Australia's Oldest Locationless, Locationless, Locationless
By
Toriaz on 14-May-12. Waypoint GA4384
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| Proximity: | 161m |
Description
One of the first caches I found was called 'Australia's Oldest'. It's in the oldest christian cemetary in Australia, in Parramatta. There is another cache on the outskirts of Sydney at a building which claims to be the oldest church in Australia.
At the weekend I found a cache outstide a building claiming to be the oldest brewery in Australia. It struck me just how many different locations make a claim for being the oldest in Australia. Like pubs. Just how many pubs claim to be the oldest pub in Australia? There's the oldest building used as a pub, the oldest continuously licensed pub, the oldest pub with brewery, there's a seemingly endless list of pubs claiming to be the oldest.
This locationless is for anything which makes a claim at being the oldest in Australia. It doesn't matter what it is they are claiming to be the oldest of, or that some other location makes the same claim (churches and pubs both seem to have multiple claimants for the title 'oldest' in their category). They just have some claim to the title.
To log a find, attach a photo of the location which shows the basis for the claim. It might be a plaque, it might be an information board. If your location doesn't have either of these, add a photograph the location & provide a link to a site which sets out their claim for being the oldest. Don't forget to add the coordinates, the town/suburb and the name of the location or building.
Each oldest location can be logged only once, but each cacher can log as many different locations as they like.
Logs
NTCA Ground, Racecourse Cres, Launceston, Tasmania
The North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, better known as the NTCA Ground, is the oldest first-class cricket ground in Australia. It is a multi-use sports venue situated in Launceston, Australia. In 1851, the ground hosted Australia's first intercolonial and initial first class cricket match. It is currently used mostly for club cricket matches and has a capacity of under 10,000.
ref https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTCA_Ground
Logging for nthe Cacheopoly Game.
The North Tasmania Cricket Association Ground, better known as the NTCA Ground, is the oldest first-class cricket ground in Australia. It is a multi-use sports venue situated in Launceston, Australia. In 1851, the ground hosted Australia's first intercolonial and initial first class cricket match. It is currently used mostly for club cricket matches and has a capacity of under 10,000.
ref https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/NTCA_Ground
Logging for nthe Cacheopoly Game.
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The Ratho Farm Golf Links were first laid out and enjoyed by the pioneering Reid family, who emigrated from Scotland and settled Ratho in 1822. It is Australia’s oldest golf course, and the oldest remaining outside of Scotland.
The Ratho Golf Links is a time capsule, among the best preserved of all the world’s early golf courses. Its most apparent uniqueness is the sheep, which graze and keep the playing areas short, with fences to keep them from the square greens.
At first glance, this appears to be little more than a backwards blend of farming and recreation outside a small country town. And so it is, but so golf began.
The significance of the Ratho Golf Links becomes apparent when studying early golf, which evolved on the east coast of Scotland. Musselburgh, Leith, Elie, Aberdeen, and Dornoch are but a few of the communities where the game evolved on the sandy ‘links’ land. They are also towns from where Bothwell’s first settlers were drawn.
The Ratho Golf Links is a time capsule, among the best preserved of all the world’s early golf courses. Its most apparent uniqueness is the sheep, which graze and keep the playing areas short, with fences to keep them from the square greens.
At first glance, this appears to be little more than a backwards blend of farming and recreation outside a small country town. And so it is, but so golf began.
The significance of the Ratho Golf Links becomes apparent when studying early golf, which evolved on the east coast of Scotland. Musselburgh, Leith, Elie, Aberdeen, and Dornoch are but a few of the communities where the game evolved on the sandy ‘links’ land. They are also towns from where Bothwell’s first settlers were drawn.
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S41 25.584 E147 06.748 DUCK REACH POWER STATION LAUNCESTON TASMANIA
Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly owned hydro-electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere, and provided city of Launceston with hydro-electric power from its construction in 1895 to its closure in 1955.
Duck Reach Power Station was the first publicly owned hydro-electric plant in the Southern Hemisphere, and provided city of Launceston with hydro-electric power from its construction in 1895 to its closure in 1955.
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S41 25.927 E147 08.666 NAPOLEON PEAR TREE LAUNCESTON CITY PARK
Launceston City Park’s famous Napoleon pear tree is probably well over 150 years old but still blossoms magnificently each spring, even occasionally producing a woody pear or two.
