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Cameron Corner
Bulloo Shire,  Queensland
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Cameron Corner, 2001
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Cameron Corner
Coordinates 28°30′55″S141°31′45″E / 28.5154°S 141.5292°E / -28.5154; 141.5292 (Cameron Corner (centre of locality))
Population19 (2021 census) [1]
 • Density0.00148/km2 (0.00382/sq mi)
Postcode(s) 4492
Elevation112 m (367 ft)
Area12,866.0 km2 (4,967.6 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10:00)
Location
LGA(s) Bulloo Shire
County Carruthers
State electorate(s) Warrego
Federal division(s) Maranoa
Suburbs around Cameron Corner:
Innamincka (SA) Durham Noccundra
Bollards Lagoon (SA) Cameron Corner Bulloo Downs
Bollards Lagoon (SA) Tibooburra (NSW) Tibooburra (NSW)

Cameron Corner is an outback locality in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia. [2] It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales to the south and South Australia to the west. [3] In the 2021 census, Cameron Corner had a population of 19 people. [1]

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Geography

Cameron Corner is located about 1,400 kilometres (870 mi) west-southwest of Brisbane, Queensland and is the point in the outback of eastern Australia where the boundary lines of the states of Queensland, South Australia, and New South Wales meet (the area immediately to the north and east of the intersection of the state boundaries). The noted Dingo Fence passes through Cameron Corner along the New South Wales border.

Cameron Corner has the following mountains (from north to south):

History

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Australia map with named state corners

This general area, which includes Sturt Stony Desert in the Lake Eyre Basin, was first explored by Captain Charles Sturt, who in 1844 went in search of a supposed inland sea in the centre of Australia. [8]

The corner and locality are named for the surveyor, John Brewer Cameron, from the New South Wales Lands Department, who spent two years during 1880–1882 marking the border between New South Wales and Queensland. [2] Cameron erected a post there in September 1880 to mark its intersection with the border of South Australia. He placed a wooden marker every 1 mile (1.6 km) eastwards along the interstate boundary. [9]

On 28 January 1919, the Queensland Government placed restrictions on the border crossing at Wompah Gate ( 29°00′00″S142°10′26″E / 29.00000°S 142.17378°E / -29.00000; 142.17378 (Wompah Gate) ) to prevent the spread of the Spanish flu into Queensland, which were enforced by the Queensland Police. A medical screening process was used to determine if Queensland residents could safely return to the state. [10] [11] [12]


On 17 April 2020, the Queensland Government reorganised the nine localities in the Shire of Bulloo, resulting in six localities. It included Cameron Corner gaining a small portion of land from the west of the locality of Bulloo Downs. [13] [14] [15] It increased the area of the locality from 12,866.0 square kilometres (4,967.6 sq mi) to 14,554.8 square kilometres (5,619.6 sq mi). [3]

Demographics

In the 2016 census, Cameron Corner had "no people or a very low population". [16]

In the 2021 census, Cameron Corner had a population of 19 people. [1]

Heritage listings

Cameron Corner Marker: Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia Cameron's corner.jpg
Cameron Corner Marker: Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia

Cameron Corner Survey Marker ( 28°59′57″S140°59′57″E / 28.9991°S 140.9993°E / -28.9991; 140.9993 (Cameron Corner Survey Marker) ) marks the corner and was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 2012. [17]

Dingo Fence

Dingo Fence on the 29th parallel of latitude. Sturt National Park (right of fence) - looking east from Cameron Corner after a heavy rainfall Sturt National Park3 - Dingo Fence - CameronsCorner.jpg
Dingo Fence on the 29th parallel of latitude. Sturt National Park (right of fence) – looking east from Cameron Corner after a heavy rainfall

The 2,500 km (1,553 mi) section of the Dingo Fence in Queensland is also known as the Great Barrier Fence or Wild Dog Barrier Fence 11. It is administered by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. The Wild Dog Barrier Fence staff consists of 23 employees, including two-person teams that patrol a 300 km (186 mi) section of the fence once every week. There are depots at Quilpie and Roma. [18]

The Queensland Border Fence stretches for 394 km (245 mi) westwards along the border with New South Wales, into the Strzelecki Desert. The fence passes the point where the three states of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia meet (Cameron Corner). At this point, it connects with the South Australian Border Fence, which runs for 257 km (160 mi) southwards along the border with New South Wales. [19] It then joins a section known as the Dog Fence in South Australia, which is 2,225 km (1,383 mi) long. [20]

Homesteads

There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including (from north to south): [21]

Events

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Cameron Corner in the intersection of Australian time zones during daylight-saving

New Year's Eve is celebrated three times each year in Cameron Corner (also in Poeppel Corner and Surveyor Generals Corner), because the three states that meet at the corner are in three time zones.

