"As white ants were very bad out there, it is quite possible that very few traces remain of our work above ground, but perhaps the bottles of cement we placed at every five miles along our line may prove interesting to scientists of some future generation, should they ever be unearthed. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says NSW will need to meet a pretty tough figure of community transmission cases before her state reopens.Insiders say Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk won’t reopen border until October 31. Police also have Queensland Border Declaration Pass forms in hard copy for people to complete as they cross the border. This resulted in a discrepancy of about 600 metres into the Northern Territory at the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria.While Queensland did not provide a team for the survey, they did check the position of the mile post on the border line west of Arriving in Boulia in August 1885, Bedford established his starting point in the post and telegraph reserve. However, the rock mark was lost at the turn of the century, probably due to quarrying.Although two separate surveys were carried out, in many instances both surveyors used the same tree to mark the corners. “We are so sick of it.”The state’s border closures and how state leaders define a ‘hotspot’ will be key issues at Friday’s National Cabinet meeting.
After the rains, conditions had improved and the survey recommenced with rapid progress until they reached the ranges north of the At the 324 mile post, Poeppel had to return to Adelaide due to severe eye problems.It was later discovered that due to problems with Poeppel's theodolite he and his team ran the line at about 359°58'30" instead of true north 360°.
On 12 April 1862, a supplementary commission altering the boundary of Queensland was issued by the British Government.
Picture: Nigel Hallett“I think Annastacia Palaszczuk continues to show politics trumps good policy, and I think she is undoing all her good work.”Mayor of Moree Plains Shire Council Katrina Humphries also slammed the border closure as an act of “muscle flexing”.“It is the most un-Australian, disgraceful bit of muscle flexing, desperate behaviour that I have ever seen,” Ms Humphries told Nine News. It would therefore be desirable to adopt the 138th meridian as the boundary; as that line would pass through a barren tract of country, and bring Investigator Road [harbour] within the limits of Queensland. This process was repeated at each of the above named rivers, and the work was completed in five or six weeks.
The western boundary of the colony of Queensland was not clearly described in the Letters Patent of 1859:"...downward to the 29th parallel of south latitude and following that parallel westerly to the 141st meridian of east longitude which is the easterly boundary of South Australia..."Legal opinion given at the time stated that the 141st meridian was the western boundary of the colony. Picture: Dan Peled/NCA NewsWirePremier Gladys Berejiklian says the target set by QLD is a tough one to meet. Queensland Government Gazette, 1859, p. 1.AC Gregory, 'Respecting the Western Boundary of Queensland', Queensland Parliamentary Papers, 1861, p. 3.Letters Patent 1862. Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has set a pretty tough target for the NSW government to meet in order for the Sunshine State to reopen their border. This was the location where the longitude reading determined by electric telegraph was recorded.Bedford then traversed westward to the border, connecting on to the border between the 255 mile and 255 mile 77 chain posts in February 1886.Bedford's traverse was marked with wooden mile posts for the 147 miles to the border. It is expected Prime Minister Scott Morrison will encourage the states to phase out border controls and embrace a national approach on when Australians will be able to cross state borders.
"It was at this stage that the bend in the western boundary of Queensland came into existence.Only the parallel of latitude and the border ranges had to be surveyed.
Up until then drought conditions had prevailed.In January 1885, the rains came and local stations recorded as much as 43 centimetres (17 in) in a few days. He was assisted by Lawrence Wells, along with 6 assistants and 2 At the 250 mile post, the survey ceased for the 1884 Christmas break, allowing the survey party to have a well earned rest. At the direction of the Queensland Surveyor-General, Roberts deviated from the definable position of the The New South Wales and Queensland governments have since essentially adopted the survey of Roberts in preference to that by Rowland.In 2001 as part of the celebration of the centenary of the The initial survey of latitude 29ºS was fixed in 1865 by the Queensland Surveyor General, Sir Augustus Charles Gregory and District Surveyor from The purpose of the survey was to give landholders in the vicinity of the border an indication of the extent of their leases and rent payable in each colony. Picture: Scott PowickDespite Ms Berejiklian’s claims of trying to have a conversation with her counterpart, Ms Palaszczuk rejected the comments and said the NSW Premier had not called her.“That’s ridiculous – she hasn’t made any calls,” Ms Palaszczuk said.“I don’t have any issues working with any of my colleagues around the country; in fact we all have very good working relationships,” Ms Palaszczuk said.“Reading this morning that the AFL Grand Final announcement will happen in Queensland, 400 AFL officials out of A report suggest a reopening of the border after the Queensland election. These Letters Patent described the additional territory annexed to the Colony of Queensland as:"So much of our Colony of New South Wales as there to the northward of the twenty-sixth parallel of south latitude and between the one hundred and forty first and one hundred and thirty-eighth meridians of east longitude, together with all and every, the adjacent islands, their members and appurtenances in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Queensland Government Gazette, 1859, p. 295.