National School Traditional Cache
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An impressive three metre high monument in Gundagai commemorates the spot where the National School once stood until a devasting flood in 1853.
After a campaign by local residents for a Government School ,The National School was created on the floodplain in 1850.It was a two room schoolhouse with a loft and included accommodation for the teachers.The teachers appointed to the school were Joseph McKenna from Ireland and his Glasgow born wife Elizabeth who arrived in Australia in 1842.
Since early settlement,Aboriginal people had warned Europeans of the great floods that swept the Murrumbidgee.In June of 1852,the Murrumbidgee rose 12 metres in the early hours.A wall of water cascaded through the entire town .Most people were thrown into the darkness of the raging torrent.Between 80 and 100 unfortunate men,women and children were lost in a population of 250. The torrent collapsed the walls of the schoolhouse ,drowning the whole Mc Kenna family and their two boarders.
The cache is a 200ml sistema container .It contains many great swaps.It has a log book and pencil within a zip-lock bag. FTF HONORS TO....growingupisoptional
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