Monument · Melbourne

South Base Stone

Placeholder for South Base Stone Monument

Three permanent markers are associated with the establishment of the Victorian Geodetic Baseline Werribee in 1860 by Robert Ellery, Government Astronomer and Supervisor of the Geodetic Survey of Victoria: South Base, North Base and Green Hill extension

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