How Old is Bill's Tree Multi-Cache
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A spot I had passed many times without paying much notice, so I had a look the other day and was amazed at what I found out.
At the posted coordinates you will find a plaque which contains the following information:
A reward of £ABCD was paid on 27th september EFGH
The Cache is at
S 26° 48. (E+F) (E+G) H E 153° 07.A (G-A) E
William Landsborough (21 February 1825 – 16 March 1886)was an explorer of Australia.
Landsborough was born in Ayrshire, Scotland, and migrated to Australia in 1841. With Nathaniel Buchanan he explored the tributaries of the Fitzroy River, Queensland in 1859. He did some exploring, and traced the Gregory and Herbert rivers to their sources. In August 1861 he was placed in charge of an expedition to search for Burke and Wills, starting from the Gulf of Carpentaria and was the first person to cross Australia North to South in 1862.
Landsborough returned to Australia and in 1865 became a member of the Queensland legislative council for one session. Towards the end of that year he was appointed police magistrate for the district of Burke. Finding Burketown extremely unhealthy he made Sweers Island his headquarters and from there did much local exploring. In June 1872, he was made inspector of brands for the Moreton district and held this position for the remainder of his life.
A few years before his death the Queensland parliament gave Landsborough a reward for his services as an explorer, and with this he purchased a pastoral property at Caloundra which he named Loch Lamerough. He died and was buried there in 1886.
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