Angus McMillan - 1840 - Bruthen, Vic, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 37° 42.498 E 147° 50.059
55H E 573540 N 5826221
This quite thin, 4 metre tall, cemented stone cairn commemorates the expedition of Angus McMillan (1810-1865) through the Gippsland region in 1840.
Waymark Code: WMWPZ4
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 09/29/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bluesnote
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From the Monuments Australia website, (visit link) this monument Cairn was dedicated, Tuesday, 5th April, 1927, by Sir James Barrett, the under-secretary for Lands.

The white marble plaque reads:
"Angus McMillan
Explorer
Passed here 14th April 1840
Unveiled 5th April 1927."

Born in Scotland in 1810, he emigrated to Sydney, Australia in 1838, where he soon got a job trying to find suitable and reliable pasture for Captain Lachlan Macalister.

Address: In front of the Bruthen Arts and Information Centre, Main Street.

Visited: 0900, Thursday, 12 May, 2016
Cairn Location: In front of the local Information Centre

Cairn Purpose: Trailhead Markers

Type if different from above list: Gippsland Exploration

Types of rock: Local broken metamorphic, or rose granite

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