Burns (TRIG. STATION), NSW Details

History

Burns TS was established by Joseph Brooks a surveyor employed by the Dept of Lands in July 1890. It consisted of a metal trig plug set in concrete surmounted by a cairn of stones. Now an observing pillar.

Description

A Trig station near the locality of Cockburn (SA) close to the NSW/SA border. It is located about 600m north of where the Barrier Highway crosses the border from NSW into SA 19 km NW of Felspar Trig Station and 16 km WSW of Twenty Mile Trig Station. TS7305

Origin

Burns Trig Station is named after the town of Burns which was laid out on the NSW side of the border and immediately to the south of this trig station. Cockburn was a town laid out immediately to the west in South Australia.

Burns (TRIG. STATION), NSW
title Burns (TRIG. STATION)
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state NSW
reference 75153
placename Burns
designation TRIG. STATION
geographical name
previous names Burns Astronomical Station.
lga UNINCORPORATED
description A Trig station near the locality of Cockburn (SA) close to the NSW/SA border. It is located about 600m north of where the Barrier Highway crosses the border from NSW into SA 19 km NW of Felspar Trig Station and 16 km WSW of Twenty Mile Trig Station. TS7305
meaning
origin Burns Trig Station is named after the town of Burns which was laid out on the NSW side of the border and immediately to the south of this trig station. Cockburn was a town laid out immediately to the west in South Australia.
history Burns TS was established by Joseph Brooks a surveyor employed by the Dept of Lands in July 1890. It consisted of a metal trig plug set in concrete surmounted by a cairn of stones. Now an observing pillar.
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