 Find and Sign William Armour
A cache by MalanDi Hidden: 3/1/2008
Size:  (Micro) Difficulty:  Terrain: (1 is easiest, 5 is hardest)
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Venus Bay
It is thought that the bay was named after the two-masted schooner
Venus' that traded around the Eyre Peninsula coastline in the mid
1850s.
A far more romantic notion is the bay was named after the Roman
goddess of beauty and love. It is the latter version which is
promoted by the locals and visitors to the region.
The town was established after a Whaling station was built in the
1820’s, and for twenty years it existed as no more than a
shop, hotel and Police Station. The focus of the town soon turned
to Agriculture as the area was opened up in the 1840’s.. The
township was abandoned by in the 1870’s but was somewhat
revitalised in the 1920s when it became a base for a Commercial
fishing operation.
In 1862 Venus Bay police request a new stone building as the old
Station building was propped up and likely to tumble down.
In 1863 Venus Bay Trooper Gerhardy was dismissed from the service
because of his drunkenness and bad language.
In November of 1880 William Armour met his fate at the young age of
40 years and was buried in the sand hills to the SE of the
settlement.
Who was this lonely husband who left a loving and bereft wife? If
you have any more information let the rest of us know.
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Current Time: 2/9/2010 10:16:12 PM (GMT-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) (6:16 AM GMT)
Last Updated: 10/26/2009 5:41:08 AM Pacific Daylight Time (12:41 PM GMT)
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum
