The One Ton Post was erected by Mr John Cameron in 1881 to
celebrate the completion of two long and hard years of surveys to
mark the straight line section of the NSW/Qld border. The Post is
situated about 6km south west of Mungindi where the border fence
leaves the river and goes 700km due west, on the 29th Parallel, to
the South Australian Border.
The One Ton Post was marked "QL" on the north side, "New South
Wales J Cameron GS" on the south side and "Lat 29" on the west
side.
Due to datum changes and better technology the border is no
longer on the 29th Parallel, but remains where it was originally
marked on the ground in the 1880's.
In the 1990's a local fencer, the late Bob Glass, built a roof
over the post to protect it. He also built a small hut nearby, now
signposted as "The Fencers Hut".
For more information on the One Ton Post call into the Tourist
Information Centre based in the Rural Transaction Centre located in
the centre of Mungindi in St George Street.
More information about the NSW/Qld border can be found in an
article published in November 2001 in
Measure and Map Magazine (now Position Magazine).
Congratulations for FTF
to Team Beaufort