of the plane were killed instantly in the crash. O'Reilly marched back 10 miles through the thick and inaccessible forest and with a rescue team rescued the survivors the following day. He became famous for his civil courage in Australia and received the Albert Medal, the highest honor for civilians.
The Australian constituency Division of McPherson was named after the mountain range.
Individual evidence
- ^ Beryl Roberts: Stories of the Southside . Aussie Books, Archerfield, Queensland 1991, ISBN 0-947336-01-X , pp. 42 .
- ↑ Jo Jensen, Peta Barrett: Patrick Logan . Future Horizon Publishing, Moorooka, Queensland 1996, ISBN 0-9587622-7-9 , pp. 31 .
- ^ Osmar White, Robin Smith: The Beauty of Australia . Lloyd O'Neil, Hawthorne, Victoria 1970, ISBN 0-85550-000-X , pp. 43 .
- ↑ Thomas Lackner: Discovering Binna Burra on Foot . Envirobook, 1989, ISBN 0-85881-088-3 , pp. 37 .
- ^ Robert Rankin: Secrets of the Scenic Rim . Rankin Publishers, 1992, ISBN 0-9592418-3-3 .
- ^ O'Reilly, Alfonso Bernard (1903-1975) Biographical Entry. In: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Australian National University , accessed November 23, 2011 .