Three Brothers (New South Wales)

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| name = Middle Brother

| photo = Johns River New South Wales.png

| photo_caption = South Brother 2018

| location = Mid North Coast, New South Wales, Australia

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| elevation_m = 554

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| map = Australia New South Wales

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| label_position = left

| map_size = 250

| map_caption = Location in New South Wales, Australia

| coordinates = {{coord|31.702|S|152.678|E|type:mountain_region:AU-NSW_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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Three Brothers, three separate mountains of the Mid North Coast region of New South Wales, Australia, are situated approximately {{convert|360|km}} north of Sydney.

Location and features

Collectively referred to as the Three Brothers, the mountains are three separate mountains named and located as follows:

North Brother: with an elevation of {{convert|476|m}} {{AHD}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=32612&cmd=sp|title=Map of North Brother, NSW|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|access-date=15 October 2013}} {{coord|31.642|S|152.802|E|type:mountain_region:AU}}{{NSW GNR|id=ujqwXttLMn|title=North Brother|access-date=15 October 2013}}
Middle Brother: with an elevation of {{convert|554|m}} {{AHD}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=27303&cmd=sp|title=Map of Middle Brother, NSW|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|access-date=15 October 2013}} {{coord|31.702|S|152.678|E|type:mountain_region:AU}}{{NSW GNR|id=anjtoeUlTR|title=Middle Brother|access-date=15 October 2013}}
South Brother: with an elevation of {{convert|487|m}} {{AHD}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bonzle.com/c/a?a=p&p=32494&cmd=sp|title=Map of South Brother, NSW|work=Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia|access-date=15 October 2013}} {{coord|31.745|S|152.674|E|type:mountain_region:AU}}{{NSW GNR|id=TRIOjztLGH|title=South Brother|access-date=15 October 2013}}

The South Brother lies within the Mid-Coast Council local government area; while the Middle and North Brothers are located with the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area,

The North and Middle Brothers have been declared national parks, named Dooragan National Park and Middle Brother National Park respectively.

The main radio and television transmitters for the Mid North Coast region are located on the summit of Middle Brother.{{cite web |url= http://legislation.gov.au/ComLaw/Legislation/LegislativeInstrument1.nsf/framelodgmentattachments/60BF668EA4F4A982CA256FF10021B052|title= Licence Area Plan: Taree (Radio)|access-date=2008-07-11 |publisher= Attorney General's Department, Australia|date= October 1998}}

Etymology

The Australian Aboriginal local Birpai people tell a dreamtime story of three brothers who were killed by a witch called Widjirriejuggi and were buried where the mountains stand. The youngest of the three was Dooragan, that now carries the name for one of the national parks.{{cite web|url=http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/ParkContent/N0108?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0108&Type=Xk|title=Dooragan National Park: Culture & history|work=NSW National Parks & Wildlife Service|publisher=Government of New South Wales|access-date=15 October 2013|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930022330/http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/ParkContent/N0108?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0108&Type=Xk|archive-date=30 September 2007}}

Coincidentally, when Captain James Cook passed the area on 12 May 1770, he also named the mountains Three Brothers, since "these Hills bore some resemblance to each other".{{gutenberg|no=8106|name=Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World}}{{cite web |url= http://www2.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/parks.nsf/ParkContent/N0108?OpenDocument&ParkKey=N0108&Type=Xk|title= Dooragan National Park|access-date=11 July 2008|publisher= New South Wales Department of Environment & Climate Change|date=25 April 2006}} During his apprenticeship with John and Henry Walker, ship owners of Whitby, the second ship Cook served on was named Three Brothers.{{Cite book |last=MacLean |first=Alistair |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/1141774003 |title=Captain Cook |date=2020 |isbn=978-0-00-737198-3 |location=London |oclc=1141774003}}

References

Category:Mountains of New South Wales

Category:Mid North Coast

Category:Mid-Coast Council

Category:Port Macquarie-Hastings Council