Mount Barrow
Mount Barrow (pialermeliggener) | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 1,406 m (4,613 ft)[1] |
Prominence | 796 m (2,612 ft)[1] |
Isolation | 21.43 km (13.32 mi)[1] |
Coordinates | 41°22′12″S 147°24′36″E / 41.37000°S 147.41000°E[2] |
Geography | |
Location in Tasmania | |
Location | Dolerite, granite |
Mount Barrow (
Location and features
Mount Barrow is a Jurassic
The mountain is in lands once occupied by
Nomenclature
It is probable that the indigenous name for the mountain was pialermeliggener, transcribed by G.A. Robinson when he was searching the upper Pipers River area.[3] pialermeliggener is sometimes used to describe nearby Mt Arthur, but examination of Robinson's travels and the translation of the aboriginal word (with the suffix meaning cliffs or scree near summit) accord with the exposed cliffs on most faces of Mt Barrow.[5][3][6]
The feature is shown as Row Tor on some maps of the area in the early 1800s although, confusingly, this is most often used as the early toponym for nearby Mt Arthur.[7][8]
The modern name is believed to have been for
Cartography of the Mount Barrow region
Versions of Flinders' 1798 map, adapted in 1825,[11][12][13] clearly show the Mt Barrow region depicted as Row Tor; however, maps of 1843 onwards clearly shows Mount Barrow marked in its present location and adds 'Row Tor' as the foothills slightly west towards Launceston.[14] Later maps of the north-east show Row Tor as occupying the present day location of Mt Arthur, it's possible that originally Row Tor was the colloquial name for the broader north-east highlands region and the separate massifs of present-day Mount Arthur and Mount Barrow were delineated cartographically in the 1840s.[15][16]
Geology of Mount Barrow
Mount Barrow is mostly dolomite[clarification needed] from the Jurassic period, which has been predicted to have come to the surface around the late Cretaceous, with more recent granite developed in the Ice age. When the Ice age ended, rain would have washed away the stagnant dirt and uncovered the variety of rocks that can now be seen at the summit.
History of the Mount Barrow area
The mountain formed an imposing barrier to settlers for long into the 19th century and the steep and rainforested country behind the mountain was visited infrequently. In the 1830s the country was explored by George Robinson and the botanist Robert William Lawrence, who both commented on the steep and difficult country.[17] The hinterland was subject to scientific exploration by Paul
By the late 1870s settlement had made inroads into the surrounding valleys and the forests began to be exploited for their wood, as well as clearing country for emerging settlements such as Nunamara, Patersonia and Diddleum Plains.[19][20][21]
A state reserve on Mount Barrow occupies 459 hectares (1,134 acres) and is an important habitat for several threatened species. These include the
Numerous mountain streams are found across the escarpment and these can turn into substantial waterfalls after heavy snowfall.
Mount Barrow is the main
See also
References
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- ^ "Mount Barrow". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ a b c Plomley, Brian (1992). Tasmanian Aboriginal Place Names. Hobart: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. p. 56.
- ^ Plomley, Brian (1992). Occasional Paper no. 5: The Tasmanian Tribes and Cicatricesas Tribal Indicators among the Tasmanian Aborigines. Hobart: Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery. pp. 18–20.
- ^ Taylor, John (1996). "Dictionary of Palawa place names". State Library of Tasmania/Riuwanna - UTAS: 76.
- ^ Plomley, Brian, ed. (2008). Friendly Mission (2nd ed.). QVMAG Launceston: Quintus. p. 111.
- ^ Breelle, Dany (November 2013). "Matthew Flinders' Australian Toponymy and its British Connections". The Journal of the Hakluyt Society: 9.
- ^ a b Prettyman, Ernest. "Prettyman index to Tasmanian Place Names". Tasmanian Archives Online. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ISBN 0949457302.
- ^ "Search results tasmanian newspapers 'Mount Barron'". trove.nla.gov.au. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ Flinders, Matthew. "Chart of Van Diemen's Land". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Arrowsmith's Map". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "National Library of Australia". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Chart of Van Diemen's Land". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ "Tasmania". National Library of Australia. Retrieved 6 October 2015.
- ^ a b Strzelecki, Paul (24 October 1846). "Physical description of New South Wales and Van Diemens Land". Launceston Examiner. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ISBN 9780977557226.
- ^ "Tasmanian Telegrams". Hobart Tribune. 8 January 1879. Retrieved 4 October 2015.
- ^ "A Trip to Waterhouse". Cornwall Chronicle. 2 October 1869.
- ^ "Scottsdale". The Tasmanian. 27 July 1878.
- ^ "Crown land sale". Launceston Examiner. 1 April 1880.