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Great Dividing Range
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Great Dividing Range
Eastern Highlands
Great Divide
Highest point
Peak
Mount Kosciuszko (Snowy Mountains)
Elevation
2,228 m (7,310 ft)
Coordinates
36°27′S 148°16′E / 36.450°S 148.267°E / -36.450; 148.267
Dimensions
Length
3,500 km (2,200 mi) North–South
Geography
Country
Australia[1]
States
New South Wales, Queensland and Victoria
District
Australian Capital Territory
Range coordinates
25°S 147°E / 25°S 147°E / -25; 147Coordinates: 25°S 147°E / 25°S 147°E / -25; 147
Geology
Age of rock
Carboniferous
The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the third longest land-based range in the world. It stretches more than 3,500 kilometres (2,175 mi) from Dauan Island off the northeastern tip of Queensland, running the entire length of the eastern coastline through New South Wales, then into Victoria and turning west, before finally fading into the central plain at the Grampians in western Victoria. The width of the range varies from about 160 km (100 mi) to over 300 km (190 mi).[2]
The sharp rise between the coastal lowlands and the eastern uplands has affected Australia's climate, mainly due to orographic precipitation, and these areas of highest relief have revealed an impressive gorge country.[3]
Contents
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1 Terminology
2 History
3 Natural components
3.1 Water catchments
4 Features
4.1 Railways
4.2 Road transport
4.3 Protected areas
5 Awards
6 See also
7 References
8 External links
Terminology[edit]
The Great Dividing Range consists of a complex of mountain ranges, plateaus, upland areas and escarpments.
Great Dividing Range sign on the Kings Highway between Braidwood and Bungendore, New South Wales
The Dividing Range does not consist of a single mountain range. It consists of a complex of mountain ranges, plateaus, upland areas and escarpments with an ancient and complex geological history. The physiographic division name for the landmass is called the East Australian Cordillera. In some places the terrain is relatively flat, consisting of very low hills.[4] Typically the highlands range from 300 m to 1,600 m in height.[4]
The mountains and plateaus, which consist of limestones, sandstone, quartzite, schists and dolomite, have been created by faulting and folding processes.[5]
The crest of the range is defined by the watershed or boundary between the drainage basins of rivers which drain directly eastward into the Pacific Ocean, or southward into Bass Strait, and those rivers which drain into the Murray–Darling river system towards the west and south.[4] In the north, the rivers on the west side of the range drain towards the Gulf of Carpentaria.
The higher and more rugged parts of the "range" do not necessarily form part of the crest of the range, but may be branches and offshoots from it. The term "Great Dividing Range" may refer specifically to the watershed crest of the range, or to the entire upland complex including all of the hills and mountains between the east coast of Australia and the central plains and lowlands. At some places it can be up to 400 km wide.[4] Notable ranges and other features which form part of the range complex have their own distinctive names.
History[edit]
The Great Dividing Range was formed during the Carboniferous period—over 300 million years ago—when Australia collided with what are now parts of South America and New Zealand. The range has experienced significant erosion since. (See Geology of Australia.)
For tens of thousands of years prior to British colonisation the ranges were home to various Aboriginal Australian nations and clans. Evidence remains in some places of their traditional way of life including decorated caves, campsites and trails used to travel between the coastal and inland regions. Many descendants of these nations still exist today and remain the traditional owners and custodians of their lands.
After British colonisation in 1788, the ranges were an obstacle to exploration and settlement by the British settlers. Although not high, parts of the highlands were very rugged. Crossing the Blue Mountains was particularly challenging due to the mistaken idea that the creeks should be followed rather than the ridges, and almost impenetrable, labyrinthine, sandstone mountains.[6]
Knowing that local Aboriginal people already had established routes crossing the range and by making use of Aboriginal walking trails, a usable ridge-top route was finally discovered by Europeans directly westward from Sydney across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst by an expedition jointly led by Gregory Blaxland, William Lawson and William Charles Wentworth.[7][6] Towns in the Blue Mountains were later named after each of these men. This was the start of the development of the agricultural districts of inland New South Wales. A road was built to Blaxland by convicts within six months. Easier routes to inland New South Wales were discovered towards Goulburn to the southwest, and westwards from Newcastle.
Subsequent explorations were made across and around the ranges by Allan Cunningham, John Oxley, Hamilton Hume, Paul Edmund Strzelecki, Ludwig Leichhardt and Thomas Mitchell. These explorers were mainly concerned with finding and appropriating good agricultural land.
By the late 1830s the most fertile rangelands adjacent to the mountains ranges had been explored, appropriated from the traditional inhabitants and some settled. These included the Gippsland and Riverina regions in the south, up to the Liverpool Plains and the Darling Downs in the north.
Various road and railway routes were subsequently established through many parts of the ranges, although many areas remain remote to this day. For example, in eastern Victoria there is only one major road crossing the highlands from north to south, the Great Alpine Road.
Natural components[edit]
The Snowy Mountains alpine region
Omeo Plains from Mount Blowhard
Parts of the highlands consisting of relatively flat and, by Australian standards, well-watered land were developed for agricultural and pastoral uses. Such areas include the Atherton Tableland and Darling Downs in Queensland, and the Northern Tablelands, Southern Highlands and Southern Tablelands in New South Wales. Other parts of the highlands are too rugged for agriculture and have been used for forestry.[citation needed] Many parts of the highlands which were not developed are now included in National Parks.
All of mainland Australia's alpine areas, including its highest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko (2,228 metres (7,310 ft) AHD), are part of this range, called the Main Range.[4] The highest areas in southern New South Wales and eastern Victoria are known as the Australian Alps.
