Coolangatta in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia — Oceania
Surveyor Francis Edward Roberts
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1. Surveyor Francis Edward Roberts Marker
To honour the achievement of surveyor Francis Edward Roberts who in 1863-1866 surveyed the Queensland-New South Wales border over rugged and mountainous country for a distance of 215 miles from Point Danger. This plaque was erected 1st. December 1948.
Erected 1948.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial Era • Political Subdivisions.
Location. 28° 9.855′ S, 153° 33.056′ E. Marker is in Coolangatta, Queensland, in Gold Coast. It is on Boundary Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 1 Tweed Terrace, Coolangatta QLD 4225, Australia. Touch for directions.
Regionally, it is in Oceania, Australasia, the Pacific Ocean, South Pacific, the Pacific Rim, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony.
Other nearby markers. At least one other marker is within 19 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: The Man From Snowy River (approx. 19.1 kilometers away).
More about this marker. The marker has been mounted on a cement pedestal
this page online
Also see . . . Francis Edward Roberts (Monument Australia).
Excerpt: In 1863 surveyors Francis Edward Roberts from Queensland and Isaiah Rowland from New South Wales were chosen to survey the boundary line. This was between the two colonies from Point Danger to the Dumaresq River. Although two separate surveys were carried out, in many instances both surveyors used the same tree to mark the corners. As a result of the two different surveys, Rowland and Roberts defined the border in different positions. The New South Wales and Queensland governments have since essentially adopted the survey of Roberts in preference to that by Rowland(Submitted on May 5, 2024.)
Credits. This page was last revised on March 18, 2026. It was originally submitted on April 26, 2024, by Flexible Fotography of San Diego, California. This page has been viewed 295 times since then and 25 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on April 26, 2024, by Flexible Fotography of San Diego, California. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
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