Borders
This post marks the site where, in May 1868 Charles Todd Superintendent of telegraphs and government observer (Astronomer), received telegraphic signals to accurately position the 141st meridian (SA / NSW border)
Royal Geographical society of Australasia (SA Branch) inc.
Institution of surveyors Australia (SA Division)
20th April 1981
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Todd discovered that the SA border had erroneously been placed at least two miles and 19 chains to the West
The border between the Australian state of South Australia and what is today the State of Victoria was established in 1836 by imperial letters patent "as the 141st degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich". In 1836 the land we now call Victoria was part of the colony of New South Wales, so the original Victorian border was actually drawn between the colonies of South Australia and New South Wales. Due to human error by numerous explorers and surveyors, it took more than 75 years and a protracted legal dispute before the precise placement of the border was settled, resulting in the forfeiture of more than 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) of territory from South Australia to Victoria.
Info Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia%E2%80%93Victoria_bo...
This is why there is a 'dog leg'in the current SA/NSW/Vic border
Borders
This post marks the site where, in May 1868 Charles Todd Superintendent of telegraphs and government observer (Astronomer), received telegraphic signals to accurately position the 141st meridian (SA / NSW border)
Royal Geographical society of Australasia (SA Branch) inc.
Institution of surveyors Australia (SA Division)
20th April 1981
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Todd discovered that the SA border had erroneously been placed at least two miles and 19 chains to the West
The border between the Australian state of South Australia and what is today the State of Victoria was established in 1836 by imperial letters patent "as the 141st degree meridian of longitude east of Greenwich". In 1836 the land we now call Victoria was part of the colony of New South Wales, so the original Victorian border was actually drawn between the colonies of South Australia and New South Wales. Due to human error by numerous explorers and surveyors, it took more than 75 years and a protracted legal dispute before the precise placement of the border was settled, resulting in the forfeiture of more than 1,300 km2 (500 sq mi) of territory from South Australia to Victoria.
Info Wiki en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia%E2%80%93Victoria_bo...
This is why there is a 'dog leg'in the current SA/NSW/Vic border