The central core of the Great Dividing Range is dotted with hundreds of peaks and is surrounded by many smaller mountain ranges or spurs, canyons, valleys and plains of regional significance. Some of the major plains include the High Plains of South-Eastern Australia, the Southern Highlands the Central Highlands and Bogong High Plains of Victoria. Other tablelands considered part of the Great dividing range are the Atherton Tableland, Canberra wine region and the Southern Tablelands.
The Dandenong Ranges, Barrington Tops, Bunya Mountains, Blue Mountains, Liverpool Range, McPherson Ranges and the Moonbi Range are some of the smaller spurs and ranges that make up the greater dividing range. Other notable ranges and tablelands which form part of the Great Dividing Range include the Liverpool Range, Mount Royal Range and the Monaro District. Whilst some of the peaks of the highlands reach respectable heights of a little over 2,000 metres, the age of the range and its erosion mean that most of the mountains are not very steep, and virtually all peaks can be reached without mountaineering equipment.
In some areas, such as the Snowy Mountains, Victorian Alps, the Scenic Rim and the eastern escarpments of the New England region, the highlands form a significant barrier. The eastern escarpment is the site of many spectacular waterfalls which were formed by rivers plunging off the tablelands. In other areas the slopes are gentle and in places the range is barely perceptible.[2]
Well known passes on the range include Coxs Gap, Cunninghams Gap, Dead Horse Gap, Nowlands Gap, and Spicers Gap.
Major cities located on the upland areas of the range include Canberra, Toowoomba and the outer suburbs of Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane and Cairns in north Queensland. Many towns and cities are located on the range, and also in lowland areas and foothills adjacent to the highlands. There is a strong natural history and cultural attachment to the Dividing Range region in towns and on many, sometimes remote landholdings. Some of the towns/cities located on the range include:
Canberra - ACT
Goulburn - NSW
Cooma - NSW
Jindabyne - NSW
Katoomba - NSW
Oberon - NSW
Bowral - NSW
Bathurst - NSW
Orange - NSW
Armidale - NSW
Scone - NSW
Walcha - NSW
Guyra - NSW
Tenterfield - NSW
Toowoomba - QLD
Stanthorpe - QLD
Warwick - QLD
Kingaroy - QLD
Biloela - QLD
Emerald - QLD
Moranbah - QLD
Atherton - QLD
Mareeba - QLD
Omeo - VIC
Healesville - VIC
Gisborne - VIC
Ballarat - VIC
Ararat - VIC
Water catchments[edit]
Some of the most spectacular waterfalls in Australia, such as Dangar Falls at Dorrigo, New South Wales, are located along the Great Dividing Range.
The lower reaches are used for forestry, an activity that causes friction with conservationists. The range is also the source of virtually all of eastern Australia's water supply, both through runoff caught in dams, and throughout much of Queensland, through the Great Artesian Basin.
Valleys along the chain of mountains have yielded a water source for important reservoirs and water supply projects such as the Upper Nepean Scheme, Snowy Mountains Scheme and Warragamba Dam. The Bradfield Scheme has been mooted as a way to transport water from the tropics in coastal Queensland south to dryer regions.
The Great Dividing Range creates the drainage basins of the Australian south-east coast drainage division and the Australian north-east coast drainage division, whose water flows to the east coast and into the Pacific Ocean, Tasman Sea, and Bass Strait with the westerly Murray–Darling basin which flow inland, away from the coast into the interior plains.
Some of the rivers which flow west of the ranges includes the Condamine River, Flinders River, Herbert River, Lachlan River, Macdonald River, Macintyre River and Namoi River.[1] Rivers that flow north into the Murray–Darling Basin from Victoria include the Goulburn, Mitta Mitta, Kiewa, Ovens, King, Loddon and Campaspe rivers. Rivers that flow east into the Pacific Ocean include the Brisbane River, Burdekin River, Clarence River, Hastings River, Hawkesbury River, Hunter River, Macleay River, Mary River, Richmond River and the Shoalhaven River. Those that flow south, primarily through Victoria, include the Snowy, Cann, Tambo, Mitchell, Latrobe, Thomson, Yarra, Werribee, Hopkins and Glenelg rivers.[2]
Features[edit]
At some high hill passes the range provides cool sites appropriate for vineyards.[8]
Railways[edit]
A number of scenic railways, such as this one at Katoomba, climb various shorter routes along the range
The engineers of early rail passages across the Great Dividing Range needed to find low sections of the range to cross, as well as suitable, low gradient paths up the mountains on either side. Rail passages include:
Townsville-Mt Isa
Rockhampton-Winton
Brisbane–Toowoomba (1867)
Newcastle–Tamworth (c 1870), summit at Ardglen Tunnel (2073' HASL)
Sydney–Lithgow (1869), crossing the range via the Blue Mountains (summit near Bell 3507' HASL) [9]
Sydney–Goulburn (1869), though the divide is actually a few kilometres further west near the crossing with Parkesbourne Road near Cullerin. The next 300 km descending to Wagga Wagga was originally fast, but regrading in the 1920s introduced many curves.
Melbourne–Seymour, crossing the range near Heathcote Junction (1872)
Melbourne–Bendigo, crossing the range near Woodend (1862) (1093' HASL)
Melbourne–Ararat (1875) via Ballarat
Sandy Hollow–Gulgong (started 1930s, completed 1980s) - lowest crossing in NSW.
