Cameron Corner, Queensland
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}
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{{Infobox Australian place
| type = suburb
| name = Cameron Corner
| city = Bulloo Shire
| state = qld
| image = Cameron Corner.jpg
| caption = Cameron Corner, 2001
| coordinates = {{coord|-28.5154|141.5292|type:city_region:AU-QLD|display=inline,title|name=Cameron Corner (centre of locality)}}
| pop = 19
| pop_year = {{CensusAU|2021}}
| established =
| postcode = 4492
| elevation = 112
| area = 12866.0
| timezone = AEST
| utc = +10:00
| dist1 = 206
| dir1 = WNW
| location1 = Tibooburra
| dist2 = 536
| dir2 = N
| location2 = Broken Hill
| dist3 = 886
| dir3 = E
| location3 = Coober Pedy
| dist4 = 1051
| dir4 = NNE
| location4 = Adelaide
| dist5 = 1326
| dir5 = W
| location5 = Brisbane
| lga = Bulloo Shire
| stategov = Warrego
| fedgov = Maranoa
| county = Carruthers
| near-n = Durham
| near-ne = Noccundra
| near-e = Bulloo Downs
| near-se = Tibooburra (NSW)
| near-s = Tibooburra (NSW)
| near-sw = Bollards Lagoon (SA)
| near-w = Bollards Lagoon (SA)
| near-nw = Innamincka (SA)
}}
Cameron Corner is an outback locality in the Shire of Bulloo, Queensland, Australia.{{cite QPN|42943|Cameron Corner|locality in Shire of Bulloo|access-date=16 May 2014}} It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales to the south and South Australia to the west. In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Cameron Corner had a population of 19 people.
Geography
Cameron Corner is located about {{convert|1400|km|mi}} west-southwest of Brisbane, Queensland and is the point in the outback of eastern Australia where the boundary lines of the states of Queensland, South Australia, and New South Wales meet (the area immediately to the north and east of the intersection of the state boundaries). The noted Dingo Fence passes through Cameron Corner along the New South Wales border.
Cameron Corner has the following mountains (from north to south):
- Mount Intrepid ({{coord|-28.7407|142.1026|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Intrepid}}) {{convert|205|m}}{{Cite web|date=12 November 2020|title=Mountain peaks and capes - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125215033/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/geographic-features-queensland-series/resource/06ff12a9-862e-4aac-bf9d-693f0a63b4c9|archive-date=25 November 2020|access-date=25 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}{{cite QPN|16753|Mount Intrepid|mountain in Bulloo Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Mount Morris ({{coord|-28.8064|142.0623|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Morris}}) {{convert|202|m}}{{cite QPN|22860|Mount Morris|mountain in Bulloo Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
- Mount Bygrave ({{coord|-28.9528|142.0546|type:mountain_region:AU-QLD|name=Mount Bygrave}}) {{convert|243|m}}{{cite QPN|5567|Mount Bygrave|mountain in Bulloo Shire|access-date=25 November 2020}}
History
File:AUS locator map with corners full.svg
This general area, which includes Sturt Stony Desert in the Lake Eyre Basin, was first explored by Captain Charles Sturt, who in 1844 went in search of a supposed inland sea in the centre of Australia.{{Cite web|last=Barry|first=Derek|date=2021-08-08|title=Charles Sturt's vain search for the inland sea|url=https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/7376203/charles-sturts-vain-search-for-the-inland-sea/|access-date=2022-02-01|website=The North West Star|language=en-AU|archive-date=8 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210808051135/https://www.northweststar.com.au/story/7376203/charles-sturts-vain-search-for-the-inland-sea/|url-status=live}}
The corner and locality are named for the surveyor, John Brewer Cameron, from the New South Wales Lands Department, who spent two years during 1880–1882 marking the border between New South Wales and Queensland. Cameron erected a post there in September 1880 to mark its intersection with the border of South Australia. He placed a wooden marker every {{convert|1|mi}} eastwards along the interstate boundary.{{Cite web|date=2001|title=Redefining the Queensland–New South Wales Border: Guidelines for Surveyors|url=https://www.resources.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/105743/redefining-queensland-nsw-border.pdf|access-date=1 February 2022|publisher=Queensland Government|page=7|archive-date=20 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120132438/https://www.resources.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0020/105743/redefining-queensland-nsw-border.pdf|url-status=live}}
