Tunney - Don't Blink You May Miss It! Traditional Cache
Tunney - Don't Blink You May Miss It!
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In loving memory of the Tunney 'pink' disused roadhouse, which burnt down 25 May 2017.
Each time we drive down to Albany we pass through this "town"? Each time we always have a competition to say "Don't blink you may miss Tunney".
The townsite of Tunney is located on the Albany Highway in the great southern agricultural region, 295 km south south east of Perth and 27 km north west of Cranbrook. In 1909 Mr A J Aitcheson, a new settler, wrote on behalf of residents in the district seeking support for a school and other facilities, and the declaration of a townsite. After inspection of the area by the government land agent land was set aside for a townsite, at a place near Slab Hut Gully. The area was also locally known as Paul Valley, and the Aboriginal name of the area was Teulungup. Lots were surveyed in the townsite in 1910, and the name Tulungup was at first proposed, but was rejected by the Minister for Lands. The local residents unanimously supported it be named Tunney, after the oldest resident in the area, Mr J T Tunney, but the Minister was keen to use an Aboriginal name. From a selection of names in the district he chose Nymbupp, but there was strong local opposition to this name. Eventually local feeling prevailed, and the Minister for Lands agreed to the name being Tunney. The townsite was gazetted in 1912.
The name honours Mr James Tunney, the son of Sgt John Tunney, a former Enrolled Pensioner Guard who first settled in this district in the 1860's. James Tunney owned land around this townsite from the 1880's.
Cache is a M&M container, containing log and pencil.
Also included is an lapel pin for FTF.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Gbb rnfl gb svaq gb erdhver n pyhr.
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