Road transport[edit]
Many of Australia's highways such as the Alpine Way, Great Alpine Road, Hume Highway, Northern Highway, Melba Highway, Maroondah Highway, Sunraysia Highway, Federal Highway, Great Western Highway, Capricorn Highway, Cunningham Highway, New England Highway, Oxley Highway, Warrego Highway, Waterfall Way, Thunderbolts Way, the Calder Highway, the Western Highway, and the Murray Valley Highway traverse parts of the range.
Protected areas[edit]
Much of the range lies within a succession of national parks and other reserves, most of the national parks are listed below, there are almost double the amount of state forests;[10][11]
Alpine National Park – VIC
Bald Rock National Park – NSW
Barrington Tops National Park – NSW
Baw Baw National Park – VIC
Blue Mountains National Park – NSW
Border Ranges National Park – NSW
Brindabella National Park – NSW
Brisbane Ranges National Park – VIC
Budawang National Park – NSW
Bunya Mountains National Park – QLD
Burrowa-Pine Mountain National Park – VIC
Cathedral Rock National Park – NSW
Conondale National Park – QLD
Cunnawarra National Park – NSW
Dandenong Ranges National Park – VIC
Deua National Park – NSW
Dharug National Park – NSW
Gibraltar Range National Park – NSW
Girraween National Park – QLD/NSW
Grampians National Park – VIC
Guy Fawkes River National Park – NSW
Heathcote-Graytown National Park
Kanangra-Boyd National Park – NSW
Kosciuszko National Park – NSW
Lake Eildon National Park – VIC
Lamington National Park – QLD
Morton National Park – NSW
Mount Buffalo National Park – VIC
Mummel Gulf National Park – NSW
Namadgi National Park – ACT
Nattai National Park – NSW
New England National Park – NSW
Nowendoc National Park – NSW
Oxley Wild Rivers National Park – NSW
Snowy River National Park – VIC
South East Forests National Park – NSW
Springbrook National Park- QLD
Sundown National Park – QLD
Toonumbar National Park – NSW
Wadbilliga National Park – NSW
Washpool National Park – NSW
Werrikimbe National Park – NSW
Wollemi National Park – NSW
Yarra Ranges National Park – VIC
Yengo National Park – NSW
The Great Dividing Range, as seen from near Mount Hotham, Victoria
The view from the peak of Mount Feathertop, facing north-east, showing the Fainters and other mountains
Awards[edit]
In 2009 as part of the Q150 celebrations, the Great Dividing Range was announced as one of the Q150 Icons of Queensland for its role as a "location".[12]
See also[edit]
Australia portal
Mountains portal
List of mountain ranges
List of mountains in Australia
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b Australia.gov. "Australian Rocks and Mountains". Retrieved 18 September 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b c Shaw, John H., Collins Australian Encyclopedia, William Collins Pty Ltd., Sydney, 1984, ISBN 0-00-217315-8
Jump up ^ Löffler, Ernst; A.J. Rose; Anneliese Löffler; Denis Warner (1983). Australia:Portrait of a Continent. Richmond, Victoria: Hutchinson Group. ISBN 0-09-130460-1.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e Johnson, David (2009). The Geology of Australia. Cambridge University Press. p. 202. ISBN 0-521-76741-5.
Jump up ^ Haggett, Peter (2001). Encyclopedia of World Geography. Marshall Cavendish. p. 3211. ISBN 0-7614-7289-4. Retrieved 23 December 2012.
^ Jump up to: a b "Crossing the Great Dividing Range—surveying an ancient land". About Australia. Australian Government. 10 December 2008. Retrieved 19 December 2011.
Jump up ^ "Gregory Blaxland". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
Jump up ^ Clarke, Oz (2002). New Wine Atlas: Wines and Wine Regions of the World. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 300. ISBN 0-15-100913-9. Retrieved 18 December 2011.
Jump up ^ http://www.nswrail.net/trivia/altitude.php
Jump up ^ Melway, Edition 35 2008, Touring Maps
Jump up ^ Brisway, Edition 1, 2005
Jump up ^ Bligh, Anna (10 June 2009). "PREMIER UNVEILS QUEENSLAND'S 150 ICONS". Queensland Government. Archived from the original on 24 May 2017. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
External links[edit]
Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Great Dividing Range.
