Tuggeranong Schoolhouse Multi-Cache

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Hidden : 8/12/2008
Difficulty:
1.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

I found the Tuggeranong Schoolhouse while looking for parking on one of my visits to Simpson's Hill. I was amazed to find a touch of history nestled amongst suburbia ...


Tuggeranong Schoolhouse, hidden in the suburb of Chisholm, is one of the earliest schoolhouses in the ACT, and provided the first formal schooling to the children of the Tharwa/Tuggeranong Valley and contributed to the social history of Canberra’s early settlement.

The building is representative of rural architecture of the 1880’s. When it was built in 1880, it occupied an imposing position overlooking open grazing lands of Tuggeranong Valley pastoral properties. The provision of the attached teacher’s residence demonstrates the remote nature of the rural school. It was the third school in the valley and was in use until 1940 when failing enrolments forced its closure. The first two schools were constructed of wood slabs and bark.

A prominent student was Professor James McGee, who became a nuclear physicist and a pioneer in the development of Australian television.

Due to safety reasons, viewing is permissible only from behind the perimeter fence.

The cache is a magnetised mint tin. The co-ordinates can be calculated using the enquiries phone number on the sign on the gate at the listed coordinates. Let the phone number be ABCDEFGH.

For the cache coordinates
- subtract (A+G+E) - (2E+2F) from the listed South fractionals
- subtract (G+H+D) from the listed East fractionals.

If you check the nearby trees you may be lucky enough to see a member of the local neighbourhood watch (see attached photo taken in the SW tree on the traffic island.)

**** First to Find honours awarded to McPhan ****

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Zntargvpnyyl nggnpurq

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)


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