McPherson Range

McPherson
McPherson
	Mount Barney
Elevation	1,359 m (4,459 ft)
Coordinates	28°17′S 152°42′E / 28.283°S 152.700°E
Geography
Country	Australia
State	Queensland, New South Wales
Region	South East Queensland, Northern Rivers
Rivers	Condamine River
Range coordinates	28°20′S 153°00′E / 28.333°S 153.000°E
Parent range	Great Dividing Range
Borders on	Teviot Range, Tweed Range, Border Ranges, Main Range

The McPherson Range is an extensive mountain range, a spur of the Great Dividing Range, heading in an easterly direction from near Wallangarra to the Pacific Ocean coastline. It forms part of the Scenic Rim on the border between the states of New South Wales and Queensland. Further west of the McPherson Range is the Main Range. Towards the coast the range continues into the Border Ranges and other mountainous terrain formed by the Tweed Volcano.

The Australian electoral Division of McPherson was named after the mountain range.

Geography

Mount Barney

.

The range contains a number of

Gondwana Rainforests of Australia

.

The

Murwillumbah Road. A third passage through Teviot Gap, provides a road route between Boonah and Killarney

near Wilson's Peak.

History

The ranges were first explored by white settlers in 1828. The party was headed by

Mount Barney thinking that he was on Mount Warning until he reached the summit and saw the true Mount Warning further south. Realising they were on another range they named it the McPherson Range.^[3] Logan named Wilsons Peak and Mount Shadforth, which is now known as Mount Toowoonan.^[4]

Mount Barney

The McPherson Range was the location of the

Bernard O'Reilly, a local farmer, trekked through thick forests and rugged terrain to discover the wreck and two emaciated, badly injured survivors, nine days after the crash.^[5]

Flora and fauna

The sub-tropical rainforest on the range has never been damaged by severe bushfires (until the fires of 2019)and contains more than 20 species of rock and tree orchids.^[6]

The stream lily is a perennial plant found along creeks and gullies of the range. The extinct fern species Antrophyum austroqueenslandicum may still exist in unsurveyed parts of the range.^{[citation needed]}

The unique

Lamington spiny crayfish colours has evolved with white in New South Wales valleys and blue crayfish in Queensland's section of the range.^[7]

The rainforests contain important populations of the endangered

rufous scrub-bird, and the vulnerable Albert's lyrebird

, both of which are confined to south-east Queensland and north-east New South Wales.

References

ISBN 0-9592418-3-3

ISBN 0-947336-01-X
.

ISBN 0-9587622-7-9
.

^ "Mcpherson Range, Australia". Discover World. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

^ "O'Reilly, Alfonso Bernard (1903 - 1975) Biographical Entry". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Australian National University. Retrieved 10 May 2009.

ISBN 0085550000
.

ISBN 0-85881-088-3
.

External links

Media related to McPherson Range, Queensland at Wikimedia Commons

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Mountains in New South Wales, Australia
Coastal mountain ranges
(not part of the
Great Dividing Range)
Mid North Coast

Middle Brother (554 m or 1,818 ft)

South Brother (487 m or 1,598 ft)

North Brother (476 m or 1,562 ft)

Allyn, Barrington
& Mount Royal

Brumlow Tops
(1,586 m or 5,203 ft)

Polblue
(1,575 m or 5,167 ft)

Barrington
(1,555 m or 5,102 ft)

Careys Peak (1,544 m or 5,066 ft)

Eremeren Point (1,537 m or 5,043 ft)

Royal (1,185 m or 3,888 ft)

Allyn (1,125 m or 3,691 ft)

Cabrebald (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)

Ben Bullen

Gunama

Lumeah

Gibraltar and Sugarloaf

Summit (1,170 m or 3,839 ft)

Sugarloaf (412 m or 1,352 ft)

Bulahdelah

Manning

Blue Mountains

Coricudgy (1,255 m or 4,117 ft)

unnamed peak (1,189 m or 3,901 ft)

Pomany (1,109 m or 3,638 ft)

Piddington (1,094 m or 3,589 ft)

Boyce (1,093 m or 3,586 ft)

York (1,061 m or 3,481 ft)

Victoria (1,059 m or 3,474 ft)

Banks (1,049 m or 3,442 ft)

Tomah
(1,016 m or 3,333 ft)

Wilson (1,008 m or 3,307 ft)

Kings Tableland (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)

Narrow Neck Plateau (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)

Bell (998 m or 3,274 ft)

Castle Cliff (986 m or 3,235 ft)

Solitary (950 m or 3,117 ft)

Hay (944 m or 3,097 ft)

Podgers (890 m or 2,920 ft)

Irvine (850 m or 2,789 ft)

Debert (840 m or 2,756 ft)

Camp Cave (800 m or 2,625 ft)

Warrigal (760 m or 2,493 ft)