Australian rocks and mountains
Australian Explorer
Crossing the Great Dividing Range
Northern Rivers (NSW) Geology Blog – Great Dividing Range
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Mountains in New South Wales, Australia
Coastal mountain ranges
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Mid North Coast
Middle Brother (554 m or 1,818 ft)
South Brother (487 m or 1,598 ft)
North Brother (476 m or 1,562 ft)
Allyn, Barrington
& Mount Royal
Brumlow Tops (1,586 m or 5,203 ft)
Polblue (1,575 m or 5,167 ft)
Barrington (1,555 m or 5,102 ft)
Careys Peak (1,544 m or 5,066 ft)
Eremeren Point (1,537 m or 5,043 ft)
Royal (1,185 m or 3,888 ft)
Allyn (1,125 m or 3,691 ft)
Cabrebald (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)
Ben Bullen
Gunama
Lumeah
Gibraltar and Sugarloaf
Summit (1,170 m or 3,839 ft)
Sugarloaf (412 m or 1,352 ft)
Bulahdelah
Manning
Blue Mountains
Coricudgy (1,255 m or 4,117 ft)
unnamed peak (1,189 m or 3,901 ft)
Pomany (1,109 m or 3,638 ft)
Piddington (1,094 m or 3,589 ft)
Boyce (1,093 m or 3,586 ft)
York (1,061 m or 3,481 ft)
Victoria (1,059 m or 3,474 ft)
Banks (1,049 m or 3,442 ft)
Tomah (1,016 m or 3,333 ft)
Wilson (1,008 m or 3,307 ft)
Kings Tableland (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)
Narrow Neck Plateau (1,000 m or 3,281 ft)
Castle Cliff (986 m or 3,235 ft)
Solitary (950 m or 3,117 ft)
Hay (944 m or 3,097 ft)
Podgers (890 m or 2,920 ft)
Irvine (850 m or 2,789 ft)
Debert (840 m or 2,756 ft)
Camp Cave (800 m or 2,625 ft)
Warrigal (760 m or 2,493 ft)
Notts (750 m or 2,461 ft)
Harris (736 m or 2,415 ft)
Centre (620 m or 2,034 ft)
Hall (617 m or 2,024 ft)
Gibson (608 m or 1,995 ft)
Scorpion (558 m or 1,831 ft)
Linda Rock (599 m or 1,965 ft)
Cookem (569 m or 1,867 ft)
Gospers
Bedford
Cameron
Coriaday
Erskine
Mistake
Monundilla
Whaite
Wirraba
Pearces
Wedding Cake
Illawarra
Bells (803 m or 2,635 ft)
Knights Hill (709 m or 2,326 ft)
Noorinan (663 m or 2,175 ft)
Saddleback (600 m or 1,969 ft)
Wanyambilli Hill (564 m or 1,850 ft)
Kembla (534 m or 1,752 ft)
Burelli (531 m or 1,742 ft)
Kembla West (512 m or 1,680 ft)
Brisbane (469 m or 1,539 ft)
Keira (464 m or 1,522 ft)
Warra (464 m or 1,522 ft)
Brokers Nose (440 m or 1,444 ft)
Nebo (252 m or 827 ft)
The Budawangs
Budawang (1,129 m or 3,704 ft)
Currockbilly (1,087 m or 3,566 ft)
Wog Wog (893 m or 2,930 ft)
Cole (876 m or 2,874 ft)
Sturgiss (858 m or 2,815 ft)
Fosters (857 m or 2,812 ft)
Barneys Hill (855 m or 2,805 ft)
The Castle (831 m or 2,726 ft)
Shrouded Gods (809 m or 2,654 ft)
Donjon (786 m or 2,579 ft)
Clyde (781 m or 2,562 ft)
Quiltys (775 m or 2,543 ft)
Wirritin (674 m or 2,211 ft)
Pigeon House / Didthul (720 m or 2,362 ft)
Bushwalker (640 m or 2,100 ft)
Byangee (500 m or 1,640 ft)
Coolangatta
Tarn
Great Dividing Range
Tweed
Warning (1,156 m or 3,793 ft)
Bar (1,130 m or 3,707 ft)
Glenugie (316 m or 1,037 ft)
Chincogan (260 m or 853 ft)
Gladstone
Goobergooberyam
Moombil
McPherson and Nightcap
Barney (1,359 m or 4,459 ft)
Burrell 933 m or 3,061 ft)
Neville (919 m or 3,015 ft)
Nardi (812 m or 2,664 ft)
Matheson (804 m or 2,638 ft)
Peates (604 m or 1,982 ft)
Mid North Coast
Banda Banda (1,258 m or 4,127 ft)
Nandewar
Kaputar (1,489 m or 4,885 ft)
Dowe (1,457 m or 4,780 ft)
Mount Coryah (1,409 m or 4,623 ft)
Lindesay (1,373 m or 4,505 ft)
Grattai (1,301 m or 4,268 ft)
Bushy (1,260 m or 4,134 ft)
Round (1,250 m or 4,101 ft)
Yulludunida (1,225 m or 4,019 ft)
Castle Top (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)
Gins (1,120 m or 3,675 ft)
Ningadhun (1,013 m or 3,323 ft)
Liverpool and Watagan
unnamed (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)
Pandoras Pass (788 m or 2,585 ft)
Warrawolong (641 m or 2,103 ft)
New England and Moonbi
Round (1,585 m or 5,200 ft)
Point Lookout (1,564 m or 5,131 ft)
Ben Lomond (1,512 m or 4,961 ft)
Grundy (1,463 m or 4,800 ft)
Barren (1,437 m or 4,715 ft)
Hyland (1,434 m or 4,705 ft)
Duval (1,393 m or 4,570 ft)
Black Jack (1,300 m or 4,265 ft)
Gulligal (1,230 m or 4,035 ft)
Oaky (1,070 m or 3,510 ft)
Cooee (1,020 m or 3,346 ft)
Flaggy (984 m or 3,228 ft)
Big Billy (884 m or 2,900 ft)
Dorrigo (762 m or 2,500 ft)
Burning (520 m or 1,706 ft)
Yarrowyck
Central Tablelands
Canobolas (1,395 m or 4,577 ft)
Shooters Hill (1,394 m or 4,573 ft)
Bindo (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)
Trickett (1,362 m or 4,469 ft)
Blaxland
Hopeless
The Brindabellas and Scabby
Bimberi (1,913 m or 6,276 ft)
Gingera (1,857 m or 6,093 ft)
Kelly (1,829 m or 6,001 ft)
Ginini (1,762 m or 5,781 ft)
Franklin (1,646 m or 5,400 ft)
Aggie (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)
Coree (1,421 m or 4,662 ft)
Bramina (1,392 m or 4,567 ft)
Bulls Head (1,375 m or 4,511 ft)
Black Bottle (1,356 m or 4,449 ft)
Lickhole (1,188 m or 3,898 ft)
Brindabella (972 m or 3,189 ft)
Monaro
Big Badja (1,363 m or 4,472 ft)
Brown (1,243 m or 4,078 ft)
Gibraltar (Bungendore) (887 m or 2,910 ft)
Gibraltar Hill
Snowies
Main
Kosciuszko (2,228 m or 7,310 ft)
Townsend (2,209 m or 7,247 ft)
unnamed peak on Etheridge Ridge (2,180 m or 7,152 ft)
Alice Rawson Peak (2,160 m or 7,087 ft)
Byatts Camp (2,159 m or 7,083 ft)
Carruthers (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)
Abbott Peak (2,145 m or 7,037 ft)
Mount Northcote (2,131 m or 6,991 ft)
Muellers Peak (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)
Clark (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)
Lee (2,100 m or 6,890 ft)
Gungartan (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)
