Mount Tambo

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
Elevation	1,430 metres (4,692 ft) AHD
Coordinates	37°00′28″S 147°48′29″E
Geography
Mount Tambo Victoria, Australia
Parent range	Great 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.

See also

• Australia portal
• Mountains portal

• Alpine National Park
• List of mountains in Australia § Victoria