In 1924, one Launceston newspaper alleged that in a particular bumper year, the tree - reputed at that time to be the ‘oldest pear tree in the Commonwealth’ - produced more than 70 bushels of the juicy dessert fruit.
These days it is probably nearing the end of its life, but a cutting planted nearby provides hope of continuity.
The tree sits in a position that was once part of the garden of old Government Cottage.
Claims as to when it was planted vary between 1827 and 1847.
In 1897, Ernest Whitfeld reported in The Examiner that of the ‘fine fruit trees’ once in the Government Cottage gardens, only one tree remains, … the large pear tree below the Russian cannon’.
However, Whitfeld’s assertion that the tree was planted in 1827 by the Royal Society does not bear scrutiny, as the society was not established in Tasmania until 1843.
As well, there are doubts that this particular pear species had been introduced to Tasmania by such an early date.
The brass plate currently beneath the tree notes a planting date of 1847, but the source of this information (and when the plate was placed there) is unclear.
In 1960, an article in the The Examiner quotes Mrs Reynolds of Victoria, claiming that the tree was planted in 1834 by her great uncle, Hugh Anderson, a surgeon who lived in Launceston between 1834 and 1837.
His hobby was horticulture, particularly adapting plants from his native Scotland to the conditions of Van Diemen’s Land.
He could well have imported pear tree cuttings or saplings, given that the Napoleon variety of pear, first raised in Belgium in 1808, had been established in Britain since about 1816.
There is at least one other claimant.
Descendants of convict gardener James Jones (1811-1882), of whom the author is one, have long believed that their ancestor planted the tree some time around the mid-1830s, when he was assigned to Launceston identity and businessman, Mr George Whitcomb.
Thank you for the cache.
Launceston City Park’s famous Napoleon pear tree is probably well over 150 years old but still blossoms magnificently each spring, even occasionally producing a woody pear or two.
In 1924, one Launceston newspaper alleged that in a particular bumper year, the tree - reputed at that time to be the ‘oldest pear tree in the Commonwealth’ - produced more than 70 bushels of the juicy dessert fruit.
These days it is probably nearing the end of its life, but a cutting planted nearby provides hope of continuity.
The tree sits in a position that was once part of the garden of old Government Cottage.
Claims as to when it was planted vary between 1827 and 1847.
In 1897, Ernest Whitfeld reported in The Examiner that of the ‘fine fruit trees’ once in the Government Cottage gardens, only one tree remains, … the large pear tree below the Russian cannon’.
However, Whitfeld’s assertion that the tree was planted in 1827 by the Royal Society does not bear scrutiny, as the society was not established in Tasmania until 1843.
As well, there are doubts that this particular pear species had been introduced to Tasmania by such an early date.
The brass plate currently beneath the tree notes a planting date of 1847, but the source of this information (and when the plate was placed there) is unclear.
In 1960, an article in the The Examiner quotes Mrs Reynolds of Victoria, claiming that the tree was planted in 1834 by her great uncle, Hugh Anderson, a surgeon who lived in Launceston between 1834 and 1837.
His hobby was horticulture, particularly adapting plants from his native Scotland to the conditions of Van Diemen’s Land.
He could well have imported pear tree cuttings or saplings, given that the Napoleon variety of pear, first raised in Belgium in 1808, had been established in Britain since about 1816.
There is at least one other claimant.
Descendants of convict gardener James Jones (1811-1882), of whom the author is one, have long believed that their ancestor planted the tree some time around the mid-1830s, when he was assigned to Launceston identity and businessman, Mr George Whitcomb.
Thank you for the cache.
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St Mary's Church in Busselton claims to be the oldest stone church in Western Australia.
http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1605219822361~357&locale=en_US&metadata_object_ratio=10&show_metadata=true&VIEWER_URL=/view/a
opposite S 33° 39.138 E 115° 20.693
Thanks for the Locationless cache
http://digital.slv.vic.gov.au/view/action/singleViewer.do?dvs=1605219822361~357&locale=en_US&metadata_object_ratio=10&show_metadata=true&VIEWER_URL=/view/a
opposite S 33° 39.138 E 115° 20.693
Thanks for the Locationless cache
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Australia’s oldest country telephone exchange.
Maryborough, Queensland.
Opened in 1882 and was located on the first floor of the Post Office. It had 32 subscribers.
While in Maryborough last week we saw the mural on the exhange and the information plaque nearby.
Maryborough, Queensland.
Opened in 1882 and was located on the first floor of the Post Office. It had 32 subscribers.