Tate (2,068 m or 6,785 ft)
Jagungal (2,061 m or 6,762 ft)
Perisher (2,054 m or 6,739 ft)
Stilwell (2,040 m or 6,693 ft)
Watsons Crags (2,020 m or 6,627 ft)
Back Perisher (2,014 m or 6,608 ft)
Anton (2,000 m or 6,562 ft)
Anderson (1,997 m or 6,552 ft)
Blue Cow (1,994 m or 6,542 ft)
The Granite Peaks (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)
Dicky Cooper Bogong (1,980 m or 6,496 ft)
Gills Knobs (1,940 m or 6,365 ft)
Guthega Peak (1,924 m or 6,312 ft)
Blue Calf (1,905 m or 6,250 ft)
Sentinel (1,900 m or 6,234 ft)
Mount Piper (1,830 m or 6,004 ft)
Round (1,756 m or 5,761 ft)
Ramshead
Rams Head (2,190 m or 7,185 ft)
Twynam (2,178 m or 7,146 ft)
Rams Head North (2,177 m or 7,142 ft)
Little Twynam (2,120 m or 6,955 ft)
Other mountains in the GDR
Yengo (668 m or 2,192 ft)
Inland mountain ranges
Barrier
Lewis Peak (297 m or 974 ft)
Warrumbungles
Exmouth (1,206 m or 3,957 ft)
Woorut (1,165 m or 3,822 ft)
Needle
Other inland mountains
Grenfell
Gibralter Hill
Island mountain ranges
Lord Howe
Gower (875 m or 2,871 ft)
Lidgbird (777 m or 2,549 ft)
Mountains not within a specific range
Gibraltar (863 m or 2,831 ft)
Gulaga (806 m or 2,644 ft)
Ulandra (761 m or 2,497 ft)
Tilga (329 m or 1,079 ft)
Oxley (307 m or 1,007 ft)
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Jessie Graff
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Jessie Graff
Born
Jessica Lauren Graff
(1984-01-12) January 12, 1984 (age 33) [1]
New York City, New York[1]
Residence
United States
Nationality
American
Occupation
Stunt woman, television personality
Jessica Lauren Graff (born January 12, 1984)[2][3][4] is a professional stunt woman and athletics-based television personality. Her nickname is "Tumbleweed".[5] She is a black belt in Taekwondo, a black sash in Kung Fu, and is trained in five other styles of martial arts. She is also a championship pole vaulter and a competitive gymnast.[1]
Graff has become well known for her athletic achievements on the obstacle course show American Ninja Warrior, including in 2016 becoming the first woman ever to complete Stage 1 of the Las Vegas Finals course and only the second woman ever to conquer the Stage 1 of the Sasuke franchise worldwide (excluding Kunoichi), after Chie Tanabe in SASUKE 2. In 2017, Graff became the first woman to compete in, and to successfully finish, Stage 2 in Las Vegas, although this was part of the USA vs. The World competition instead of a regular season, and that had no time requirement.[6][7] She was the first woman representing the United States in that competition.[7]Later on in Sasuke 34, she became the first and so far the only woman worldwide to finish Stage 2 in Sasuke/Ninja Warrior franchise, only defeated by Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger later in Stage 3.
Contents
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1 Early life
2 Collegiate sports career
3 Stuntwoman career
4 Obstacle competitor career
5 Competitions
6 Honors
7 References
8 External links
Early life[edit]
Jessie Graff was born to Ginny MacColl and Tom Graff on January 12, 1984.[1][8]
At age 6, Graff started taking circus classes.[9] She started doing gymnastics at age 9 and did competitive gymnastics for 6 years.[9][10] She was a member of the Frederick Gymnastic Club for 6 years.[1][4] By age 12 she was catching other performers on the trapeze. She has stated about her time as a 12-year-old trapeze artist, "The rule was I wasn’t allowed to catch anyone who outweighed me by more than 20 pounds."[9]
Graff was a pole vaulter in high school, and graduated in 2002 from Urbana High School, Frederick, Maryland, as a Track Team Leader, honor roll student, and member of National Honor Society.[1][4]
She majored in aerospace engineering at Georgia Tech, and theatre at the University of Nebraska.[11] She graduated from University of Nebraska-Lincoln (UNL) in 2007.[5]
She has earned black belts in Taekwondo and Kung Fu.[9]
Collegiate sports career[edit]
Graff is 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) tall.[11] In 2004, she set her personal best (PB) in the 5000m run at 15:56.30; she set her outdoor pole vault PB at 4.17 m (13 ft 8 in); and indoor pole vault PB at 4.20 m (13 ft 9 in).[2] Graff held the pole vault record at Georgia Tech and University of Nebraska.[11]
Stuntwoman career[edit]
Jessie Graff in her Chicken Costume from a 2013 'live action chicken fight'
This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2016)
Graff started doing stunt work in 2007 and has appeared in several television shows and movies, including X-Men: First Class, Make It or Break It, Another Period, Bridesmaids, Knight and Day, Bad Teacher, John Carter, Leverage, and Sons of Anarchy.[10][11]
As a stuntwoman she has done tumbling on Make It or Break It, trampolined on Another Period and has done many stunts on rooftops, the sides of bridges or buildings and dramatic wipeouts. She has said she continues to learn new skills from other stunt people who specialize in different areas.[9]
As of 2016 her most recent high-profile stunt work has been for the CBS/CW series Supergirl.[9]
Obstacle competitor career[edit]
Graff was a contestant on the comically-oriented obstacle course show Wipeout's tenth episode of its first season in 2008.[1] In that appearance, she finished second in the qualifier round (successfully navigating most of it, including a traversal of Big Balls), second again on the next round, but fell in the penultimate round and thus did not make it to the Wipeout Zone.
