Gurrai Traditional Cache
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The word Gurrai means refreshment.
The Railway opened in 1914 but the town was never surveyed as it
was intended to only to be a railway yard. Settlers, however, built
a little township around the siding. They built clay tennis courts
and football was played in the paddock across from the hall. The
hall was built with the help of volunteers in the 1930s with local
stone quarried nearby. The Government of the day refused to supply
a school because the town had never been proclaimed, but the locals
doggedly argued their case and eventually in the late 1930s a
teacher was appointed. School was held in the hall until a small
weatherboard building was erected in 1951. The school still stands,
but was closed in 1968, when students were bussed to Lameroo. Those
who grew up in the area have wonderful memories of growing up in a
tight knit community. The two 3000 ton capacity silos were built in
1963. (Source: Mallee tracks by Jill Nickolls and Ann Angel.)
I know it may seem mean to put a micro here, but it suits the
hide!
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