Facilities

The Cameron Corner Store was established in 1990 by a Vietnam War veteran, Sandy Nall, and his wife Cathrine. [22] As of 2014, the store was operated by the sole permanent residents of Cameron Corner, Fenn and Cheryl Miller. [22] The store reportedly has a Queensland liquor licence, a New South Wales postal code and a South Australian telephone number. [23]

The locality also features a desert golf course. [24]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Cameron Corner (SAL)". 2021 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 28 February 2023. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. 1 2 "Cameron Corner – locality in Shire of Bulloo (entry 42943)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  3. 1 2 "Queensland Globe". State of Queensland . Retrieved 29 January 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 12 November 2020. Archived from the original on 25 November 2020. Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Mount Intrepid – mountain in Bulloo Shire (entry 16753)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Mount Morris – mountain in Bulloo Shire (entry 22860)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  7. ↑ "Mount Bygrave – mountain in Bulloo Shire (entry 5567)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 25 November 2020.
  8. ↑ Barry, Derek (8 August 2021). "Charles Sturt's vain search for the inland sea". The North West Star. Archived from the original on 8 August 2021. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  9. ↑ "Redefining the Queensland–New South Wales Border: Guidelines for Surveyors" (PDF). Queensland Government. 2001. p. 7. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 January 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  10. ↑ "FROM the VAULT - Queensland Border Policing During 1919 Influenza Outbreak". Queensland Police Museum. 9 June 2020. Archived from the original on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  11. ↑ "Wompah Gate – gate in the Bulloo Shire (entry 37880)". Queensland Place Names. Queensland Government . Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  12. ↑ "SH54-3 Tickalara" (Map). Queensland Government. 1978. Archived from the original on 2 August 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2024.
  13. ↑ "Job number 19-068: Bullawarra, Bulloo Downs, Cameron Corner, Dynevor, Noccundra, Nockatunga, Norley, Thargomindah". Recent place name decisions. Queensland Government. 17 April 2020. Archived from the original on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  14. ↑ "Proposed Locality names and boundaries for the Shire of Bulloo" (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government. 22 November 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  15. ↑ "Locality names and boundaries for the Shire of Bulloo" (PDF) (Map). Queensland Government. 17 April 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2020. Retrieved 28 June 2020.
  16. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Cameron Corner (SSC)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 20 October 2018. OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  17. ↑ "Cameron Corner (entry 602806)". Queensland Heritage Register . Queensland Heritage Council. Retrieved 7 July 2013.
  18. ↑ Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines (29 September 2005). "History of barrier fences in Queensland" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 March 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  19. ↑ "Wild Dog Destruction Act 1921 – Sect 3 (updated)". New South Wales Consolidated Acts. Australasian Legal Information Institute. 6 July 2009. Archived from the original on 6 October 2011. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  20. ↑ Downward, R.J.; Bromell, J.E. (March 1990). "The development of a policy for the management of dingo populations in South Australia". Proceedings of the Fourteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference 1990. University of Nebraska - Lincoln. Archived from the original on 3 September 2009. Retrieved 31 August 2009.
  21. ↑ "Homesteads - Queensland". Queensland Open Data. Queensland Government. 18 November 2020. Archived from the original on 24 November 2020. Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  22. 1 2 Cherie von Hörchner (11 April 2014). "It's not so lonely in the corner". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2015.
  23. ↑ Cameron Corner, Qweekend (The Courier Mail), 3–4 December 2005.
  24. ↑ ABC staff (2 February 2007). "Remote golf course sees first ever grass". ABC online. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Archived from the original on 15 July 2014. Retrieved 29 September 2012.

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