Mount Dangar

Mount Dangar is prominent basalt peak at the eastern edge of the Goulburn River National Park, 35 km (22 mi) north-west of Denman, New South Wales.[1]

Mount Dangar
Mount Dangar is located in New South Wales
Mount Dangar
Mount Dangar
Location in New South Wales
Highest point
Elevation674 m (2,211 ft)
Coordinates32°20′12″S 150°29′13″E
Geography
LocationHunter Region, New South Wales, Australia
Parent rangeGreat Dividing Range

It has an elevation of 674 m (2,211 ft) AHD, and was first sighted by the surveyor Henry Dangar in October 1824, following his discovery of the confluence of the Goulburn and Hunter Rivers. Dangar named the domed shaped mountain Mount Cupola.

In April 1825, botanist and explorer, Allan Cunningham, renamed the mountain Mount Dangar, when he ascended the mountain during his second northwest expedition to the Liverpool Plains.[2]

Acacia dangarensis (Mount Dangar wattle) occurs within the Goulburn River National Park.[3] It is regarded as critically endangered under the Commonwealth EPBC Act which, which in this case applies as a nationally threatened species and ecological community. The CSIRO concludes that A. dangarensis may best be managed by recognising centurial rather than decadal change in habitat.[4]

Further reading
  • Meyer, Geoffrey I (1998). In the shadow of Mount Dangar : a history of Sandy Hollow, Gungal Hollydeen and Baerami. Retrieved 17 March 2023.

References
  1. "Denman, New South Wales". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 2004. Retrieved 4 August 2009
  2. Brief View of the Progress of Interior Discovery in New South Wales. By Allan Cunningham, Esq
  3. Tindale, M.D. & Kodela, P.G Plantnet – NSW Flora online. Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney 2002
  4. Australian Journal of Botany 70(6) 432-446 https://doi.org/10.1071/BT22036 Archived 2023-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
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