On season 5 (2013) of American Ninja Warrior (ANW), she became the first woman to qualify to compete in a City Finals course (although she did not complete the qualifier course).[citation needed]
In season 6 (2014) of American Ninja Warrior she could not compete because she had torn her ACL, TCL, and her meniscus.[9]
In season 7 (2015), she appeared at Stage One in Las Vegas and got past the first few obstacles, but she could not make it up the Warped Wall.[citation needed]
In season 8, in the Los Angeles qualifying round, she became the first woman in American Ninja Warrior history to make it up the new 14 1/2-foot Warped Wall and moved on to the city finals along with professional rock climber Natalie Duran. This was the first time two women made it into the Top 30. In the Los Angeles city finals, Graff did not complete the course but finished second overall based on the show's "the farthest the fastest" metric. This broke her own record for the highest finish by a woman in a city competition[12] through 2016. Kacy Catanzaro remains the only woman to complete a city finals course, although her overall placement that night was less than Graff's mark.
At the season 8 national finals at Mt. Midoriyama, Graff became the first woman to ever completed Stage 1, finishing fourth overall.[13] She had 12.39 seconds to spare out of a 2:20 minute time limit and was also the first woman to ever ascend the Warped Wall on Stage 1 in Las Vegas, which has a shorter run-up than the regular one.[9] A stop-motion LEGO video was released soon after her win, which was inspired by her performance in this race.[9] Following the runs of the second week's group of Stage 1 competitors, Graff was in 5th place overall of 90 competitors, with only 17 of them able to finish and move on (a record low for the competition, indicating the difficulty of the course). On Stage 2, which proved difficult for all competitors and surrendered only two finishers, Graff staged a credible run, struggling a bit on the Giant Ring Swing, powering her way through the Down Up Salmon Ladder, but then fell off the Wave Runner when attempting the transition between its two boards, one of several athletes to go out in that manner.
In 2017 she became the first woman to compete in, and to successfully finish, Stage 2 in Las Vegas, although this was part of the USA vs. The World competition instead of a regular season, and had no time requirement.[6][7] She was the first woman representing the United States in that competition.[7]
In the 2017 regular season, American Ninja Warrior season 9, she had a relatively disappointing performance in the Daytona city qualifier, when she fell on the 5th obstacle, the notoriously difficult-for-women Rolling Thunder. However she adopted a quicker approach to it during the city finals and got past it, then got past all of the back half obstacles until the 10th and final Elevator Climb, when she ran out of energy halfway up. Overall she finished 4th out of all the athletes competing in this city finals.
In summer of 2017 she went on to compete in Sasuke 34, the original Japanese version of ANW wearing number #87. She made an impressive mark becoming the second woman in the show's history to clear Stage 1. She also kept the streak going when she became the first woman ever to clear Stage 2. During her Stage 3 run she showed great upper body strength on the course, getting through the first three obstacles, she made it to the Ultra Crazy Cliffhanger when she failed the jump from the first ledge to the second ledge.
Competitions[edit]
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2003 NCAA Championships indoor pole vault: 16th place — 12 feet 5.5 inches (3.797 m) [with Georgia Tech] [14]
2004 Big 12 Championships outdoor pole vault: 2nd place — 13 feet 1.5 inches (4.001 m) [with UNL] [14]
2004 NCAA Championships outdoor pole vault: 24th place — 12 feet 3.5 inches (3.747 m) [with UNL] [14]
2004 Big 12 Championships indoor pole vault: 4th place — 13 feet 1.5 inches (4.001 m) [with UNL] [14]
2004 NCAA Championships indoor pole vault: 11th place — 12 feet 11.5 inches (3.950 m) [with UNL] [14]
2008 Wipeout season 1[1]
2013 American Ninja Warrior season 5 — first woman to advance to a City Final[15][16]
2015 American Ninja Warrior season 7 — first woman to sit atop the leaderboard at a city finals; first woman to advance to the National Finals [15][17]
2016 Team Ninja Warrior season 1 — team captain of "G-Force"; only female captain [13][18]
2016 American Ninja Warrior season 8 — One of only two competitors to make it past "The Wedge" obstacle at the City Finals, leading to finishing second at the course and top woman;[19][20] She became the first woman ever to finish the Stage 1 course at the Las Vegas national finals on ANW.[13]
2017 American Ninja Warrior, "USA vs. The World" — First woman to compete in, and to successfully finish, Stage 2 in Las Vegas, although this was part of the "USA vs. The World" competition instead of a regular season, and had no time requirement.[6][7] She was also the first woman representing the United States in that competition.[7]
2017 Sasuke 34, No 87 — first and so far the only woman worldwide to finish Stage 2 in Sasuke/Ninja Warrior.
Honors[edit]
Spring 2002 All-Met pole vaulter[4]
2005 Academic All-Big 12 First Team[14]
Fall 2003 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll[14]
Spring 2004 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll[14]
Fall 2004 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll[14]
Spring 2005 Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll[14]
2004 NCAA Division I Track Coaches Association All-Academic Team[14]
References[edit]
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h "Jessie Graff". Martial Arts and Action Entertainment.
