Lang's Lawn Traditional Geocache
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This spot is a little bit of green in a jungle of glass and concrete. The muggles will be the biggest obstacle with this cache so stealth is a must. FTF may strike it rich or just some divine intervention from the man across the grass. It is imporatnt to make sure it is placed with the correct orientation and only opened from the bottom. BYO pen is a must. As always the co ords in the city are not great so keep looking.
The statue you can see is of John Dunmore Lang born August 25 1799 in Greenock. Greenock is situated on the south bank of the River Clyde about 22 miles from Glasgow. The origin of the name of the town is thought to derive from the Gaelic ‘grianaig’ meaning ‘sunny’, and this has been translated as ‘sunny place’ or ‘sunny knoll’. Another more romantic theory is that it takes it's name from a 'Green Oak' tree that grew in the town centre. A horseshoe marks the spot where the tree was deemed to have grown. It would certainly ensure the correct pronunciation if this were true, as it is commonly mispronounced as 'Gren - ock' when it should be 'Green - ock'. In 1822 he Graduated Master of Arts at the age 22.
His brother, George, had found employment in New South Wales and Lang decided to join him to minister to the small groups of Scottish Presbyterians in the colony.
Lang sailed from Leith in October 1822. On arrival, his first task was to build a church and he set about raising the necessary funds, but failed to gain a grant from Governor Brisbane, despite the fact that he is not only a fellow Scot, but indeed fellow townsman from Largs.
The foundation stone for the Scots Church was laid in 1824. Lang then set sail for London, where he successfully persuaded the Secretary for the Colonies - the Earl of Bathurst - to reverse Brisbane’s decision.
The government was to supply one third of the cost of the building and also grant Lang an annual salary of £300.
Lang supervised the building of his Scots Church on Church Hill, near Wynyard Square, which opened on in 1826 with seating for 1,000 people. He preached his first sermon from the pulpit that he was to occupy for the next 52 years. He died in Sydney on 8th, August 1878 and was survived by his wife, a son and two daughters - seven other children had died earlier. He was given a public funeral.
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Qverpgyl oruvaq gur fgnghr fvg naq guvax nobhg vg.