Notts (750 m or 2,461 ft)

Harris (736 m or 2,415 ft)

Centre (620 m or 2,034 ft)

Hall (617 m or 2,024 ft)

Gibson (608 m or 1,995 ft)

Scorpion (558 m or 1,831 ft)

Linda Rock (599 m or 1,965 ft)

Cookem (569 m or 1,867 ft)

Gospers

Bedford

Cameron

Coriaday

Erskine

Mistake

Monundilla

Whaite

Wirraba

Pearces

Wedding Cake

Illawarra

Bells
(803 m or 2,635 ft)

Knights Hill (709 m or 2,326 ft)

Noorinan (663 m or 2,175 ft)

Saddleback (600 m or 1,969 ft)

Wanyambilli Hill (564 m or 1,850 ft)

Kembla (534 m or 1,752 ft)

Burelli (531 m or 1,742 ft)

Kembla West (512 m or 1,680 ft)

Brisbane (469 m or 1,539 ft)

Keira (464 m or 1,522 ft)

Warra (464 m or 1,522 ft)

Brokers Nose (440 m or 1,444 ft)

Nebo (252 m or 827 ft)

The Budawangs

Budawang (1,129 m or 3,704 ft)

Currockbilly (1,087 m or 3,566 ft)

Wog Wog (893 m or 2,930 ft)

Cole (876 m or 2,874 ft)

Sturgiss (858 m or 2,815 ft)

Fosters (857 m or 2,812 ft)

Barneys Hill (855 m or 2,805 ft)

The Castle (831 m or 2,726 ft)

Shrouded Gods (809 m or 2,654 ft)

Donjon (786 m or 2,579 ft)

Clyde (781 m or 2,562 ft)

Quiltys (775 m or 2,543 ft)

Wirritin (674 m or 2,211 ft)

Pigeon House / Didthul (720 m or 2,362 ft)

Bushwalker (640 m or 2,100 ft)

Byangee (500 m or 1,640 ft)

Coolangatta

Tarn

Great Dividing Range
Tweed

Warning (1,156 m or 3,793 ft)

Bar (1,130 m or 3,707 ft)

Glenugie (316 m or 1,037 ft)

Chincogan (260 m or 853 ft)

Gladstone

Goobergooberyam

Moombil

McPherson and Nightcap

Barney
(1,359 m or 4,459 ft)

Burrell 933 m or 3,061 ft)

Neville (919 m or 3,015 ft)

Nardi (812 m or 2,664 ft)

Matheson (804 m or 2,638 ft)

Peates (604 m or 1,982 ft)

Mid North Coast

Banda Banda (1,258 m or 4,127 ft)

Nandewar

Kaputar (1,489 m or 4,885 ft)

Dowe (1,457 m or 4,780 ft)

Mount Coryah (1,409 m or 4,623 ft)

Lindesay (1,373 m or 4,505 ft)

Grattai (1,301 m or 4,268 ft)

Bushy (1,260 m or 4,134 ft)

Round (1,250 m or 4,101 ft)

Yulludunida (1,225 m or 4,019 ft)

Castle Top (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)

Gins (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)

Ningadhun (1,013 m or 3,323 ft)

Liverpool and Watagan

unnamed (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)

Pandoras Pass (788 m or 2,585 ft)

Warrawolong (641 m or 2,103 ft)

New England and Moonbi

Round (1,585 m or 5,200 ft)

Point Lookout (1,564 m or 5,131 ft)

Ben Lomond (1,512 m or 4,961 ft)

Grundy (1,463 m or 4,800 ft)

Barren (1,437 m or 4,715 ft)

Hyland (1,434 m or 4,705 ft)

Duval (1,393 m or 4,570 ft)

Black Jack (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)

Gulligal (1,230 m or 4,035 ft)

Oaky (1,070 m or 3,510 ft)

Cooee (1,020 m or 3,346 ft)

Flaggy (984 m or 3,228 ft)

Big Billy (884 m or 2,900 ft)

Dorrigo (762 m or 2,500 ft)

Burning (520 m or 1,706 ft)

Yarrowyck

Central Tablelands

Canobolas (1,395 m or 4,577 ft)

Shooters Hill (1,394 m or 4,573 ft)

Bindo (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)

Trickett (1,362 m or 4,469 ft)

Blaxland (901 m or 2,956 ft)

Hopeless (1,056 m or 3,465 ft)

The Brindabellas and Scabby

Bimberi (1,913 m or 6,276 ft)

Gingera (1,857 m or 6,093 ft)

Kelly (1,829 m or 6,001 ft)

Ginini (1,762 m or 5,781 ft)

Franklin (1,646 m or 5,400 ft)

Aggie (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)

Coree (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)

Bramina (1,392 m or 4,567 ft)

Bulls Head (1,375 m or 4,511 ft)