On 28 January 1919, the Queensland Government placed restrictions on the border crossing at Wompah Gate ({{Coord|-29.00000|142.17378|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Wompah Gate}}) to prevent the spread of the Spanish flu into Queensland, which were enforced by the Queensland Police. A medical screening process was used to determine if Queensland residents could safely return to the state.{{Cite web |date=2020-06-09 |title=FROM the VAULT - Queensland Border Policing During 1919 Influenza Outbreak |url=https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2020/06/09/from-the-vault-queensland-border-policing-during-1919-influenza-outbreak/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Queensland Police Museum |archive-date=9 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609082414/https://mypolice.qld.gov.au/museum/2020/06/09/from-the-vault-queensland-border-policing-during-1919-influenza-outbreak/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite QPN|37880|Wompah Gate|gate in the Bulloo Shire|access-date=2 August 2024}}{{Cite web |date=1978 |title=SH54-3 Tickalara |url=https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-250000-sh54-3-tickalara-1978/original |access-date=2 August 2024 |publisher=Queensland Government |type=Map |archive-date=2 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240802075337/https://apps.information.qld.gov.au/data/v2/HistoricalMaps/StaticMap/cadastral/cad-map-250000-sh54-3-tickalara-1978/original |url-status=live }}
On 17 April 2020, the Queensland Government reorganised the nine localities in the Shire of Bulloo, resulting in six localities. It included Cameron Corner gaining a small portion of land from the west of the locality of Bulloo Downs.{{Cite web|date=17 April 2020|title=Job number 19-068: Bullawarra, Bulloo Downs, Cameron Corner, Dynevor, Noccundra, Nockatunga, Norley, Thargomindah|url=https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/proposals-decisions/decisions#18-115|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423053918/https://www.qld.gov.au/environment/land/title/place-names/proposals-decisions/decisions|archive-date=23 April 2020|access-date=28 June 2020|website=Recent place name decisions|publisher=Queensland Government|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=22 November 2019|title=Proposed Locality names and boundaries for the Shire of Bulloo|url=https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1461881/19068-qpn1403-proposed.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423054101/https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/1461881/19068-qpn1403-proposed.pdf|archive-date=23 April 2020|access-date=28 June 2020|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}}{{Cite web|date=17 April 2020|title=Locality names and boundaries for the Shire of Bulloo|url=https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1478742/19068-qpn1403-decision.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200423054137/https://www.dnrme.qld.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0006/1478742/19068-qpn1403-decision.pdf|archive-date=23 April 2020|access-date=28 June 2020|publisher=Queensland Government|type=Map}} It increased the area of the locality from {{Convert|12866.0|km2||abbr=}} to {{Convert|14554.8|km2||abbr=}}.{{Queensland Globe|access-date=29 January 2022}}{{clear|left}}
Demographics
In the {{CensusAU|2016}}, Cameron Corner had "no people or a very low population".{{Census 2016 AUS|id=SSC30503|name=Cameron Corner (SSC)|accessdate=20 October 2018|quick=on}}
In the {{CensusAU|2021}}, Cameron Corner had a population of 19 people.{{Census 2021 AUS|id=SAL30500|name=Cameron Corner (SAL)|access-date=28 February 2023|quick=on}}
Heritage listings
File:Cameron's corner.jpg Cameron Corner Survey Marker ({{coord|-28.9991|140.9993|region:AU-QLD_type:landmark|name=Cameron Corner Survey Marker}}) marks the corner and was listed on the Queensland Heritage Register in 2012.{{cite QHR|33358|Cameron Corner|602806|access-date=7 July 2013}}
Dingo Fence
File:Sturt National Park3 - Dingo Fence - CameronsCorner.jpg on the 29th parallel of latitude. Sturt National Park (right of fence) – looking east from Cameron Corner after a heavy rainfall]]
