Mount Macedon

This article is about the mountain. For the town below the mountain, see Mount Macedon, Victoria. For the town nearby, see Macedon, Victoria. For the mountain in Vermont, see Camel's Hump.

Mount Macedon
Geboor or Geburrh^[1]
Mount Macedon, above the town of Mount Macedon.
Highest point
Elevation	1,001 metres (3,284 ft) AHD ^[2]
Prominence	643 metres (2,110 ft) AHD ^[2]
Parent peak	Camel's Hump or Camels Hump
Coordinates	37°22′59″S 144°34′35″E / 37.38306°S 144.57639°E / -37.38306; 144.57639Coordinates: 37°22′59″S 144°34′35″E / 37.38306°S 144.57639°E / -37.38306; 144.57639 ^[3]
Geography
Mount Macedon Location in Victoria
Location	Central Highlands, Victoria, Australia
Parent range	Macedon Ranges, Great Dividing Range
Climbing
First ascent	Thomas Mitchell (European: 1836)^[1]

Mount Macedon /maʊnt ˈmæsədən/^[4] (Aboriginal Woiwurrung language: Geboor or Geburrh^[1]) is a mountain that is part of the Macedon Ranges of the Great Dividing Range, located in the Central Highlands region of Victoria, Australia. The mountain has an elevation of 1,001 metres (3,284 ft) AHD with a prominence of 643 metres (2,110 ft) AHD^[2] and is located approximately 65 kilometres (40 mi) northwest of Melbourne.

Etymology

The mountain is known as Geboor or Geburrh in the Aboriginal Woiwurrung language of the Wurundjeri people.^[1]

The mountain was originally sighted by Hamilton Hume and William Hovell on their 1824 expedition to Port Phillip from New South Wales. They named it Mount Wentworth.^[5] It was renamed Mount Macedon by explorer Major Thomas Mitchell who ascended the mountain in 1836.^[1] He named it after Philip of Macedon in honour of the fact that he was able to view Port Philip from the summit. Several other geographic features along the path of his third Australia Felix expedition were named after figures of Ancient Macedonia including the nearby Campaspe River and Mount Alexander near Castlemaine (named after Alexander the Great).

Summit

The Mount Macedon Memorial Cross

The highest peak of Mount Macedon is Camel's Hump, or Camels Hump,^[6] one of three mamelons in the area, the rocky outcrop of a once small steep-sided volcano, with an elevation estimated at 1,011 metres (3,317 ft), and at times is covered in snow. Camel's Hump, together with Hanging Rock and Croziers Rocks are igneous trachyte rocks of the crag and are favoured by rock climbers. The mountain has become a popular venue for sport climbing and for families, due to its proximity to Melbourne.

The view from the summit of Mount Macedon is spectacular, and takes in Melbourne city, the Dandenong Ranges and the You Yangs near Geelong.

Mount Macedon Memorial Cross is a 21 metres (69 ft) high monument standing near the summit of the mountain, in an area called Cross Reserve. It was established in 1935 by William Cameron, an early resident of the town of Mount Macedon, as a memorial to his son and others who had died in World War I.^[7]

Climate

Total rainfall approaches 1,000 millimetres (39 in) annually, reaching a maximum in winter, with minimum amounts occurring during the summer months of January to March. Snowfalls occurs on 15–20 days a year, with snow lying occurring on 10–15 days a year.^[8] As with the entire region, Mount Macedon is susceptible to severe frost, generally between the months of May and September, with light frosts throughout the rest of the year and minimal frost between January and March. Extreme minimums have been near −9 °C (16 °F). A feature of the region in winter is the occasional appearance of black ice.^[8]

Notable events

On 8 November 1948, Douglas DC-3 VH-UZK operated by Australian National Airways crashed on Mount Macedon. The pilot and first officer died; the cabin crew and passengers all survived, with relatively minor injuries.^[9] The event is commemorated on a plaque in Cross Reserve.^[10]^[11]

References

1 2 3 4 5 Milbourne, Jean (1978), Mount Macedon: Its History and its Grandeur, Kyneton, Victoria: (self published), pp. 10, 14, ISBN 0-9595225-0-6
1 2 3 "Mount Macedon, Australia". Peakbagger.com.
↑ "Mount Macedon". Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
↑ Macquarie Dictionary (4th ed.). Melbourne, Victoria: The Macquarie Library Pty Ltd. 2005. ISBN 1-876429-14-3.
↑ Bland, William; Hovell, William Hilton; Hume, Hamilton (1831), Journey of discovery to Port Phillip, New South Wales by Messrs. W.H. Hovell, and Hamilton Hume in 1824 and 1825, Sydney
↑ "Camels Hump". Macedon and Mt Macedon Region. Macedon and Mt Macedon Business and Tourism Association Inc. 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
↑ "Mount Macedon Memorial Cross". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
1 2 Central Ranges Weather Discussion
↑ "Two Killed in Air Crash on Mt Macedon". The Canberra Times. November 9, 1948. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
↑ "Kurana Memorial". mountmacedon.org. Retrieved October 16, 2016.
↑ ""Kurana" Plane Crash". monumentaustralia.org.au. Retrieved 16 October 2016.

