Rawnsley Bluff (formerly Rawnsley's Bluff) is a

geological Geology (). is a branch of natural science concerned with the Earth and other astronomical objects, the rocks of which they are composed, and the processes by which they change over time. Modern geology significantly overlaps all other Earth s ...

feature in the Australian state of

South Australia South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a States and territories of Australia, state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of , it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which in ...

located within locality of

Flinders Ranges The Flinders Ranges are the largest mountain ranges in South Australia, which starts about north of Adelaide. The ranges stretch for over from Port Pirie to Lake Callabonna. The Adnyamathanha people are the Aboriginal group who have inhab ...

and within the boundaries of the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. It is a

bluff Bluff or The Bluff may refer to: Places Australia * Bluff, Queensland, Australia, a town * The Bluff, Queensland (Ipswich), a rural locality in the city of Ipswich * The Bluff, Queensland (Toowoomba Region), a rural locality * Bluff River (New ...

forming part of

Wilpena Pound Wilpena Pound ("Ikara" in the Adnyamathanha language) is a major natural amphitheatre of mountains located north of Adelaide, South Australia, Australia in the heart of the Ikara-Flinders Ranges National Park. Its fringe is accessible by a sea ...

, situated to the south of

St Mary Peak __NOTOC__ St Mary Peak / Ngarri Mudlanha is a mountain located in the Australian state of South Australia on the northwestern side of Ikara. It is the highest peak in the Flinders Ranges and the eighth highest peak in South Australia, with a hei ...

(St Mary Peak is the tallest in the

at ).NASA - Wilpena Pound
/ref> Rawnsley's Bluff connects the eastern and western mountain ranges of the pound. The Adelaide Scotch College Cadet Unit used the bluff for training each year until the unit was disbanded in the early 1970s.Peter Read, Alex Pouw-Bray - Ninety Years at Torrens Park: The Scotch College Story - Page 154
(Google Books) Training included flights with

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, infantry training, and practice with infantry weapons such as

mortar Mortar may refer to: * Mortar (weapon), an indirect-fire infantry weapon * Mortar (masonry), a material used to fill the gaps between blocks and bind them together * Mortar and pestle, a tool pair used to crush or grind * Mortar, Bihar, a village i ...

s. The unit was recognized for offering outdoor adventures to the student body. In the 1890s, a trigonometrical station, on the Rawnsley's Bluff to support surveying in

.Proceedings of the Parliament of South Australia, Volume 2 (1894)
(Google eBook, Page 347)

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Rawnsley's Bluff

Rawnsley's Bluff
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