Finding no joy at Toweerunna we effectively back tracked some ten kilometres to the east to a feature Murray had described as a ’Prominent
Hill’ when viewed from Long’s Range, now lying
well to our south. Today this series of three close peaks carries the discoverer’s name of ‘
Mount Murray”. On the 15th July 1902, having been disappointed with the amount and quality of the water being produced at Toweerunna soak, the main party headed off in an ENE direction being guided to another water. Murray separated from the main party and headed due east to investigate this ‘prominent
Hill’.
“Caravan went E.N.E. whilst I visited the group of hills, the highest point of which
bore 107 from
Camp 39. Reached top at 7
miles. The highest point is 180 feet above base and 2090 feet above sea level. The formation is dolomitic
limestone, with layers of chirt, and they present a peculiar appearance gypseous mounds outcrop almost to
the summit, the slopes looking like a hillside with snow partially melted.”
William Murray - Journal of R.T. Maurice Cambridge Gulf Expedition 1902.
When viewed from the north, it is revealed that these three peaks are actually a range that extends for several kilometres east-west.