ACT-NSW Border Markers and Lockspits

ACT-NSW Border Markers and Lockspits - the Moaut Line

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Border Markers from Mt Coree to Piccadilly Circus

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field book A 1008 - Coree to P51 - FC18 sheet 13 - (PDF 13.6 mb):

Border Markers from Piccadilly Circus to Bulls Head

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field books A 1008 - Coree to P51 - FC18 sheet 13 - (PDF 13.6 mb) and A 1010 - P51 to B54 - FC18 sheet 13 - (PDF 13.3 mb):

There is a survey line of points A52^a, A52^b, A52^c and A52^d to Bulls Head. We checked them out on 4 Jan 11, but found no markers at the locations.

Border Markers from Bulls Head to Aggie Gap

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field books A 1010 - P51 to B54 - FC18 sheet 13 - (PDF 13.3 mb) and A 1011 - B54 to H55 - FC18 sheet 13 - (PDF 13.2 mb):

Border Markers from Aggie Gap to Mt Ginini

Border markers from Aggie Gap to Mt Ginini are covered in the digitised original field books A 1011 - B54 to H55 - FC18 sheet 13 - (PDF 13.2 mb), A 1013 - H55 to R56 - FC18 sheet 12, 13 - (PDF 13.0 mb) and A 1022 - Q56 to P58 - FC18 sheet 12 - (PDF 12.7 mb):

Border Markers from Mt Ginini to Stockyard Gap

Border markers in this area are also covered in the digitised original field book A 1022 - Q56 to P58 - FC18 sheet 12 - (PDF 12.7 mb). There are a total of 14 border markers located on the southern spur of Mt Ginini, down the old cleared ski slope and into the bush, defining the border over the little knoll and down to Stockyard Gap. Again, with the accurate ACTPLA data (to one thousandth of a metre!), it was a relative breeze to find them all:

Border Markers on Little Ginini Mountain

This length of the border stretches from Stockyard Gap south up over Little Ginini Mountain then down to Pryors Hut. Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field book A 1022 - Q56 to P58 - FC18 sheet 12 - (PDF 12.7 mb). There are 10 border markers. As the pics show, all these have been visited. The only doubtful one is H57 and, having been there looking twice, I reckon it must have been bulldozed:

Border Markers around Pryors Hut

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field book A 1022 - Q56 to P58 - FC18 sheet 12 - (PDF 12.7 mb). Page 10b of the notebook (page 14 of the pdf file) shows the sketch of the area and page 11a (page 15 of the pdf) contains the survey data for Q57. Another marker, 191.78 links from Q57, unidentified except for the description '3" Concrete Downpipe and Mound', is the 21 Mile marker. I deduced this from the fact that the unidentified marker 60.31 links from X56 (see page 3b of the notebook) had a nearby blaze which included M19; the ACT Heritage Listing has entry 44 X56 and entry 45 19 Mile at the same location 604658; summing the distances between markers from 19 Mile to the marker near G57 gives 2 miles. These can both be found just S of Pryors Hut, on the W side of the Mt Franklin Road. This is where and how the border marker fetish started:

Border Markers along the Mt Gingera ridge - will the real Mt Gingera please stand up

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field book A 1022 - Q56 to P58 - FC18 sheet 12 - (PDF 12.7 mb). There are 8 markers on the Gingera ridge. They are R57, S57, T57, U57, V57, 22 Mile, W57 and X57.

Alex P provided me with copies of 1:16000 map segments from Mt Coree to Mt Gingera, developed as a project guide for when the border was re-marked in this area. It shows the Mt Gingera (Mouat) trig point in the centre of the ridge around the top, with border marker W57 at the same location. At the SE end of the ridge, the map is annotated with a hand drawn trig marker and 'NATMAP', with border marker X57 at the same location. With 106m difference between these two locations, it must be easy to sort this out - and it was. My Mt Gingera trips, right from the first time I was taken there, was to the guyed pole. This has X57 at its base and is, perhaps, the NATMAP Mt Gingera. Obvious once pointed out that the granite tors 106m to the NW along the ridge are higher. Will continue to hunt for W57 (the real Mt Gingera), although if the 1" Gaspipe is driven flush into the cleft of the boulder, it will be hard to find if covered with leaf litter, etc:

