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Lake Mac Heritage Series
How to get there: From Morisset, head towards Cooranbong along Martinsville Road, and turn left into Watagans Road. Continue uphill to Watagans Forest Road towards the series.
Road Use and Quality: The roads in the Watagan and Onley State parks are accessible by 2WD in dry conditions only. 4WD should be used at all other times. However, in some circumstances, the best way to approach these caches is on foot, especially on the narrower tracks. Common sense prevails!
The Lake Mac Heritage Series was placed to pay homage to the people, places and events that contributed to building and pioneering the Lake Macquarie region. The pick and shovel were chosen in this geoart series to symbolise the hard work the people of Lake Macquarie put forth into the region.
Morisset Cemetery
Morisset Cemetery - off Nentoura Road, Morisset is a small cemetery located in an isolated bushland setting. A general cemetery site was marked out in the first subdivision of land in 1888. It is not certain when the land was cleared and fenced off, however, there is mention in the Newcastle Morning Herald (16/5/1910) of a fence existing along the side of the cemetery. The first internments are thought to be Ernest Locchi aged 21 and Miss Mary Case aged 10, both accidently drowned at Dora Creek Monday 11th December 1911. The oldest existing headstone in the cemetery is dated 1911. This cemetery has an unusual small structure in the old Anglican section known historically as a "lych-gate." The word "lych-gate" refers to a covered area at the entrance to a cemetery where the casket awaits the clergy before proceeding into the cemetery for proper burial. Older sections of the cemetery are set aside in General, Catholic, Anglican, and Uniting (Presbyterian/Methodist) rows. An aerial view on Google Earth provides an indication of the large number of unmarked graves of patients from the Morisset Hospital buried throughout the eastern side of the cemetery. Lake Macquarie City Council unveiled a granite memorial wall on 30th November 2012 for the hundreds of former mental-health patients of Morisset Hospital who were buried in unmarked graves. Memorial plaques can be placed for families who wish to memorialise their relatives individually.
The puzzle
All historical and heritage information courtesy of Lake Mac Libraries
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*** The LMHS geoart was placed in conjunction with the OzGeoMuster 2018 mega event. The OzGeoMuster 2018 committee would like to thank the following people for their contribution to this series. ahomburg, day1976, sedgwickDave, The Morris, bobbiesgirl, and the_garbageman.***
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