While in Maryborough last week we saw the mural on the exhange and the information plaque nearby.
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Stopped to get the welcome to York sign cache and spotted this on the town sign:
YORK Founded in 1831 this is the oldest inland town in Western Australia.
What a great little town too. Wish we had longer to spend here.
S31 53.753 E116 45.404
Thanks.
YORK Founded in 1831 this is the oldest inland town in Western Australia.
What a great little town too. Wish we had longer to spend here.
S31 53.753 E116 45.404
Thanks.
Atop Mount George in Tasmania is this sign that lays claim to George Town Tasmania being Australia's oldest town. Picture attached.
Most google searches seem to list it 3rd, but hey, what's a few years between friends. Thanks Toriaz for organising the cache
Most google searches seem to list it 3rd, but hey, what's a few years between friends. Thanks Toriaz for organising the cache
The St John Catholic Church located in Richmond in Tasmania. Established in 1836, is apparently Australia's oldest existing Catholic Church'. Lovely old sandstone church.. thanks..!!
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The Oldest Wisteria in Australia.. apparently..??
Located in Launceston's City Park in Northern Tasmania.. thanks..!!
Located in Launceston's City Park in Northern Tasmania.. thanks..!!
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Electric street lighting
The first electric street lighting in Australia started in Tamworth NSW.
Four 3,000 candlepower arc lights were erected on 9th November 1888. They must have decided the oval needed them more than the main street and the replicas can be seen here.
TFTC Toriaz
The first electric street lighting in Australia started in Tamworth NSW.
Four 3,000 candlepower arc lights were erected on 9th November 1888. They must have decided the oval needed them more than the main street and the replicas can be seen here.TFTC Toriaz
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The Hope and Anchor Tavern - the oldest hotel established in Australia.
This old hotel is on the corner Macquarie Street and Market Place in Hobart. It was built in 1807 and is still operating as a pub today.
Thanks Toriaz.
This old hotel is on the corner Macquarie Street and Market Place in Hobart. It was built in 1807 and is still operating as a pub today.
Thanks Toriaz.
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Richmond Gaol, Tasmania
Built in 1825, the Richmond Gaol is the oldest intact gaol in Australia. The gaol predates the establishment of the penal colony at Port Arthur in 1833.
http://www.richmondgaol.com.au/
Thanks Toriaz.
Built in 1825, the Richmond Gaol is the oldest intact gaol in Australia. The gaol predates the establishment of the penal colony at Port Arthur in 1833.
http://www.richmondgaol.com.au/
Thanks Toriaz.
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Called into Hahndorf and had lunch in this gorgeous town and spotted this sign - Australia oldest German town ....
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S18 12.077 E142 14.637
The oldest store in Australia - Sircom Street, Croydon, Queensland.
Came across this store today and thought it might be an interesting one to add to this collection. Thanks.
The oldest store in Australia - Sircom Street, Croydon, Queensland.
Came across this store today and thought it might be an interesting one to add to this collection. Thanks.
GCA 830 - 7513. Found during a run around the Bathurst region with Sol de Lune.
Sofala - the Oldest (Surviving) Gold Town in Australia !!
TFTC !!
Sofala - the Oldest (Surviving) Gold Town in Australia !!
TFTC !!
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Gayndah Queensland is the oldest official town in Queensland. Reference University of Queensland http://queenslandplaces.com.au/gayndah.
The Gayndah district was settled as a part of the great pastoral expansion of the late 1840's, and Archers Lookout near the Gayndah high school marks a hill memorialised as the place where Thomas Archer surveyed the Burnett Valley. Gayndah was gazetted as a town in 1852. From the Australian Handbook (1903) Gayndah a small municipal township proclaimed November 28 1866.
and
Gayndah Qld the oldest official town in Queensland. http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayndah.
Gayndah is located on the Burnett River in Queensland. It is 366 kilometres from Brisbane and 145Klm west of the regional city of Maryborough. Population approximately 1700. Exploration of the Gayndah area began in 1843. the first settlers arrived in 1848. Gayndah was considered for the capital of Queensland, but lost to Brisbane because the river was not deep enough, making it impossible for large cargo ships to unload. Gayndah is the oldest official town in Queensland with the explorers Archer and Charles Burnett establishing it in 1847.
The Gayndah district was settled as a part of the great pastoral expansion of the late 1840's, and Archers Lookout near the Gayndah high school marks a hill memorialised as the place where Thomas Archer surveyed the Burnett Valley. Gayndah was gazetted as a town in 1852. From the Australian Handbook (1903) Gayndah a small municipal township proclaimed November 28 1866.
and
Gayndah Qld the oldest official town in Queensland. http:/en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gayndah.