External links

RockClimbing.com
"Macedon Regional Park: Park notes" (PDF). Parks Victoria. Government of Victoria. December 2010.

Mountains in Victoria, Australia

Grampians

William (1,167 m or 3,829 ft)
Difficult
Wilson
Zero

Victorian Alps

Bogong High Plains	Nelse West (1,893 m or 6,211 ft) Nelse North (1,885 m or 6,184 ft) Fainter South (1,883 m or 6,178 ft) Hotham (1,862 m or 6,109 ft) McKay (1,849 m or 6,066 ft) Cope (1,837 m or 6,027 ft) Spion Kopje (1,837 m or 6,027 ft) Jim (1,818 m or 5,965 ft)

Cathedral Range	Lake (1,482 m or 4,862 ft) The Green Hill (1,241 m or 4,072 ft) Sugarloaf (904 m or 2,966 ft) The Cathedral (801 m or 2,628 ft) South Jawbone Peak (761 m or 2,497 ft)

Cobberas Range	Cobberas No. 1 (1,810 m or 5,938 ft) Cobberas No. 2 Moscow Peak Middle Peak Cleft Peak

Cobbler Plateau	Speculation (1,648 m or 5,407 ft) Cobbler (1,628 m or 5,341 ft) Koonika (1,545 m or 5,069 ft) Despair (1,460 m or 4,790 ft)

Other	Bogong (1,986 m or 6,516 ft) Feathertop (1,922 m or 6,306 ft) Loch (1,865 m or 6,119 ft) Buller (1,805 m or 5,922 ft) Wills (1,755 m or 5,758 ft) Gibbo (1,750 m or 5,741 ft) Stirling (1,749 m or 5,738 ft) Howitt (1,742 m or 5,715 ft) The Horn (1,723 m or 5,653 ft) Buffalo (1,723 m or 5,653 ft) Wellington (1,634 m or 5,361 ft) Buggery (Alpine) (1,598 m or 5,243 ft) Baw Baw (1,567 m or 5,141 ft) Torbreck (1,516 m or 4,974 ft) St Gwinear (circa 1,500 m or 4,921 ft) Mueller (1,460 m or 4,790 ft) Selma (1,456 m or 4,777 ft) Useful (1,435 m or 4,708 ft) Tambo (1,430 m or 4,692 ft) Selwyn (1,411 m or 4,629 ft) Terrible (1,325 m or 4,347 ft) Donna Buang (1,250 m or 4,101 ft) Buggery (Wangaratta) (1,153 m or 3,783 ft) Bulla Bulla (906 m or 2,972 ft) Dom Dom (740 m or 2,428 ft) Brumby Point Pine

Other
mountain ranges

Central Highlands	Macedon (1,001 m or 3,284 ft)

Dandenong Ranges	Dandenong (633 m or 2,077 ft)

Pyrenees Ranges	Avoca (747 m or 2,451 ft) Warrenmang (537 m or 1,762 ft)

Strzelecki Ranges	Tassie (740 m or 2,428 ft)

Other	Matlock (1,377 m or 4,518 ft) Ritchie (1,259 m or 4,131 ft) Toorongo (1,247 m or 4,091 ft) Horsfall (1,130 m or 3,707 ft) Kaye (998 m or 3,274 ft) Elizabeth (941 m or 3,087 ft) Ghiran (924 m or 3,031 ft) Disappointment (794 m or 2,605 ft) Riddell (781 m or 2,562 ft) Beenak (745 m or 2,444 ft) Alexander (744 m or 2,441 ft) Buninyong (719 m or 2,359 ft) Hanging Rock / Diogenes (718 m or 2,356 ft) Warrenheip (714 m or 2,343 ft) Franklin (648 m or 2,126 ft) Beckworth (634 m or 2,080 ft) Corhanwarrabul (628 m or 2,060 ft) Tarrengower (556 m or 1,824 ft) Warrenmang (526 m or 1,726 ft) Teneriffe (444 m or 1,457 ft) Napier (440 m or 1,444 ft) Briggs Bluff (420 m or 1,378 ft) Arapiles (369 m or 1,211 ft) You Yangs (352 m or 1,155 ft) Leura (313 m or 1,027 ft) Noorat (310 m or 1,017 ft) Elephant (240 m or 787 ft) Warrnambool (216 m or 709 ft) Eccles (178 m or 584 ft) Wycheproof (148 m or 486 ft) Cooper (137 m or 449 ft) Fraser Hopeless Typo

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