Henry's Hut Traditional Cache
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Henry Lawson
One of Australia's most famous poets and short-story writers, Henry Lawson (1867-1922), had very strong ties to Mudgee. His parents were married here in 1866. Although Henry was born at the Grenfell goldfields, he was raised, from the age of six months to 15 years, in a cottage 8 km north of Mudgee at Eurunderee (then known as 'Pipeclay'), which was established after a gold find in 1863. He briefly attended the local Catholic school. Lawson later swapped stories with 'Duke' Tritton at Mudgee's Miner's Arms Hotel and wrote much of his work while living in the area late in the 19th century.
The Wallaby Track drive tour takes in various sites associated with Lawson and his writing, including the old Eurunderee School, the Henry Lawson Memorial, the Budgee Budgee Inn (out on the Cassilis Road), Sapling Gully, Golden Gully and the site of the Albury Pub which was owned by Lawson's grandfather. A guiding pamphlet is available from the Mudgee Visitors' Centres.
The Henry Lawson Memorial is a landscaped picnic area which centres on the brick fireplace which is all that remains of the Lawson family house, otherwise demolished in 1946. It is 8 km north of Mudgee on the right-hand side of Henry Lawson Drive, between the Mudgee and Montrose wineries. To get there follow the Cassilis Rd past the racecourse and turn left into Henry Lawson Drive (the road to Gulgong via Home Rule). The Memorial is 5 km along this road, to the right.
This cache has a log only and a pen or pencil will be required.
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