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Mount Buninyong

Location BUNINYONG VIC 3357 - Property No L10296 File Number L10296 Level File only

[1/1] L10296 Mt Buninyong

Statement of Significance

File note 21/09/2012.

Mount Buninyong is an extinct volcanic mountain 745 metres above sea level standing out from the vast Western Plains next to its sister Mt Warrenheip. From its summit in 1837 a party of seven men were the first white people to view the country to the west and north-west. Mt Buninyong Reserve, an area of 90 hectares (217 acres) was set aside as a Public Park in 1866. The road to the top was completed in 1926. There have been three lookouts, the most recent was completed in 1979.(Buninyong & District Historical Society)