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Re-enactment of the Long Trek by Pioneer WomenPrint Page 
10-December-2020
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The plaque commemorates the 1986 re-enactment of the Long Trek undertaken by pioneer women from Hahndorf to Adelaide. They carried produce from Hahndorf to Adelaide and returned with essential goods.
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Location
| Address: | Mount Barker Road, Leawood Gardens, 5150 |
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| State: | SA |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -34.976009 Long: 138.684884 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Culture |
| Sub-Theme: | Community |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 4th May, 1986 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThis plaque commemorates the re-enactment in 1986 of the Long Trek by pioneer women who, from 1839, carried produce from Hahndorf , via the Beaumont Spur, to Adelaide, returning with essential goods.
The planting of a tree commemorates the site chosen by George French Angus, from which he sketched Waterfall Gully for The Lithograph by J. W. Giles, produced in 1847 in "South Australia Illustrated."
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