Thomas Crain and his wife Matilda and their seven children had
spent an epic 93 days at sea in 1863 travelling from Ireland to
Sydney on the large sailing ship " Lobelia " after paying a bounty
of 33 pounds for the family.
Thomas and his family just made it out of Ireland with the IRA in
hot pursuit.Records found in a potato field in Northern Ireland in
1862 found that the three eldest sons were at the top of the IRA
list.
The Crain family moved to the Adelong region and the next few
years the Crain family increased their land holdings and cleared
the land to sow potatoes,a staple part of their diet,along with
salted down wallaby meat.During the 1880's ,Thomas's son Irvine
purchased the Mt Adrah pub and the Crain family owned and lived on
much of the entire Mt Adrah region.
The cache is a 200ml sistema containing a log book and pencil
within a zip-lock bag together with many swaps.
FTF HONORS TO:Roostaman.
