Guilderton - The Lookout Traditional Geocache
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Boasting a wonderful view of the Moore River mouth, the lookout also offers references to the location of several maritime wrecks.
The township at the mouth of the Moore River was formally gazetted in 1951. The historian Henrietta Drake-Brockman recommended that it be named Guilderton in honour of the 'Gilt Dragon' and the thousands of guilders worth of silver coins it was carrying. While the wreck had not yet been discovered, there was already speculation that it was somewhere in the vicinity, as in 1931 a young boy who was playing in some sandhills uncovered about 40 Dutch coins. They were all dated between 1619 and 1655, indicating that they could have been from the Vergulde Draeck, given that it was wrecked in 1656. Another thirty-two years went by before the wreck was found.
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