Border Markers from Mt Gingera to Blackfellows Gap

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field books A 1022 - Q56 to P58 - FC18 sheet 12 - (PDF 12.7 mb) and A 1024 - P58 to R59 - FC18 sheet 12 - (PDF 11.5 MB). Another lovely area of mountain grasses and Snow Gums, very different to the harsh Mt Franklin fire trail down below to the E:

Border Markers between Blackfellows Gap and Rolling Ground Gap

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field book A 1024 - P58 to R59 - FC18 sheet 12 - (PDF 11.5 MB):

Border Markers between Rolling Ground Gap and Leura Gap

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field book A 1024 - P58 to R59 - FC18 sheet 12 - (PDF 11.5 MB) and A 1055 - K59 to K76 - FC18 sheet 11, 12 - (PDF 12.5 mb). There are 19 border markers in the area - P59, Q59 and R59 with no descriptions; 26 Mile with description '3" Concreted Downpipe and Mound'; A73, B73, C73 with no descriptions; D73, E73, F73, G73, H73 sketched on page 5b of the notebook with description 'All stations marked with iron pipes 1"x15" filled with concrete, sunk flush and surrounded by cairn'; I73, J73, K73, L73 sketched on page 6b of the notebook with description 'All stations marked by iron pipes 1"x15" sunk flush, filled with concrete and cairned.'; M73, N73, O73 with no description. In the sketch on page 7b of the notebook, a marker with description 'Concreted Downpipe and Cairn' is crossed through - yet it must correspond to site # 65 in the ACT Heritage Register list for the 27 Mile marker. Found 1 by chance prior to border marker mania setting in and plan to go back on 19 May 09:

Border Markers between Rolling Ground Gap and Leura Gap

Border Markers between Rolling Ground Gap and Leura Gap

Border Markers from Leura Gap to Bimberi Gap

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field book A 1055 - K59 to K76 - FC18 sheet 11, 12 - (PDF 12.5 mb).

Border Markers from Bimberi Peak through Murrays Gap to Mt Murray

Border markers in this area are covered in the digitised original field books A 1055 - K59 to K76 - FC18 sheet 11, 12 - (PDF 12.5 mb) and A 1056 - K76 to W79 - FC 18 sheet 11 - (PDF 12.6 mb):

Border Markers from Mt Murray to Yaouk Gap

This is a grand Snow Gum and mountain grasses area. The border markers are covered in the digitised original field book A 1056 - K76 to W79 - FC 18 sheet 11 - (PDF 12.6 mb).

Border Markers in the Mt Scabby area

The Cotter River rises here and it would have to be one of the most beautiful areas in the Namadgi National Park. If the area is defined to be that above the 1700m contour, it contains 15 border markers and each one should be identifiable as there are no wooden posts. They are covered in the digitised original field book A 1057 - W79 to L82 - FC sheet 10, 11 - (PDF 12.4 mb). The border markers are - G80, H80 with descriptions 'Concrete cylinder and cairn'; unidentified marker (Mile marker?) with description 'Concreted cylinder covered with heavy cairn'; I80 with description 'Concrete cylinder on bare granite and Cairn'; J80 'Concrete cylinder'; K80 'Concrete mark/cylinder and cairn'; L80, M80, N80, O80 and P80 with descriptions 'Nail in concrete'; unidentified marker (41 Mile from ACT Heritage Register) with description 'Concrete cylinder on bare granite heavily cairned'; Q80, R80 and S80 with descriptions 'Concrete cylinder and cairn'. The following 5 found by good fortune prior to being given access to the ACTPLA data:

Border Markers between Mt Kelly and Sentry Box Mountain

The ones I have found are covered in the digitised original field books A 1057 - W79 to L82 - FC sheet 10, 11 - (PDF 12.4 mb) and A 1058 - L82 to R85 - FC18 sheet 10 - (PDF 12.4 mb). Data from the 1944 re-survey maps also covers this area:

Border Markers on the Scabby Range SE of Sentry Box Mountain

This part of the Scabby Range is wonderful granite slabs at the top, eventually dropping to a lovely area of dry sclerophyll forest, unburnt in 2003. So there is a number of surviving survey marker blazes. Border markers are covered in the digitised original field book A 1058 - L82 to R85 - FC18 sheet 10 - (PDF 12.4 mb). and A 1059 - R85 to R87 - FC18 sheet 10 - (PDF 13.7 MB):