Gayndah is located on the Burnett River in Queensland. It is 366 kilometres from Brisbane and 145Klm west of the regional city of Maryborough. Population approximately 1700. Exploration of the Gayndah area began in 1843. the first settlers arrived in 1848. Gayndah was considered for the capital of Queensland, but lost to Brisbane because the river was not deep enough, making it impossible for large cargo ships to unload. Gayndah is the oldest official town in Queensland with the explorers Archer and Charles Burnett establishing it in 1847.
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Heading home from 'The Rats' Event in Shellharbour and notice this place in Berrima....
The Surveyor General Inn.....Australia's Oldest Continuously Licensed Inn.....22 Old Hume Highway Berrima.
Grabbed a photo on the off chance that it hadn't been claimed for this locationless, but as Berrima is popular little spot and I thought another cacher would have cleaned this one up. But, alas not.
Thanks for the locationless.....and the next tiem I go through Berrima, I'll make sure I make time to check the Inn out...
Thanks for the fun.....
The Surveyor General Inn.....Australia's Oldest Continuously Licensed Inn.....22 Old Hume Highway Berrima.
Grabbed a photo on the off chance that it hadn't been claimed for this locationless, but as Berrima is popular little spot and I thought another cacher would have cleaned this one up. But, alas not.
Thanks for the locationless.....and the next tiem I go through Berrima, I'll make sure I make time to check the Inn out...
Thanks for the fun.....
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Mandurah Estuary Bridge , constructed in 1985-86 and is the first incrementally launched box girder bridge built in Australia
The sections of the bridge were built on the approaches and pushed out over the Estuary using hydraulic jacks til it reached the opposite bank.
Examples of this type of bridge construction can be found on Google and there is a cache GC31HFK under the bridge on the walkway
The sections of the bridge were built on the approaches and pushed out over the Estuary using hydraulic jacks til it reached the opposite bank.
Examples of this type of bridge construction can be found on Google and there is a cache GC31HFK under the bridge on the walkway
Hi Toriaz
Vincents Creek Bridge was the first composite beam bridge in Australia. The bridge is located on Proctors Road, Kingston, Tasmania.
The details of the bridge are as follows:
VINCENTS RIVULET BRIDGE
Location: On Proctors Road
about 9 km south of Hobart.
Owner: Dept of Infrastructure,
Energy & Resources.
The plaque is located beside the
road at the southern end of the
bridge.
Composite action
When the bridge is loaded, the
effect of joining the concrete deck
to the underlying steel girders is
to develop a compressive stress
in the concrete and a
corresponding tensile stress to
the girders.
This makes better use of the
strengths of those materials.
The bridge
The single lane trial bridge had a 10.4 m span and 3.6 m width.
When the bridge was tested with a loaded truck, the measured deflections, as predicted, were much
smaller than for a non-composite beam bridge in which the concrete and steel carry the load
independently.
Sir Allan Knight (1910-1998)
Allan Knight modelled and proved his composite
beam theory while a demonstrator at the University
of Tasmania under Professor Alan Burn.
He joined the Public Works Department, designed
the test bridge and went on to design the Leven
River Bridge at Ulverstone with seven spans of
18.6 metres using this method.
He was Chief Engineer of the PWD for 10 years and
Commissioner of the Hydro-Electric Commission for
30 years, overseeing rapid expansion of the
electricity system in Tasmania.
For this feat, the bridge was awarded an Historical Engineering Marker which reads:
HISTORIC ENGINEERING
MARKER
Vincents Rivulet Bridge
This was the first composite beam bridge in Australia. The
bridge was designed by Allan W Knight and built by the
Public Works Department in 1932. Load testing of the
bridge confirmed his theory that the concrete deck and steel
girders would carry a much heavier load if rigidly joined
together. The method was then adopted for much larger
bridges both in Tasmania and in other states, with
significant cost savings.
Dedicated by The Institution of Engineers, Australia 1999
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
Vincents Creek Bridge was the first composite beam bridge in Australia. The bridge is located on Proctors Road, Kingston, Tasmania.
The details of the bridge are as follows:
VINCENTS RIVULET BRIDGE
Location: On Proctors Road
about 9 km south of Hobart.
Owner: Dept of Infrastructure,
Energy & Resources.
