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12-November-2014
12-November-2014

Photographs supplied by Chris McLaughlin

The cairn commemorates Major Thomas Mitchell who passed through the area in 1836. 

At the unveiling of the Bulla memorial for Hume and Hovell, Charles Daley the Secretary of the Victorian Historical Society suggested that the idea be extended to other explorers and a committee was formed to mark out the routes of Charles Sturt, Thomas Mitchell, Angus McMillan, and Count Paul de Strzelecki.

Thirty-five cairns or tablets to Mitchell were erected at Nyah West, Swan Hill, Cohuna, Mount Pyramid, Fernihurst, Wedderburn, Kanya, Stawell, Mount William, Horsham, Mount Arapiles, Miga Lake, Harrow, Coleraine, Casterton, Dartmoor, Isle of Bags, Portland, Mount Rouse, Mount Napier, Hamilton, Lake Repose, Dunkeld, Middle Creek, Mount Greenock, Mitchellstown, Nagambie, Castlemaine, Expedition Pass, Kyneton, Benalla, Wangaratta, Chiltern, Gooramadda and a public park at Natimuk (Major Mitchell Park, Mount Arapiles, Natimuk).

 

Location

Address:Mitchellstown Road, Mitchellstown, 3608
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -36.853799
Long: 145.071512
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Exploration
Actual Event Start Date:08-October-1836
Actual Event End Date:08-October-1836

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Friday 2nd May, 1930
Front Inscription

Major Mitchell

- Explorer -

Camped here

Octr 8th 1836

Source: MA,MED
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