The Mansfield Public Cemetery was established in 1870 and contains many graves of historical significance.
The first meeting of the Mansfield Cemetery Trust took place in 1870. In 1873, the weatherboard hut was built and the gates erected. The archway was added in 1914 and the toilet block was built in 1990.
Some of the trees in the cemetery were donated by Baron Von Mueller from the Melbourne Botanical Gardens in 1870.
A Golden Privet cutting was sent from the home town in Ireland of Sergeant Kennedy and was planted on his grave by a family member.
One of Mansfields first undertakers was Mr Kitto from Hunter Street. He later sold the business to Mr R. McLeish and then it went to Mr J. Thompson. The first hearse to replace the wagonette was supplied by Mr Thompson and was used in a funeral for the first time for the funeral of Mrs Ewen Tolmie.
The Lawn Section was established in 1964, the first burial was of William J. Redfern who was a Shire Councillor and actively promoted the preparation of the lawn section.
THE CACHE
The geocache container and log book can be found at a location determined by answering the following questions at various waypoints and solving the equation below.
A = The first digit of Michael Kennedy's age =
B = The number of letters in Sr. M. Columba's surname =
C = The month that Sr. M. Philomena died =
D = The sum of the digits in the day that John Elvins' died =
E = The sum of the two digits in Ewen Tolmie's age =
F = The number of letters in the location that Hugh Ross landed in =
G = The number of letters in Henry Kitchen's middle name =
H = The last digit in the year that Henry John Player departed this life =
J = The number of letters in the town in Ireland that Thomas Lonigan is from =
K = The second digit in the day that Michael Scanlan died =
L = The second last digit in the year that Thomas McMahon died =
M = The month that Samuel Reynolds died =
R = A + B =
S = C - D =
T = E - F - M =
X = G - H =
Y = K - J =
Z = L + M =
And the location is:
S37 03.RST E146 05.XYZ
Checksum S = 25 & E = 25
Good hunting!