The plaque is located beside the
road at the southern end of the
bridge.
Composite action
When the bridge is loaded, the
effect of joining the concrete deck
to the underlying steel girders is
to develop a compressive stress
in the concrete and a
corresponding tensile stress to
the girders.
This makes better use of the
strengths of those materials.
The bridge
The single lane trial bridge had a 10.4 m span and 3.6 m width.
When the bridge was tested with a loaded truck, the measured deflections, as predicted, were much
smaller than for a non-composite beam bridge in which the concrete and steel carry the load
independently.
Sir Allan Knight (1910-1998)
Allan Knight modelled and proved his composite
beam theory while a demonstrator at the University
of Tasmania under Professor Alan Burn.
He joined the Public Works Department, designed
the test bridge and went on to design the Leven
River Bridge at Ulverstone with seven spans of
18.6 metres using this method.
He was Chief Engineer of the PWD for 10 years and
Commissioner of the Hydro-Electric Commission for
30 years, overseeing rapid expansion of the
electricity system in Tasmania.
For this feat, the bridge was awarded an Historical Engineering Marker which reads:
HISTORIC ENGINEERING
MARKER
Vincents Rivulet Bridge
This was the first composite beam bridge in Australia. The
bridge was designed by Allan W Knight and built by the
Public Works Department in 1932. Load testing of the
bridge confirmed his theory that the concrete deck and steel
girders would carry a much heavier load if rigidly joined
together. The method was then adopted for much larger
bridges both in Tasmania and in other states, with
significant cost savings.
Dedicated by The Institution of Engineers, Australia 1999
TFTC and cheers
OldSaint.
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Christ College is listed on the University of Tasmania website (http://www.accommodation.utas.edu.au/sandy-bay/christ-college/) as “the oldest tertiary foundation in Australia, dating back to 1846”.
Christ College is also listed in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_College_(University_of_Tasmania)) as “the oldest tertiary institution in Australia”.
Christ College was opened in Bishopsbourne (northern part of Tasmania) by the Church of England on 1 October 1846 with the intention that it would be an Oxbridge style college providing the basis for university education in Tasmania. Poor economic times led to the closure of the college in 1856 and it was reopened as a Matriculation High School and relocated to Hobart in 1879. In 1892 there was a move to restructure Christ College into the University of Tasmania but this was opposed by other denominations fearing that the new tertiary institution would be Anglican. Christ College again closed as the University of Tasmania was established on the same site but it reopened in 1911 as the Matriculation section of the Hutchins School (Anglican). In 1929 Christ College expanded to include theological students and in 1933 was formally affiliated with the University of Tasmania as it’s first residential college. When the University of Tasmania moved to it’s current Sandy Bay site in the 1960s, Christ College followed. In 1991 the ownership and management of Christ College was passed to the University of Tasmania with the binding stipulation for the continuation of the College “in the full integrity of its Anglican traditions and heritage”. In 1996 Christ College celebrated it’s sesquicentenary.
Whilst Christ College has not existed continuously from 1846, it has continuous links through the Anglican Church back to that date. Hence Christ College is claimed to be the oldest tertiary foundation or institution in Australia.
The photo added to the Gallery is of the current entrance to Christ College at the Sandy Bay campus of the University of Tasmania.
Christ College is also listed in Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_College_(University_of_Tasmania)) as “the oldest tertiary institution in Australia”.
Christ College was opened in Bishopsbourne (northern part of Tasmania) by the Church of England on 1 October 1846 with the intention that it would be an Oxbridge style college providing the basis for university education in Tasmania. Poor economic times led to the closure of the college in 1856 and it was reopened as a Matriculation High School and relocated to Hobart in 1879. In 1892 there was a move to restructure Christ College into the University of Tasmania but this was opposed by other denominations fearing that the new tertiary institution would be Anglican. Christ College again closed as the University of Tasmania was established on the same site but it reopened in 1911 as the Matriculation section of the Hutchins School (Anglican). In 1929 Christ College expanded to include theological students and in 1933 was formally affiliated with the University of Tasmania as it’s first residential college. When the University of Tasmania moved to it’s current Sandy Bay site in the 1960s, Christ College followed. In 1991 the ownership and management of Christ College was passed to the University of Tasmania with the binding stipulation for the continuation of the College “in the full integrity of its Anglican traditions and heritage”. In 1996 Christ College celebrated it’s sesquicentenary.
