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Teamsters Memorial : 16-June-2014
Teamsters Memorial : 16-June-2014

Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown

Silver Ore Memorial Wheel ,a gift from the Henderson Family to the municipality of Camden commemorates the teamsters who carried silver ore from Yerranderie to the Camden railhead.

The ore was originally forwarded to Germany for smelting, but from World War One it went to Port Pirie in South Australia, and later to Newcastle. The field was operative from 1900 to 1925.

There are at present 15 different teams (horse and bullock) plying between Yarranderrie Silver Fields and Camden, and Mr. Fred Dowle of Cawdor, is likely to increase the number by starting at an early date.
South Coast Times and Wollongong Argus (NSW), 5 March 1904.

Location

Address:John Street, Outside Council Offices, Camden, 2570
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.05394
Long: 150.695304
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Technology
Sub-Theme:Industry

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1977
Front Inscription

       SILVER ORE
YERRANDERIE TO CAMDEN
1900                     1925


(plaque)

   CAMDEN HISTORICAL SOCIETY
      THIS TEAMSTERS MEMORIAL
A GIFT FROM THE HENDERSON FAMILY OF UNGARIE
          FORMER RESIDENTS OF CAMDEN
                                TO
THE MUNICIPALITY OF CAMDEN
         UNVEILED 23RD APRIL 1977.
                               BY
MRS. C McCUBBIN - A TEAMSTER`S WIDOW
R.B.FERGUSON            O.F.BLATTMAN
MAYOR                             PRESIDENT

 

Left Side Inscription
TEAMSTERS
Right Side Inscription
TEAMSTERS
Source: MA,NRUM
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