Cawdor Cemetery
The cache is NOT at the listed coordinates.
The 3rd in a series of multi’s at local cemetery’s
The land on which Cawdor Uniting Church stands was once part of the Macarthur estates.
As early as 1804 there was a slab hut on this site for the use of the Government Herdsman, whose job it was to watch over the Colony's herd of wild cattle. The herd had built up from the few cattle that had strayed in 1788 and were discovered in 1795 by a party led by Governor Hunter.
In 1819 a house was built for the stock superintendent with room to accommodate Governor Macquarie on his southbound journeys. The site of this house was in front of and to the left of the present church.
The first church was built here in 1850 with the first burials in the cemetery taking place c.1853. The church as it appears today is the result of rebuilding the original church and dates c.1880.
In 1855 the Cawdor Wesleyan Trust received 1 acre 19 perches from James and William Macarthur.
The cemetery is of considerable historical value in the Camden area with many families in the district having their ancestors buried there . Located on Cawdor Rd, Cawdor, just 4km from Camden on the old road to Melbourne via the Razorback Range.
The cache is a small bison tube located nearby . From the starting point obtain the following from the first 3 rows of headstones. A visit to the outside of the church and surrounds can be then done.
S 34 5. (A+3)(B+1) E 150 40.C(D+3)
Where:
A= Number of years between the death of Thomas Morton Loomes and the death of Hazel Ellis Loomes
B= Number of letters in the middle name of Sarah Smart
C= Date in October that Ronald Kelloway died
D= Year Minnie Kelloway died 19??
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