Snugborough Traditional Cache
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Welcome to the Woodside Cemetery. You don't need to go near the graves to find this cache, but while you're here, please take time to wander down to the graves and reflect on the lives of the early pioneers of this district. You are looking for a 400ml Sistema container. The access lane is 2WD most of the time, however if it’s muddy or looks like it’s become overgrown, proceed with caution. If you decide to park your car and walk, it’s only a smidge over 600m to the Cemetery gates.
HISTORY: The Woodside Cemetery is situated on what was originally part of the ‘Snugborough’ Run. Snugborough belonged to the Collins family, and this corner of their property was used as a private burial ground, with other non-family burials taking place as the community grew. The earliest ‘known’ burials took place in the early 1840’s although no official records survive from this time, and the earliest ‘recorded’ burial was in 1861.
By 1875 and with the Woodside community growing, a desire for an official Woodside Public Cemetery was raised, and suggestions were sought for where it should be situated. The idea met with great opposition from the community, particularly those who already had laid family and friends to rest in this quiet corner of the Collins’ property. Patrick Collins, the then owner of Snugborough, offered to hand over to trustee’s this piece of his own property. However as access was an issue, as well as the distance from the Woodside township, and the fact that this ground had never been consecrated, the motion was carried to select a piece of Crown Land and apply for it to be used as a new Cemetery. The plan never eventuated and in 1876 a Cemetery Trust was formed and the Collins’ Snugborough burial ground was given over to the public, and the clergymen of the various denominations were invited to consecrate the ground.
The first time I ever came out here was in 1989. The area was still open farmland, with just a single enormous pine tree growing in the middle of the Cemetery. Sometime around 2000 the pine tree was cut down as it was destroying the graves – the stump still remains. The pine could be clearly seen in the paddock when driving along Starlings Lane, however the surrounding farmland has now been put into hardwood plantations which has resulted in making this place even more secluded now.
Only around 9 marked graves remain out of the 70+ burials that took place here. Amongst the stone headstones, two wooden ‘headstones’ can also be found just down on the left side of the driveway, however time has worn away any wording or carvings that were originally there. I hope you enjoy your trip out to the Woodside Cemetery - a place that even some of the locals don’t know about.
Congratulations Nautilus7497 - FTF.
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