Tungamah's Tragedy Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 4/20/2008
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:


This cache is a true story of tragic events and heroism in a small country town 94 years ago. It begins with a visit to the grave of Constable James Slater and will finish in the small town of Tungamah in northern Victoria.


Constable Slater performed a considerable act of bravery in 1914 when he arrested a suspected murderer, Butchum Singh. The following account was found after some research of this story.

"Constable Slater arrived at the Katamatite railway station on the train from Dookie at 2am. Acting on information received, Slater travelled in a gig with two other men to John Albert's paddock, which was about 3.5 miles from the railway station. On reaching the paddock, the two men remained in the gig while Slater met Mr. Albert. Butchum Singh had visited Mr. Albert's farm at 11.45am asking for bread and went away. Mr. Albert hadn't learned of the murders until 2.30pm.

Together they started searching for the mad hawker. They found him sitting under a tree in Mitchell's paddock, which was about 1200 metres from Albert's home. Slater cautiously walked up to Butchum Singh, as the still loaded rifle was at the hawker's feet. After talking to Butchum Singh for a while, Slater picked up the Winchester Repeating rifle and handed it to Mr. Tait who fired it. The rifle still had seven bullets in it. Then Slater arrested the hawker. When Slater searched him, he found 32 more bullets on Butchum Singh."


Unfortunately this story has a tragic beginning that shook the local community. To discover the rest of the story, you must collect some information from this grave site and make your way to Tungamah.

At the posted coordinates find the date James Nicholas Slater died: ab/c/19de

The cache can be found at:
S 36° 0c.(d+2)(c-1)(c+2)
E 145° 5a.(d-1)(a+1)(c+a-1)

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