On the Marion Historic Village Heritage Walk each historic site includes a tiled marker which is highlighted with a two-tone concrete ‘survey line’ crossing the footpath. The survey lines refer to the laying out of the village of Marion by Light Finniss & Co. Each survey line originates from Light Square, Marion, the site of the original survey peg.
The listed coordinates are for tile marker 1. You can start the walk at any of the 24 locations.
You will be collecting information of each marker. Follow the arrows on both the markers and forrtpaths. There are a few times where they can seem wrong but I think common sense should see you through.
You will be crossing roads so please take care.
For the purpose of this multi when counting lines include the title line. For example at marker 1 the last word on line 7 is death.
Marker 1 Annie Doolan's Cottage
A = the 4th word on line 4
school = 3
Sisters = 5
cottage = 8
Marker 2 St Ann's Church Bell
B = 5th word on line 6
Gawler = 1
Dublin = 4
Marion = 9
Marker 3 St Ann's Church
C= 4th word line 8
Martin = 1
Kelly = 2
John = 6
Stack = 8
Marker 4 Hersey Farmhouse
D = 6th word line 5
purchased = 3
continued = 5
established = 7
Marker 5 Finniss Street Bridge
E = 5th word line 3
timbers = 4
bridge = 5
riverbed = 6
Marker 6 Water Pump
F = 7th word line 4
pumped = 7
water = 8
crops = 9
Marker 7 The Foresters Friendly Society Hall
G = 4th word line 4
lodge = 3
room = 7
built = 8
Marker 8
Marker 8 Finnis Street
H = 1st word line 4
helped = 2
Street = 5
Finniss = 7
Marker 9 Western Family Well
I = 3rd word line 3
vineyards = 1
market = 7
gardens = 8
Marker 10 The Marion Inn
J = 2nd word line 5
Cobb = 6
& = 9
Co = 0
Marker 11 Sturt River
K = 7th word line 4
underground = 4
water = 5
supply = 7
Marker 12 General Store
L = 7th word line 3
bran = 1
pollard = 2
depot = 3
Marker 13 Almond Grove
M = 4th word line 9
blossom = 0
fairyland = 7
almond = 9
Marker 14 Light Square
At the time of writing the marker was not at Light Square' Instead find the tile cemented in the ground.
N = Which number is directlty above H. Nixon
117 = 1
118 = 5
82 = 6
Marker 15 George Street Reserve
O = 3rd word 3rd line
Boots = 6
Charles = 7
1898 = 8
Marker 16 Historic Cottage
P = 3rd word line 5
maker = 3
Seccafien = 6
market = 7
Marker 17 Early Settlers Cottage
Q = 4th word line 2
mud = 3
and = 6
straw = 9
Marker 18 Hersey Cottages
R = 4th word line 4
workmen = 1
remain = 4
today = 0
Marker 19 Thredgold's Birthing House
S = 8th word line 5
Marion = 1
Village = 2
Midwives = 3
Marker 20 Charlesworth Nuts
T = 1st word line 3
has = 4
been = 5
located = 6
Marker 21 John Shearing's Home (number appears to be missing)
U = 6th word line 3
house = 7
pug = 8
1914 = 9
Marker 22 Weslayen Chapel
V = 6th word line 3
Henry = 0
and = 1
Ann = 2
Marker 23 Police Station
W = 2nd word line 8
police = 3
station = 4
Darlington = 5
Marker 24 Shops On Finniss Street
X = 3rd word line 2
1927 = 6
Albert = 7
Ada = 8
The cache can be found at S 35 00.??? E 138 33.### where
??? = (A*B*C)+(D*E*F)-(G*H)-(I+J)+(K+L) and ### = (M*N)+(O*P)+(O-P)+(Q*R)+((S+T)*U)+(V+W+X)