The Major Traditional Cache
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Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell,
1792 - 1855
Thomas Mitchell was born in Scotland. He joined the army and learned how to be a surveyor. He was a talented artist and writer, and was also a geologist and botanist. The books he wrote about his journeys were very popular. He married in 1818, and had 12 children, 6 girls and 6 boys. He was known for losing his temper quite explosively.
In 1827, Major Thomas Mitchell arrived in Australia to become the Surveyor-General of the colony of New South Wales, taking over from John Oxley. He held the position for 27 years, and was responsible for the placement of roads, bridges and towns. He led four expeditions of exploration and carried out most of the surveys of Eastern Australia, which led to new grazing lands being established in southern Victoria
Mitchell found that the local Aborigines were friendly. He mapped the western part of Victoria and named the Grampian Mountains,on the other side of which he found rich grazing land. The expedition travelled south west, and crossed mountains and rivers that no white people had ever seen. They reached the Glenelg River and rowed down to the sea at Portland Bay. Here Mitchell was surprised to find the Henty brothers and a thriving community that had been settled there since 1834.
Here is a Monument dedicated to the Explorer, and the cache is near by. You will be looking for a black container containing the usual swaps, and there is a Scratchie for FTF.
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