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Hidden : 10/19/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The Sackville Church,St Thomas Anglican site Washed away by the devastating 1867 Flood of the Hawkesbury/Nepean

Named after Viscount Sackvillewho was British Sec Of State in 1776.it is divided by the Hawkesbury River and includes Cumberland Reach,Kent Reach,Sackville Reach and Portland Reach(?mabey sombody can let us know wot a Reach is??? Mabey like a peninsular thing in an old river B4 a bllabong is formed??!!)
1823 saw the opening of a school at Sackville Reach therefore most of Hawkesbury settlers had access to education , even tho' some o' them had to row to school.
River craft were a very important Trade implement for the New Colony : Hawkesbury was considered the Bread Basket of the Colony. The food productivity of the region was tremendous. There fore many Wharves were built to collect produce.
One Dr Fiaschi,the Fiaschi wharf is at the northern end of PortlandReach, was appointed surgeon at Windsor Hospital in 1876 and he lived in Sackville Reach. He decided to plant vines in 1882 and built,eventually, a winery and it still works today as the Tizzana Winery.
A beautiful area and well worth the visit

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

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Decryption Key

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