Rawnsley Bluff

Rawnsley Bluff (formerly Rawnsley's Bluff) is a geological feature in the Australian state of South Australia located in the locality of Flinders Ranges, South Australia and within the boundaries of the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park.[1]

Rawnsley Bluff
Annotated view of Rawnsley's Bluff from space
Location in South Australia
Rawnsley Bluff (Australia)
LocationFlinders Ranges, South Australia, Australia
Coordinates31°37′24″S 138°36′37″E[1]
RangeFlinders Ranges
Part ofWilpena Pound
Elevation943 metres (3,094 ft)[1]

It is a bluff that is part of Wilpena Pound, and it is south of St Mary Peak (St Mary Peak is the tallest in the Flinders Ranges at 3,825 feet (1,166 meters)).[2] Rawnsley's Bluff connects the eastern and western mountain ranges of the pound.[2]

The Adelaide Scotch College Cadet Unit used the bluff for training each year until the unit was disbanded in the early 1970s.[3] Training included flights with helicopters, infantry training, and practice with infantry weapons such as mortars.[3] The unit was noted for providing outdoor adventures to the student body.[3]

In the 1890s Rawnsley's Bluff was home to a trigonometrical station, supporting surveying in South Australia.[4]

References
  1. "Search result for "Rawnsley Bluff, Hd" with the following layers selected - "NPW and Conservation Properties", "Suburbs and Localities", "SA Government Regions" and "Gazetteer"". Location SA Map Viewer. Government of South Australia. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
  2. NASA - Wilpena Pound
  3. Peter Read, Alex Pouw-Bray - Ninety Years at Torrens Park: The Scotch College Story - Page 154 (Google Books)
  4. Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, Volume 2 (1894) (Google eBook, Page 347)


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