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01-June-2023 (John Huth)
01-June-2023 (John Huth)

Photographs supplied by Chris McLaughlin / John Huth

The plaque commemorates the site of the saying of the first mass at Wahgunyah around 1869. The river redgum (known as The Mass Tree) is the site of the first mass held by Dean Tierney of Beechworth in the tent of Mrs. M. M. Burrowes.

The plaque commemorating the event was originally placed on the tree by the local Catholic Women`s Guild in 1946. 

Location

Address:Short Street, Wahgunyah, 3687
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -36.008269
Long: 146.392425
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Religion
Approx. Event Start Date:1869
Approx. Event End Date:1869

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 22nd September, 1946
Inscription in Proximity

Plaque:

                    [Cross Sign] 
                THE MASS TREE
   Mrs. M.M. Burrows Prepared The Altar
         IN HER TENT AT THIS TREE
For The First Mass Said In Wahgunyah About 1869
By The Very Rev. Dean Tierney P.P. Beechworth
                            —
     That Cross Is Such A Simple Thing,
       But Of It Men Will Talk And Sing,
     It is A Sign- Board On The Road.
   To Cheer Man With His Weary Load;
    ............ Such A Simple Thing,
      And Yet, It Touches Everything. "
                    &

Source: MA,RUMV
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