The Village Green Traditional Cache
Team Ladava: Well after replacing it 3 weeks ago it has gone missing again so this time it is goodnight and goodbye.
Our thanks to all the Teams who have logged such positive comments on this one.
Cheers
Ian & Sandra
Team Ladava
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Welcome to the 14th cache by Team Ladava continuing our historical tour of Sunbury.
The Sunbury Village Green was created as a result of the closure of Stawell Street to traffic.
Stawell Street provided a key link between the early settlement of Sunbury along Macedon Street and the commercial precinct that later blossomed with the opening of the railway in 1859. the street ran diagonally from the front of the Memorial Hall to the corner of Brook and O’Shanassy Streets. The alignment is evident from the avenue of elm and oak trees. On one side is the triangular reserve established for St.Mary’s Church of England (now Anglican) and on the other lay St. Andrews Presbyterian Church (now Uniting).
Both these churches have significant buildings associated with them.
St. Andrews include:
- the original timber church (1870) now used as a hall.
- 1904 red brick church with 1986 extensions
The stone fence on Brook Street is not original but adds to the setting as do the pine and peppercorn trees planted in the ninetieth century.
St. Mary’s includes:
- Bluestone Church (1867 – 1918)
- Red brick church hall and vicarage.
In 1972 Stawell Street was closed to traffic for a convention focussed on better lifestyle concepts organised by The Royal Australian Institute of Architects ‘Sunbury Fair’
Following this landmark event in town planning, the convention building was removed to Rupertswood but Stawell Street was not reopened. This established a memorial precinct at the Barkley Street junction with:
- Memorial Hall (formerly the 1885 Mechanics Institute
- War Memorial
- The Sunbury Gun (See caughtatwork’s GCA cache ‘(Machines of War) The Sunbury Gun’ GA0629)
You are looking for a magnetic micro cache. Your keys may be useful to dislodge the container. Muggles can appear from any direction. If you feel there is a chance of compromising the security of the cache, please abandon the search and return a little later.
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