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20-November-2010
20-November-2010

Photographs supplied by Glen Yeomans

The cairn commemorates explorer John Oxley (1784 -1828) who camped near this spot on his exploration journey in 1818. 

On 26 August 1818 the exploring party climbed a hill and saw before them rich, fertile land (Peel River), near the present site of Tamworth. Continuing further east they crossed the Great Dividing Range passing by the Apsley Falls on 13 September 1818 which Oxley named the Bathurst Falls. He described it as "one of the most magnificent waterfalls we have seen".

Upon reaching the Hasting River the exploring party followed it to its mouth, discovering that it flowed into the sea at a spot which Oxley named Port Macquarie.

Location

Address:Legge & Derby Streets, 750 metres south on Apsley River, Walcha, 2354
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -30.988952
Long: 151.592843
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Exploration
Actual Event Start Date:08-September-1818
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Actual Event End Date:08-September-1818
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Link:http://adb.anu.edu.au/

Dedication

Front Inscription

John Oxley Surveyor General on his journey of exploration of the coast camped approximately 1 mile → S.E. of here

8th September, 1818

Source: MA, ADB
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