Whilst Christ College has not existed continuously from 1846, it has continuous links through the Anglican Church back to that date. Hence Christ College is claimed to be the oldest tertiary foundation or institution in Australia.
The photo added to the Gallery is of the current entrance to Christ College at the Sandy Bay campus of the University of Tasmania.
Australia's Oldest Consecrated Synagogue. This building in Argyle Street Hobart was consecrated in 1845 and has been recognized as the oldest example in Australia. Thanks for the cache
Spotted this old engine, with a Historical Engineering plaque attached, outside the Skills Institute (TAFE) building in Campbell Street in Hobart. The plaque says that this McNaught Beam Engine is the oldest in the world, therefore it must also be the oldest in Australia.
Disputed by a few, but generally recognised as the oldest in Australia is "The Fortune of War" in the Rocks, Sydney. Operating since 1828, the actual building is from more than a centruy later, but the license for the name and location supposedly has never waned despite the venue being rebuilt. The Lord Nelson around the corner disputes this claim as their building dates from 1841... but was not built as a pub, it was a home first then converted. As neither side can prove it entirely one (The Fortune) claims "Oldest Pub", while the other (The Nelson) "Oldest Hotel". Cant believe this one hasnt been added to this collection... so today I made sure I got a snap!
PS - Yes the sign says "Sydney's" not "Australia's" on the front, but as the oldest settlement... well, you go figure
All the records refer to it nationally 
PS - Yes the sign says "Sydney's" not "Australia's" on the front, but as the oldest settlement... well, you go figure
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The site of Australia's first canal.
This was the first canal built in Australia. An information sign nearby states: "On 21 June 1822 Alexander Berry attempted to land the dinghy from his 15 ton cutter The Blanche at Shoalhaven Heads. Two men drowned including Thomas Davidson, who together with Berry & Hamilton Hume had previously ascended Pigeon House Mountain.
Berry then sailed up the Crookhaven River but was stopped by a sand spit from entering the Shoalhaven River. Four days later Hamilton Hume & three others were left at the isthmus to cut a passage using only hand tools. The canal, 209 yards long, took 12 days to complete. Erosion & river flows have widened & deepened the canal & today it is the natural passage to the sea of the Shoalhaven River".
I have a GCA cache hidden adjacent to the canal & a GC cache hidden away a bit on the other side. A ferry takes you across the canal at a cost of $5 return.
This was the first canal built in Australia. An information sign nearby states: "On 21 June 1822 Alexander Berry attempted to land the dinghy from his 15 ton cutter The Blanche at Shoalhaven Heads. Two men drowned including Thomas Davidson, who together with Berry & Hamilton Hume had previously ascended Pigeon House Mountain.
Berry then sailed up the Crookhaven River but was stopped by a sand spit from entering the Shoalhaven River. Four days later Hamilton Hume & three others were left at the isthmus to cut a passage using only hand tools. The canal, 209 yards long, took 12 days to complete. Erosion & river flows have widened & deepened the canal & today it is the natural passage to the sea of the Shoalhaven River".
I have a GCA cache hidden adjacent to the canal & a GC cache hidden away a bit on the other side. A ferry takes you across the canal at a cost of $5 return.
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Morgan & Wacker Motorcycles was established 1917. On their website they state they are Australia's oldest motorcycle dealer for any brand of bike and the oldest Harley Davidson dealership outside the USA. http://www.morganandwacker.com.au/
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Hi Toriaz
This find is a little unusual but very, very true.
OldSaint is the "Old"est cannonised living "Saint" in Australia.
Therefore, is Australia's oldest OLDSAINT!
Cheers from Me.
This find is a little unusual but very, very true.
OldSaint is the "Old"est cannonised living "Saint" in Australia.
Therefore, is Australia's oldest OLDSAINT!
Cheers from Me.
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Therefore the oldest. Like the cache owner I am always intrgiued when I see these signs as I am not always sure who measured or checked.
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AUSTRALIAS OLDEST CATHOLIC CHURCH
St Johns the Evangelist
I have a grave picked out and paid for here... when I fill it my headstone is going to say 'Here lies red tag.. the oldest cacher in the graveyard of the oldest church in Australia'
Thanks for the cache Toriaz
St Johns the Evangelist
I have a grave picked out and paid for here... when I fill it my headstone is going to say 'Here lies red tag.. the oldest cacher in the graveyard of the oldest church in Australia'
Thanks for the cache Toriaz
Richmond Bridge in Tasmania is acknowledged as Australias Oldest Bridge, building was completed in 1825.