^ Jump up to: a b Jessie Graff profile at IAAF
Jump up ^ Jessica Graff. Ramblin Wreck. Retrieved on 2013-12-10.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "2002 Washington Post All-Met". Washington Post. 2002.
^ Jump up to: a b Cory Matteson (23 January 2013). "Former UNL pole vaulter lands in Hollywood as a stuntwoman". Lincoln Journal-Star.
^ Jump up to: a b c Matera, Avery (2017). "Jessie Graff Just Broke an Incredible 'American Ninja Warrior' Record". SELF. Retrieved 2017-06-07.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f Barnes, Katie (2017-05-31). "American Ninja Warrior Jessie Graff is now the first woman to complete Stage 2". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2017-06-06.
Jump up ^ "National Finals Week 1". American Ninja Warrior. 29 August 2016. NBC.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i Carly Mallenbaum (2 September 2016). "How 'Supergirl' stuntwoman Jessie Graff just made 'Ninja Warrior' history". USA Today. Retrieved 2016-09-01.
^ Jump up to: a b K.S. Anthony (8 June 2016). "Stuntwoman Crushes 'American Ninja Warrior' Obstacle Course Dressed As Wonder Woman". A Plus.
^ Jump up to: a b c d "Jessie Graff - IMDb". M.imdb.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
Jump up ^ Barnes, Katie. "Jessie Graff has historic night in first city finals episode of 'American Ninja Warrior'". Espn.go.com. Retrieved 2016-07-13.
^ Jump up to: a b c Des Bieler (30 August 2016). "Stunt woman Jessie Graff makes 'American Ninja' history". Washington Post.
^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i j k Huskers. "Jessie Graff". Nebraska Huskers.
^ Jump up to: a b Tim Hayne (14 July 2015). "Watch Stuntwoman Jessie Graff Crush the 'American Ninja Warrior' Qualifier". Movie Fone.
Jump up ^ Melissa Siege (16 July 2014). "'American Ninja Warrior' Finalist Kacy Catanzaro Amazing! Watch Video of 5-foot Tall Gymnast Become First Woman to Finish Finals Course". Hollywood Take.
Jump up ^ Hannah Schoebaum (29 August 2015). "Exclusive interview with Jessie Graff: stunt woman, "American Ninja Warrior" competitor, and role model for women everywhere". Los Angeles Times.
Jump up ^ Alex Garofalo (12 January 2016). "Everything You Need To Know About 'Team Ninja Warrior', 'The Future Of American Ninja Warrior'". International Business Times.
Jump up ^ George Back (12 July 2016). "Jessie Graff's Amazing Encore Performance on 'American Ninja Warrior'". Yahoo.
Jump up ^ Nick Schwartz (12 July 2016). "Watch 'Wonder Woman' Jessie Graff fly through the Ninja Warrior finals course". Fox Sports.
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On the Buses (film)
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On the Buses
1971 Film poster
Directed by
Harry Booth
Produced by
Ronald Chesney
Ronald Wolfe
Written by
Ronald Chesney
Ronald Wolfe
Starring
Reg Varney
Doris Hare
Anna Karen
Bob Grant
Stephen Lewis
Michael Robbins
Music by
Max Harris
Cinematography
Mark McDonald
Edited by
Archie Ludski
Production
company
Hammer Film Productions
EMI Elstree
Distributed by
MGM-EMI
Release date
July 1971 (1971-07)
Running time
88 minutes
Country
United Kingdom
Language
English
Budget
£90,000[1][2]
Box office
£2,500,000[3]
On the Buses is a 1971 British comedy film directed by Harry Booth and starring Reg Varney and Doris Hare. The film is the first spin-off film from the TV sitcom On the Buses and was followed by two further films, Mutiny on the Buses (1972) and Holiday on the Buses (1973). The films are set within a slightly different canon from the TV series: Stan and Jack work for a different bus company (Town & District instead of Luxton & District), and the three films form a loose story arc where Arthur and Olive become parents (despite their apparently sexless marriage).
The film was produced by Ronald Chesney and Ronald Wolfe for Hammer Films,[4] and enjoyed major success in Britain, outdoing Diamonds Are Forever to become the highest-performing film of 1971, though the latter was not released until December 1971.[5]
Contents
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1 Synopsis
2 Cast
3 Production
4 Reception
5 References
6 External links
Synopsis[edit]
Stan Butler (Reg Varney), a bus driver for the Town & District bus company, becomes worried that the overtime he is making – which his family is using to buy expensive items such as a washing machine – will soon end when the company rectifies its current lack of employees. His concerns become justified when the company decides to revoke a long-standing rule that prevents women from being employed as bus drivers, much to the chagrin of both Stan and his long-time colleague and friend, Jack (Bob Grant). The loss of overtime that he was making forces Stan to persuade his sister Olive (Anna Karen) to get employment in the company's canteen. Following a disastrous start, she and her husband, Arthur, soon discover that she is pregnant, resulting in her losing her job and forcing the Butler family to send back the items they can't afford to pay for. At the same time Stan gets into trouble with the company when, while attempting to recover something of Jack's from a woman he had been seeing, he manages to inadvertently demolish both a telephone kiosk and a bus shelter in trying to avoid being caught by the woman's jealous husband. Despite his efforts to lie about why he caused the damage, Blakey (Stephen Lewis), the bus company's Inspector, takes delight in informing Stan that he has to undertake a driving test on a bus skid pan in order to keep his job. However Blakey soon regrets supervising the test when Stan gets his own back by beginning the test with Blakey still on the bus being used for it.
