Pegg's Watch Multi-Cache
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A 2 leg multi in a bushland setting with a great view at the
finish.
George Pegg migrated from Staffordshire in 1851 and arrived in
Queensland in 1860. In 1864/1865 he bought adjoining lots in
Moorooka and established his Mayfield property. The whole family
(they had seven children) was involved in farming there and they
built a house near the junction of Koala and Homestead Streets.
They grew sorghum, maize and vegetables and developed a dairy and
milk round. As the children grew and continued farming, more houses
were built on the land. George then expanded into the Rocklea area
and bought several properties there, until the drought of 1901,
broke him financially. He died soon after. The dairy closed in
1927, but the younger son continued the milk round. A section of
Toohey Mountain is known as Pegg’s Mountain, and the area was known
as Mayfield, after the Peggs farm. For
more history check this Link
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Nyy cbvagf ner haqre ebpxf. Ab arrq gb yvsg gurz.