The Back Creek Bore near Jericho in Central Queensland claims to be the first Artesian Water in Australia - struck on the Great Artesian Basin in early 1886. Visited this site to claim a GC cache and was delighted to find this sign. I think it is fitting that Doodle Bug Oz should claim a smiley for a water devining process! 
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Pymont Bridge. First Electic Powered Swing arm Bridge.
On our Visit over East in Jan 2012 we were wandering aroung Darling Harbour and i came across this plaque. At the time i didnt know how exactly i could use this pic but here we are, i found this use.
On our Visit over East in Jan 2012 we were wandering aroung Darling Harbour and i came across this plaque. At the time i didnt know how exactly i could use this pic but here we are, i found this use.
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The Theatre Royal in Hobart is the oldest theatre in Australia. It opened in 1837 and is still operating. Information on the history is available at www.theatreroyal.com.au
"In 1834 a consortium of Hobart Town’s business leaders was formed with the aim of establishing a permanent theatre for the rapidly expanding colony. The theatre was designed by Peter Degraves, founder of Cascade, Australia’s oldest brewery, and has walls of convict-carved stone.
Built among the public houses, brothels, factories and tiny workers’ cottages of Wapping, the theatre opened in 1837.
It offered its original patrons entertainment ranging from music hall to cockfights and could even help to quench their thirsts at The Shades – a seedy tavern that operated beneath the auditorium with its own entrance into the theatre pit. Prostitutes, sailors and general riffraff would enter the pit with tankards full and create all sorts of drama of their own, much to the displeasure of the gentry in the boxes. During intervals, drunken prostitutes could be seen bounding across the seats making a bee-line for the conveniences.
Since January 1837 the Theatre Royal has been remodelled, refurbished and restored.
The addition of the gallery in the 1850s, new decoration to the auditorium in the 1890s are just a few of the contributions that successive generations of Tasmanians have made to their theatre.
Saved from demolition several times – most notably in the late 1940s when Sir Laurence Olivier was among the many to leap to its defence – the theatre has withstood a disastrous fire, public criticism and the rigours of age.
June 1984 was a low point in the theatre’s history. A devastating fire destroyed much of the stage area and the front of the auditorium, and there was much smoke and water damage. A fundraising appeal was launched to raise the $1 million needed to carry out repairs. The money was raised and the theatre underwent major reconstruction and refurbishment, reopening in March 1986."
"In 1834 a consortium of Hobart Town’s business leaders was formed with the aim of establishing a permanent theatre for the rapidly expanding colony. The theatre was designed by Peter Degraves, founder of Cascade, Australia’s oldest brewery, and has walls of convict-carved stone.
Built among the public houses, brothels, factories and tiny workers’ cottages of Wapping, the theatre opened in 1837.
It offered its original patrons entertainment ranging from music hall to cockfights and could even help to quench their thirsts at The Shades – a seedy tavern that operated beneath the auditorium with its own entrance into the theatre pit. Prostitutes, sailors and general riffraff would enter the pit with tankards full and create all sorts of drama of their own, much to the displeasure of the gentry in the boxes. During intervals, drunken prostitutes could be seen bounding across the seats making a bee-line for the conveniences.
Since January 1837 the Theatre Royal has been remodelled, refurbished and restored.
The addition of the gallery in the 1850s, new decoration to the auditorium in the 1890s are just a few of the contributions that successive generations of Tasmanians have made to their theatre.
Saved from demolition several times – most notably in the late 1940s when Sir Laurence Olivier was among the many to leap to its defence – the theatre has withstood a disastrous fire, public criticism and the rigours of age.
June 1984 was a low point in the theatre’s history. A devastating fire destroyed much of the stage area and the front of the auditorium, and there was much smoke and water damage. A fundraising appeal was launched to raise the $1 million needed to carry out repairs. The money was raised and the theatre underwent major reconstruction and refurbishment, reopening in March 1986."
Oldest Rock in Australia
'Primodial'
Western Australia
Mrs. pjmpjm, who is a crystal collection and mineral expert, says that the 'Primordial' type of rock is thought to be older than the 'Zebra Stone' variety. Both are from Western Australia. Fortunately (I guess), we have specimens of both in our Leura house! In any case, they're a lot older than I am . . .
