Mount Lindesay
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Mount Lindesay - AustraliaMount Lindesay (1361 meters/4468 feet) is one of a trio of rugged mountains on the Queensland/New South Wales border in Australia along with Mt. Barney and Mt. Maroon. Take the Mount Lindesay Highway into the Mt. Barney National Park to explore these mountains. These mountains are all prominent landmarks in the Rathdowney area. There are no organized walking trails nor facilities in the park. The mountains are a favorite rendezvous for experienced walkers and rock climbers. ********************* The following narrative was provided by Chris Lindesay (chris.lindesay at Lindesays.co.uk ) Canberra, Australia. Our thanks to Chris. Mount Lindesay, New South Wales, Australia
Mount Lindesay (28.4°S, 152.7°E), a peak of the
McPherson Range, on the border of New South Wales and Queensland, Australia,
rises to a height of 1239 metres. The
mountain, which is well-wooded and picturesque, was originally named by the
botanist-explorer Allan Cunningham in 1827 as Mount Hooker (after an English
botanist), but later renamed Mount Lindesay in honour of Sir Patrick Lindesay.
Patrick Lindesay was Acting Governor of the Colony of New South Wales
from 22 October to 2 December 1831. The
Mount Lindesay State Forest, a 3500-hectare woodland, lies adjacent to the
mountain, and in the vicinity the Mount Lindesay Highway runs south from
Brisbane. There is a second Australian peak named Mount Lindesay
(30.2°S, 150.2°E). This peak
reaches an elevation of 1442 m in the Nandewar Range in northern New South
Wales. The explorer Sir Thomas
Mitchell named the peak after Patrick Lindesay in 1831. In Western Australia, in the south-west of that state, is
a third peak named Mount Lindesay (34.8°S, 117.3°E).
It is likely that this peak was also named after Sir Patrick Lindesay.
A detachment of the 39th (Dorsetshire) Regiment of Foot, of
which he was Commanding Officer, served in Western Australia. The regiment established its headquarters at Sydney towards
the end of 1825, and detachments also served at Bathurst in New South Wales, and
on the island of Tasmania. The
regiment sailed for India on 5 July 1832. Later
that month on the 26th, Colonel Lindesay departed Sydney for Madras
on the sailing ship John
arriving in India nearly three months later. It is likely that various other geographical features in
New South Wales and Tasmania are also named after Sir Patrick Lindesay.
A search of an Australian gazetteer (e.g. Geoscience Australia http://www.auslig.gov.au
) shows a number of features with
the name Lindsay (however spelt), including a village called Lindesay Creek
(28.5°S, 152.9°E), streams called Lindsay Creek (26.3°S, 134.8°E) and
Lindsay River (41.4°S, 145.0°E), Lindsay Hill (43.3°S, 146.1°E), and Lindsay
Island (34.1°S, 141.2°E). Sources: The Mitchell Library, Sydney, 1966, personal communication. Ronald Montague, 1981: Dress and Insignia of the British Army in Australia and New Zealand 1770-1870. Library of Australian History, Sydney, p47. Sydney Morning Herald, 1 April 1833. Geoscience Australia, 2001, Gazetteer of Australia. New South Wales Geographical Names Board, 2002, www.lpi.nsw.gov.au. ************************* Anyone willing to share additional information regarding Mount Lindesay in Australia can reach me at ronlindsay@comcast.net .
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