Coal deposits were discovered.
Schooling commenced in a private home.
The Moorlands district has fielded many successful sporting teams, including football, netball, cricket, tennis, basketball, 8-ball and table tennis.
The Horseman’s Grave at Moorlands, beside the road, is a small fenced-off area, left undisturbed by the road makers when they were working on the highway. Local tradition gives several different stories about who lies beneath, although nobody knows for sure.
One explanation is that William Beecroft, a deserter from the army, drowned trying to swim his horse across the Murray at Morphett’s crossing (present day Wellington), the likelihood of anyone knowing the site of his grave is very remote.
Another explanation comes from Lindsay Gordon Lang, of Naracoorte, who claimed that the grave was that of his great uncle Archi Vincent who died around 1854. A stockman, Archi broke his neck when thrown from his horse while helping pioneer poet, Adam Lindsay Gordon transport a prisoner from Mount Gambier to Adelaide.
Visit the listed waypoints to collect your clues, all the relevant information can be obtained from the sign and plaque.
At the starting co ords read the sign to find the clues:
A = What year was “Moorlands Station taken up in”? XXAX
B = Coal deposits were discovered, how many men were employed? XB
C = River Murray water became available in? XXXC
At WP2 read the plaque to find the clues:
How many words in the second line? = D
Using the date line add first digit with the fourth digit = E
How many horseshoes on the memorial? = F
Cache is located at S35° 17.ABC E139° 38.DEF