AnswerID: 145 Submitted: Sunday, Jan 21, 2001 at 00:00
Stephen Frawley
replied:
The SA/VIC border was mistakenly surveyed a few
kms west of where it should be. It was put right
where it reached the Murray near the old Customs
House, up from Renmark. As a result, there is a
dog-leg in the border at that point. The corner
you want is a few kms upstream from the Customs
House where the NSW border meets the Murray.
Incidentally, the little triangle formed by the
dog-leg is the only place in
Victoria where you
can look EAST into SA.
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FollowupID: 10 Submitted:
Sunday, Jan 21, 2001 at 00:00
Camper posted:
The SA VIC border is very interesting. I understand that because of inaccurate time pieces attempts to plot the longitude gave 3 different answers. In the late 1840s a line was surveyed that became the accepted border. In the late 1860s a new survey with better equipment showed the correct location to be a couple of
miles east. Vic had some of SA and didnt want to give it up so they headed for the courts. this disputed area turned into a haven for those on the wrong side of the law. In 1914 the privy council ruled that the border was in the wrong place but that it should stay there. I believe the two states have agreed to work towards re-locating the border. Does anyone have any further info on how this is progressing ?
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FollowupID: 12 Submitted:
Monday, Jan 22, 2001 at 00:00
Stephen Frawley posted:
Easy to get there by boat, but maybe not so easy by 4WD. You would have to be on the
Wentworth-Renmark road (on the northern side of the river), then try and follow the border (141E) south to the river. My map shows a whole lot of wet-looking country along the direct path, but you may be able to get there indirectly. Alternatively, there seems to be a road on the south side of the river heading northeast from
Paringa through a place called
Lindsay Point, which is only about 10kms south of the corner. However, this may not be exactly what you want as I believe that the actual NSW/Vic border is on the northern bank of the Murray.
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