Below I quote a Wikipedia explanation:
The oldest material of terrestrial origin that has been dated is a zircon mineral of 4,404 ± 8 Ma enclosed in a metamorphosed sandstone conglomerate in the Jack Hills of the Narryer Gneiss Terrane of Western Australia. The 4,404 ± 8 Ma zircon is a slight outlier, with the oldest consistently-dated zircon falling closer to 4.35 Ga.[6] This zircon is part of a population of zircons within the metamorphosed conglomerate, which is believed to have been deposited about 3060Ma, which is the age of the youngest detrital zircon in the rock.
'Primodial'
Western Australia
Mrs. pjmpjm, who is a crystal collection and mineral expert, says that the 'Primordial' type of rock is thought to be older than the 'Zebra Stone' variety. Both are from Western Australia. Fortunately (I guess), we have specimens of both in our Leura house! In any case, they're a lot older than I am . . .
Below I quote a Wikipedia explanation:
The oldest material of terrestrial origin that has been dated is a zircon mineral of 4,404 ± 8 Ma enclosed in a metamorphosed sandstone conglomerate in the Jack Hills of the Narryer Gneiss Terrane of Western Australia. The 4,404 ± 8 Ma zircon is a slight outlier, with the oldest consistently-dated zircon falling closer to 4.35 Ga.[6] This zircon is part of a population of zircons within the metamorphosed conglomerate, which is believed to have been deposited about 3060Ma, which is the age of the youngest detrital zircon in the rock.
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Ballarat Fine Art Gallery in Ballarat, Victoria is claimed to be Australia's Oldest Regional Gallery. We have included a photo of the website with the claim highlighted.
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ha ha perhaps if some friends who visited Tassie are correct, then we here will have a more difficult time finding loggable places...they found it amusing that Tassie advertised so many tourist locations as the "second oldest" or "third biggest"etc! We shall see...
www.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/welcome_to_bgt/royal_botanic_gardens/history
This was where I worked when I first arrived in Sydney in early 1973.
I was delighted with my new job at the Royal Botanic Gardens, and on day one I was assigned to clean the paths (with a large old fashioned broom) right beside the 'First Farm' sign!
Now I realise that there's also an old trig here . . .
Great idea for a Locationless . . .
This was where I worked when I first arrived in Sydney in early 1973.
I was delighted with my new job at the Royal Botanic Gardens, and on day one I was assigned to clean the paths (with a large old fashioned broom) right beside the 'First Farm' sign!
Now I realise that there's also an old trig here . . .
Great idea for a Locationless . . .
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The Richmond Bridge in Richmond (not far from Hobart) Tasmania has long been recognised as Australia's oldest bridge. Indeed it's even carved in stone in the wall. Have logged this as a locationless for 'Bridges' and for the National Engineering Mark as well.
This does pre-date publication of course but I am not trying to claim FTF. It doesn't say you can't pre-date in the description so I hope it's okay.
This does pre-date publication of course but I am not trying to claim FTF. It doesn't say you can't pre-date in the description so I hope it's okay.
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Although not as old as some of the other logs for this cache, the Batman Bridge, crossing the Tamar River in Northern Tasmania was Australia's first cable-stayed bridge, built in the late 1960s.
From Wikipedia:
"Built between 1966 and 1968, it was the first cable-stayed bridge in Australia and among the first such bridges in the world. The main span is 206 metres (676 ft) long, suspended from a 91 metres (299 ft) high steel A-frame tower. The deck is 10.3 metres (34 ft) wide. The tower is constructed on the west bank of the Tamar river, on a solid dolerite rock base which carries 78% of the weight of the main span. The length of the bridge is 432 metres between abutments.[2] The east bank is soft clay not capable of supporting a bridge. A causeway carries the highway across this softer base, supported by four piers built on piles driven up to 18 metres (59 ft) into the clay. The bridge deck is constructed of steel which is lighter than concrete, but required much more welding on site during construction."
From Wikipedia:
"Built between 1966 and 1968, it was the first cable-stayed bridge in Australia and among the first such bridges in the world. The main span is 206 metres (676 ft) long, suspended from a 91 metres (299 ft) high steel A-frame tower. The deck is 10.3 metres (34 ft) wide. The tower is constructed on the west bank of the Tamar river, on a solid dolerite rock base which carries 78% of the weight of the main span. The length of the bridge is 432 metres between abutments.[2] The east bank is soft clay not capable of supporting a bridge. A causeway carries the highway across this softer base, supported by four piers built on piles driven up to 18 metres (59 ft) into the clay. The bridge deck is constructed of steel which is lighter than concrete, but required much more welding on site during construction."