The {{convert|2500|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} section of the Dingo Fence in Queensland is also known as the Great Barrier Fence or Wild Dog Barrier Fence 11. It is administered by the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries. The Wild Dog Barrier Fence staff consists of 23 employees, including two-person teams that patrol a {{convert|300|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} section of the fence once every week. There are depots at Quilpie and Roma.{{cite web|author=Queensland Department of Natural Resources and Mines|date=2005-09-29|title=History of barrier fences in Queensland|url=http://www.ddmrb.org.au/Files/History%20of%20Barrier%20Fences.pdf|access-date=2009-08-31|archive-date=18 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318100417/https://www.ddmrb.org.au/Files/History%20of%20Barrier%20Fences.pdf|url-status=live}}
The Queensland Border Fence stretches for {{convert|394|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} westwards along the border with New South Wales, into the Strzelecki Desert. The fence passes the point where the three states of Queensland, New South Wales and South Australia meet (Cameron Corner). At this point, it connects with the South Australian Border Fence, which runs for {{convert|257|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} southwards along the border with New South Wales.{{Cite journal|date=2009-07-06|title=Wild Dog Destruction Act 1921 – Sect 3 (updated)|url=http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wdda1921225/s3.html|url-status=dead|journal=New South Wales Consolidated Acts|publisher=Australasian Legal Information Institute|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006054203/http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/wdda1921225/s3.html|archive-date=6 October 2011|access-date=2009-08-31}} It then joins a section known as the Dog Fence in South Australia, which is {{convert|2225|km|mi|0|abbr=on}} long.{{cite conference|last=Downward|first=R.J.|author2=Bromell, J.E.|date=March 1990|title=The development of a policy for the management of dingo populations in South Australia|url=http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/vpc14/23/|publisher=University of Nebraska - Lincoln|access-date=2009-08-31|book-title=Proceedings of the Fourteenth Vertebrate Pest Conference 1990|conference=|archive-date=3 September 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090903165439/http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/vpc14/23/|url-status=live}}
Homesteads
There are a number of homesteads in the locality, including (from north to south):{{Cite web|date=18 November 2020|title=Homesteads - Queensland|url=https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201124212526/https://www.data.qld.gov.au/dataset/built-features-queensland-series/resource/b27874c1-ccb9-463d-a26f-706abcc0ab79|archive-date=24 November 2020|access-date=24 November 2020|website=Queensland Open Data|publisher=Queensland Government}}
- Orientos ({{coord|-28.0720|141.5315|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Orientos (homestead)}})
- Tennappera ({{coord|-28.0796|141.8711|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Tennappera (homestead)}})
- Epsilon ({{coord|-28.2974|141.2067|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Epsilon (homestead)}})
- Santos ({{coord|-28.3298|141.5096|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Santos (homestead)}})
- Naryilco ({{coord|-28.5603|141.9143|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Naryilco (homestead)}})
- Omicron ({{coord|-28.7701|141.2411|type:landmark_region:AU-QLD|name=Omicron (homestead)}})
Events
File:Australia-Timezones-Daylight.svg New Year's Eve is celebrated three times each year in Cameron Corner (also in Poeppel Corner and Surveyor Generals Corner), because the three states that meet at the corner are in three time zones.
Facilities
The Cameron Corner Store was established in 1990 by a Vietnam War veteran, Sandy Nall, and his wife Cathrine.{{cite news|author=Cherie von Hörchner|title=It's not so lonely in the corner|url=http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-02/sach-cameron-corner-store/5354336|publisher=Australian Broadcasting Corporation|date=11 April 2014|access-date=22 October 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222152657/http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-02/sach-cameron-corner-store/5354336|url-status=live}} As of 2014, the store was operated by the sole permanent residents of Cameron Corner, Fenn and Cheryl Miller. The store reportedly has a Queensland liquor licence, a New South Wales postal code and a South Australian telephone number.Cameron Corner, Qweekend (The Courier Mail), 3–4 December 2005.
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