Rex our Geohound loves cemeteries, his favourite place for a walk.
This cache is placed well away from the grave area. Please be respectful of the cemetery.
Please replace as found and ensure well covered to ensure longevity.
This cemetery was laid out in the 1880s and has a lot of history to it, including the grave of the young Sanderson family. Mother Jessie was raising seven children, six boys and one girl, on her own, her husband having tired of domesticity and left for Western Australia. In Otober 1898, elder son John, about 16 years old at the time, had obtained a job at Nalang and was walking with his mother for company part of the way, to his first day at work. When she turned back homeward she discovered that his younger siblings, Allan 8 yrs old, Grace 15 yrs, Gordon 12 yrs and Lewis had been playing near a dam, when Allan decided to try to catch some ducks swimming on it. He got into trouble in the deep water and his sister Grace jumped in to try to save him, followed by brother Gordon. They all disappeared beneath the surface and Lewis ran for help. When help returned there was no sign of the three children. The dam was dragged and Grace was found with Allan held in her arms, but both had drowned before she could bring him to the surface.