Stan manages to pass the test, but he soon becomes worried that the employment of women bus drivers will affect both his and Jack's layabout lifestyle at the company. It would also reduce their pay and prevent Jack from conducting amorous flings with women on the company's time. The pair decide that the best way to prevent this from happening is to sabotage the company's new employment scheme by making the women drivers look bad, and initially pull off small pranks. These, however, have little effect, until Stan comes up with the idea of lacing their tea with a diuretic, upon learning of what it does when Olive acquires some for her pregnancy. This results in the women drivers being forced to make frequent loo stops while on their routes. Later, when Stan witnesses Olive being terrified of a spider, he and Jack gather some to plant in the cabs of the women's buses, causing further disruption with their driving.
As Olive's pregnancy draws closer to term, Arthur requests Stan's help in fixing the springs on his motorcycle's sidecar to prepare it for the trip to the hospital. While bringing the springs into the depot to get them fixed, amongst a few small things for the new baby, he and Jack discover that the company recently ordered a number of diversion signs to be made to reroute buses away from roadworks in town. Deciding to take advantage of this, the pair arrange for more to be made for their own use, then planting them out on the women's routes, thus causing even more trouble. One such false diversion causes a woman driver to get forced onto a motorway, causing her and Blakey, who was on board, to get in trouble with the police.
A mishap occurs in getting her to the hospital, but Olive manages to give birth to a baby son; but the joyful arrival soon brings disruptions to the Butler household as they struggle to cope with the new child. Meanwhile, Stan and Jack are delighted to learn their sabotage efforts were a success when the company announces its decision to no longer employ women bus drivers. Their celebration however is short lived when they learn that Blakey re-hired the women drivers they tormented as inspectors, and they promptly separate the two onto different routes. Although the pair are not happy about this, Stan soon sees a silver lining to their situation when he is twinned with a new attractive female clippie for his route. The story ends with Stan managing to cause trouble to Blakey, much to his delight as heads off to do his route.
Cast[edit]
Reg Varney – Stan Butler
Doris Hare – Mum
Michael Robbins – Arthur Rudge
Anna Karen – Olive Rudge
Stephen Lewis – Inspector Cyril 'Blakey' Blake
Bob Grant – Jack Harper
Brian Oulton – Manager
Andria Lawrence – Betty
Pat Ashton – Sally
Jeanne Varney – Mavis
Pamela Cundell – Ruby
Pat Coombs – Vera
Eunice Black - Ada
Wendy Richard – Housewife
Peter Madden – Mr. Brooks
David Lodge – Fred the Busman
Brenda Gogan – Bridget
Caroline Dowdeswell – Sandra
Nosher Powell – Betty's Husband
Terry Duggan – Nobby
Norman Mitchell – London Transport Official
Claire Davenport – Peggy
Production[edit]
The film was made on location and at Elstree Studios at Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.[6] Stage 5 at Elstree was used for the exteriors of the bus station both in this film and in the later sequels.[7]
The film includes shots of a London AEC Routemaster RM200 (VLT 200) undergoing the skid tests at the Chiswick Works "skid pan".[8]
The buses used in road shots were Eastern National Bristol KSW5Gs numbered 2359 (VNO857), 2367 (VNO862), 2371 (VNO866) and 2376 (WNO476).[8]
Reception[edit]
The film was the second most popular movie at the British box office in 1971,[9] and returned more at the UK box office than the latest James Bond film Diamonds Are Forever. It earned £1,500,000 in the UK and £1,000,000 overseas, making a profit to Hammer of £532,000. Its box office gross was nearly 28 times the amount of its budget.[2][10]
Reviewing On the Buses in The Spectator, Christopher Hudson called it "a dullish adaption of the ITV series."[11]
References[edit]
Jump up ^ Alexander Walker, National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties, Harrap, 1985 p 114
^ Jump up to: a b Can film-makers Carry On? Bell, Brian. The Observer (1901– 2003) [London (UK)] 11 Aug 1974: 11.
Jump up ^ Marcus Hearn & Alan Barnes, The Hammer Story: The Authorised History of Hammer Films, Titan Books, 2007 p 149
Jump up ^ On the Buses on IMDb
Jump up ^ "Pontins Plaque Event".
Jump up ^ On The Buses Location at IMDB. Retrieved Dec 2011
Jump up ^ On the Busses fan club, locations Retrieved Dec 2011
^ Jump up to: a b Buses on screen On the Buses (1972, Reg Varney)
Jump up ^ Peter Waymark. "Richard Burton top draw in British cinemas." Times [London, England] 30 Dec. 1971: 2. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 11 July 2012.
Jump up ^ Tom Johnson and Deborah Del Vecchio, Hammer Films: An Exhaustive Filmography, McFarland, 1996 p343
Jump up ^ Christopher Hudson, The Spectator. 20 August 1971, Page 19
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