Mount Taylor (Australia)
| Mount Taylor | ||
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 Mount Taylor as seen from Red Hill |
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| height | 856 m | |
| location | Canberra , Australia | |
| Coordinates | 35 ° 22 '19 " S , 149 ° 4' 22" O | |
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| rock | Silurian | |
| Age of the rock | 420 million years | |
The Mount Taylor is a 856 meter high hill in Australia and located in the area of capital Canberra . It is part of the Canberra Natural Park and separates the Woden Valley , Weston Creek and Tuggeranong boroughs . A hiking trail leads up to the summit, but not a road.
The hill was named after the sheep farmer James Taylor who settled in the area before 1829. An early map entitled Survey of part of the Morombidgee and Country South of Lake George by a surveyor named White shows Taylor's cottages near the Yarralumla homestead. He was a son-in-law of Colonel George Johnston , who commanded the New South Wales Corps and deposed Governor William Bligh in 1808 during the Rum Rebellion .
Together with the Oakey Hill, the Wanniassa Hills and the Isaacs Ridge, the Mount Taylor forms a chain of hills that decisively shapes the south of Canberra. The association "Mount Taylor Park Care Group", which has existed since 1989, clears the weeds, monitors the bird population and organizes guided tours through the nature park. Numerous endangered animal and plant species can be found on the hill. This includes one of the most important known populations of the nationally endangered lizard species Aprasia parapulchella .
Web links
- Mount Taylor Parkcare (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bruce Moore (Ed.): Lanyon saga: A history of the Cunningham family and the Lanyon, Tuggeranong, and Wanniassa Estates in the ACT . Canberra 1982, ISBN 0-9594649-2-1 , pp. 6 .
- ^ Environment and History. Mount Taylor Parkcare, accessed March 7, 2020 .
- ↑ Place ID 101,681th In: Register of the National Estate. Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities , accessed March 7, 2020 .