Charles & Catherine Rundell - Dinner Plain, Vic, Australia
S 37° 01.667 E 147° 17.036
55H E 525253 N 5902008
Charles Edwin Rundell, and his wife are commemorated here by a bronze plaque on the side of the Great Alpine Road.
Waymark Code: WMWZ7X
Location: Victoria, Australia
Date Posted: 11/03/2017
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Charles Edwin Rundell, born in 1870, to Joshua Upcott Rundell (1829-1886) and Mary Ann (nee Brown: 1831-1877), in Axe Creek, Victoria, died in 1952 in Royal Park, Melbourne. [
Ancestry.com]
The plaque is mounted on a rough stone block beside the road to Dinner Plain at the locality of Flour Bag Plain. The plaque reads:
In memory of
Charles Edwin Rundell
1870-1952
and his wife
Catherine Amelia (Cousins)
1883-1969
Who established the
Alpine Lodge
on this site in 1904
The lodge provided meals and accommodation
and was also a change station for
coach horses
Destroyed by fire
19.11.1928
On the north side of the road there is a brown "Historical Marker" sign, pointing to the opposite side of Great Alpine Road.
Visited: 1558, Monday, 16 May, 2016