Black Bottle (1,356 m or 4,449 ft)

Lickhole (1,188 m or 3,898 ft)

Brindabella (972 m or 3,189 ft)

Monaro

Big Badja (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)

Brown (1,243 m or 4,078 ft)

Gibraltar (Bungendore) (887 m or 2,910 ft)

Gibraltar Hill

Snowies
Main

Kosciuszko (2,228 m or 7,310 ft)

Townsend (2,209 m or 7,247 ft)

unnamed peak on Etheridge Ridge (2,180 m or 7,152 ft)

Alice Rawson Peak (2,160 m or 7,087 ft)

Byatts Camp (2,159 m or 7,083 ft)

Carruthers (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)

Abbott Peak (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)

Mount Northcote (2,131 m or 6,991 ft)

Muellers Peak (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)

Clark (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)

Lee (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)

Gungartan (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)

Tate (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)

Jagungal (2,061 m or 6,762 ft)

Perisher (2,054 m or 6,739 ft)

Stilwell (2,040 m or 6,693 ft)

Watsons Crags (2,020 m or 6,627 ft)

Back Perisher (2,014 m or 6,608 ft)

Anton (2,000 m or 6,562 ft)

Anderson (1,997 m or 6,552 ft)

Blue Cow (1,994 m or 6,542 ft)

The Granite Peaks (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)

Dicky Cooper Bogong (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)

Gills Knobs (1,940 m or 6,365 ft)

Guthega Peak (1,924 m or 6,312 ft)

Blue Calf (1,905 m or 6,250 ft)

Sentinel (1,900 m or 6,234 ft)

Mount Piper (1,830 m or 6,004 ft)

Round (1,756 m or 5,761 ft)

Ramshead

Rams Head (2,190 m or 7,185 ft)

Twynam (2,178 m or 7,146 ft)

Rams Head North (2,177 m or 7,142 ft)

Little Twynam (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)

Other mountains in the GDR

Yengo (668 m or 2,192 ft)

Inland mountain ranges
Barrier

Lewis Peak (297 m or 974 ft)

Warrumbungles

Exmouth (1,206 m or 3,957 ft)

Woorut (1,165 m or 3,822 ft)

Needle

Other inland mountains

Grenfell

Gibralter Hill

Island mountain ranges
Lord Howe

Gower (875 m or 2,871 ft)

Lidgbird (777 m or 2,549 ft)

Mountains not within
a specific range

Gibraltar (863 m or 2,831 ft)

Gulaga (806 m or 2,644 ft)

Ulandra (761 m or 2,497 ft)

Tilga (329 m or 1,079 ft)

Oxley (307 m or 1,007 ft)

Federal divisions

Cowper

Page

Richmond

State electorates

Ballina

Clarence

Lismore

Tweed

Local government areas

Ballina

Byron

Clarence Valley

Kyogle

Lismore

Richmond Valley

Tweed

Major cities/towns

Ballina

Byron Bay

Casino

Grafton

Lismore

Tweed Heads

Minor towns

Alstonville

Bangalow

Billinudgel

Bogangar

Brunswick Heads

Evans Head

Federal

Iluka

Kyogle

Lennox Head

Maclean

Mullumbimby

Murwillumbah

Nashua

New Brighton

Nimbin

Nymboida

Ocean Shores

Pottsville

Suffolk Park

Wollongbar

Wooyung

Yamba

Rivers

Back

Barcoongere

Beaury

Bielsdown

Boundary (Glen Fernaigh)

Boundary (Nymboida)

Byrrill

Brunswick

Clarence

Coldstream

Coopers

Corindi

Esk

Evans

Glen Fernaigh

Leycester

Little Nymboida

Mann

Nymboida

Orara

Oxley

Richmond

Rous

Sandon

Sandy

Shannon Brook

Tweed

Wilsons

Wooli Wooli

Ranges and mountains

Lamington Plateau

McPherson

Tweed

Tweed Volcano

Mount Warning

National parks

Border Ranges

Chaelundi

Nightcap

Nymboida

Nymboi-Binderay

Richmond Range

Tooloom

Yabbra

Nature reserves

Andrew Johnston Big Scrub

Booyong

Broken Head

Brunswick Heads

Davis Scrub

Limpinwood

Numinbah

Victoria Park

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[1] ISBN 0-9592418-3-3

[2] ISBN 0-947336-01-X
.

[pl-3] ISBN 0-9587622-7-9
.

[4] "Mcpherson Range, Australia". Discover World. Retrieved 2 February 2018.

[adbo-5] "O'Reilly, Alfonso Bernard (1903 - 1975) Biographical Entry". Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. Australian National University. Retrieved 10 May 2009.

[beauty-6] ISBN 0085550000
.

[lackner-7] ISBN 0-85881-088-3
.

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[4]

[5]

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Geography

History

Flora and fauna

See also

References

External links