Family plot Traditional Cache
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Ngaambul - Matt
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Mannus was actually a very large station owned by the McMicking family in 1856. The cememtery shows how often the famiy travelled = clearly ther was no short of adventurous spirit.
The McMicking family graves are located 1 kilometre for the crossroads at Mannus. They are the only surviving link with a very good and very involved man who came to Tumbarumba
In 1856 Robert McMicking came to Mannus Station, where he stayed until he died in 1908. During the intervening fifty two years he dominated the affairs of the community and did much to improve the facilities in the district. However he was very much an establishment figure, and his role against the shearers in the great strikes of the 1890's saw him hated and reviled by many of the working class community.
McMicking came from Aberdeen University where he was regarded as an expert on trade relations with the Philippines before he settled in Australia.
At Mannus he established a system of share farming, developed a cheese factory, established a racecourse and picnic races, encouraged Aussie Rules football and established the Presbyterian Church in Tumbarumba in 1884.
The small McMicking family cemetery is located on the ridge overlooking the Mannus Valley. The graves include those of family members who died overseas. The plaques and headstones tell the story of this interesting and one prominent family.
Local folklore has it that the McMicking family introduced St John’s Wort to the Mannus valley as they had been in the habit of using it for medicinal purposes. Whether this is true or not, I wouldn’t care to hazard a guess. Robert McMicking sounds much too serious and responsible a person to have done such a thing given thought that it spreads through the countryside with much enthusiasm.
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Pybfre gb gur ebnq guna gb gur Snzvyl Cybg
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