Mount Tambo is a mountain located to the north-east of Omeo in Victoria, Australia.[1] Its peak is 1,430 metres above sea level.[2] It lies within the boundaries of the 6,050 hectare Marble Gully – Mount Tambo Nature Conservation Reserve.[2]

Mount Tambo
Mount Tambo
viewed from Benambra
Highest point
Elevation1,430 metres (4,692 ft) AHD
Coordinates37°00′28″S 147°48′29″E / 37.00778°S 147.80806°E / -37.00778; 147.80806
Geography
Mount Tambo is located in Victoria
Mount Tambo
Mount Tambo
Victoria, Australia
Parent rangeGreat Dividing Range

The 2,740 hectare Mount Tambo Reserve was listed on the Register of the National Estate in 1990.[3]

Rare plant species found in Marble Gully – Mount Tambo Nature Conservation Reserve include Marble Daisy Bush, Delicate New Holland-daisy, and Limestone Pomaderris.[4]

To the near north-east is Little Mount Tambo (1,227 metres). The headwaters from Deep Creek, which feeds in to the Tambo River, are on the south-east slopes.[2]

It marks the intersection of the boundaries of the counties of Benambra, Dargo and Tambo.[2]

While travelling with Georg Neumayer's expedition to Mount Kosciuszko in 1862, the painter Eugene von Guerard produced a sketch Mt Tambo & Omeo Swamps 10 Nov 62[5] and later an oil painting Mount Tambo from the Omeo Station 1862.

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  1. ^ "Place Names Search: MOUNT TAMBO". Geoscience Australia. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  2. ^ a b c d "Marble Gully – Mount Tambo Nature Conservation Reserve" (PDF). Department of Sustainability and Environment. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  3. ^ "Mount Tambo Reserve, Old Mill Tk, Benambra, VIC, Australia". Register of the National Estate. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
  4. ^ "conservation bulletin" (40). Trust for Nature. April 2008. Retrieved 7 August 2011. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. ^ "Volume 12: Sketchbook XXXIII, No. 15 Australian. 1862 / by Eugene von Guerard". Manuscripts, oral history & pictures. State Library New South Wales. Retrieved 31 December 2012.