Border Markers on the Boboyan Divide

The Boboyan Divide is a lovely area of dry sclerophyll forest, unburnt in 2003. So there is a number of surviving survey marker blazes. Border markers are covered in the digitised original field book A 1059 - R85 to R87 - FC18 sheet 10 - (PDF 13.7 MB):

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Border Marker No	Survey Notes No	Comment from Survey Notes⁵	Heritage Register Site No/Sourced from Matthew Higgins' field work³	ACTPLA Location UTM⁴ 55H (MGA)	Visited - click on a date for a walk report	Click on a thumbnail below to see the full sized Picture
Coree	Coree	Trig	-	664566.702-6091358.403	25 May 10 7 Jul 09*
A50a	1A	8" Post	1	664523.304-6091285.968	25 May 10 7 Jul 09*
A50	1	8" Post	2	664364.367-6091102.740	7 Jul 09*
B50	2		3	664348.428-6091034.659	7 Jul 09*
C50	3	8" Post	4	664305.308-6090976.035	7 Jul 09*
D50	4	8" Post	5	664272.264-6090900.468	7 Jul 09*
E50	5	8" Post	-	664114.168-6090562.552	possibly found 25 May 10 not found 7 Jul 09
F50	6	8" Post	-	663965.555-6090335.347	not found 7 Jul 09
G50	7	8" Post	-	663939.368-6090192.403	not found 7 Jul 09
H50	8	8" Post	-	663878.325-6089998.344	7 Jul 09*
1 Mile		Concrete block and bolt covered by cairn	-	663839.616-6089948.172 (calculated)	7 Jul 09*
I50	9	8" Post	-	663713.600-6089784.778	7 Jul 09*
J50	10	8" Post	-	663800.676-6089497.633	31 Jul 12 7 Jul 09*
K50	11	8" Post	-	663816.514-6089355.421	7 Jul 09*
L50	12	8" Post	-	663801.004-6089251.706	7 Jul 09*
M50	13	8" Post	-	663757.179-6088962.519	not found 31 Jul 12	-
N50	14	8" Post	-	663634.918-6088819.737	31 Jul 12*
O50	15	8" Post	-	663459.775-6088644.486	31 Jul 12*
2 Mile		Concrete block and bolt covered by cairn	-	692881.392-6110915.510 (calculated)	not found 31 Jul 12	-
P50	16	8" Post	-	663378.865-6088453.103	31 Jul 12*
Q50	17	8" Post	-	663156.833-6088162.016	31 Jul 12*
R50	18	8" Post	6	663071.919-6087978.181	31 Jul 12*
S50	19	8" Post	-	662994.960-6087872.623	31 Jul 12*
T50	20	8" Post	-	663166.292-6087557.731	not found 31 Jul 12 2 Feb 10	in the black berries!
U50	21	8" Post	-	663211.731-6087366.273	31 Jul 12 2 Feb 10*
V50	22	8" Post	7	663264.760-6087119.626	2 Feb 10*
3 Mile		Concrete Block and Bolt covered by cairn		663271.567-6087100.299 (calculated)	2 Feb 10*
		[1" Pipe in ground covered by cairn]			2 Feb 10*
W50	23	8" Post	-	663285.481-6087060.806	2 Feb 10*
X50	24	8" Post	-	663447.791-6086862.726	2 Feb 10*
Y50	25	8" Post	-	663494.709-6086615.487	2 Feb 10*
Z50	26	8" Post	8	663497.951-6086280.534	2 Feb 10*
A51	27	8" Post	-	663482.231-6086180.461	2 Feb 10*
B51	28	8" Post	-	663428.552-6086029.435	2 Feb 10*
C51	29	8" Post	-	663335.940-6085902.862	2 Feb 10*
D51	30	8" Post	-	663242.596-6085727.565	2 Feb 10*
4 Mile		Concrete Block and Bolt covered by cairn		663346.457-6085700.778 (calculated)	2 Feb 10*
E51	31	12" Post set off 50 links square from centre of formation	-	663500.857-6085660.977	2 Feb 10*