Mount Tambo
Mount Tambo is a mountain located to the north-east of Omeo in Victoria, Australia.[1] Its peak is 1,430 metres above sea level.[2] It lies within the boundaries of the 6,050 hectare Marble Gully – Mount Tambo Nature Conservation Reserve.[2]
| Mount Tambo | |
|---|---|
 Mount Tambo viewed from Benambra | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,430 metres (4,692 ft) AHD |
| Coordinates | 37°00′28″S 147°48′29″E |
| Geography | |
  Mount Tambo Victoria, Australia | |
| Parent range | Great Dividing Range |
The 2,740 hectare Mount Tambo Reserve was listed on the Register of the National Estate in 1990.[3]
Rare plant species found in Marble Gully – Mount Tambo Nature Conservation Reserve include Marble Daisy Bush, Delicate New Holland-daisy, and Limestone Pomaderris.[4]
To the near north-east is Little Mount Tambo (1,227 metres). The headwaters from Deep Creek, which feeds in to the Tambo River, are on the south-east slopes.[2]
It marks the intersection of the boundaries of the counties of Benambra, Dargo and Tambo.[2]
While travelling with Georg Neumayer's expedition to Mount Kosciuszko in 1862, the painter Eugene von Guerard produced a sketch Mt Tambo & Omeo Swamps 10 Nov 62[5] and later an oil painting Mount Tambo from the Omeo Station 1862.
References
- "Place Names Search: MOUNT TAMBO". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- "Marble Gully – Mount Tambo Nature Conservation Reserve" (PDF). Department of Sustainability and Environment. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- "Mount Tambo Reserve, Old Mill Tk, Benambra, VIC , Australia". Register of the National Estate. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
- "conservation bulletin" (40). Trust for Nature. April 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2011. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - "Volume 12: Sketchbook XXXIII, No. 15 Australian. 1862 / by Eugene von Guerard". Manuscripts, oral history & pictures. State Library New South Wales. Retrieved 31 December 2012.