Mount Beevor

The headwaters of the Bremer River collect beside the western base of Mount Beevor before flowing southward into Lake Alexandrina.

[2] The junction of the boundaries of the following localities all coincide with its summit - Harrogate, Rockleigh and Tungkillo which are all located within the Rural City of Murray Bridge and the cadastral units of the County of Sturt and the Hundred of Monarto.

During such events very little water was captured in the landscape in its natural state, causing severe downstream flooding, particularly along the Bremer River.

[3] They were returning on horseback to Adelaide from Mannum after being the first to reach the Murray overland within South Australia and had initially mistaken the peak for Mount Barker.

He pioneered a sheep run there, with his head station near the southern base of the mount and his shepherds’ huts scattered all round.

[4] Subsequent pastoralists included the Murray family, whose Mount Beevor Estate became noted as one of the best wool producing properties in South Australia and an outstanding merino breeding establishment.