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The cairn commemorates Major Thomas Mitchell who passed through the area in 1836. 

Memorials to mark the journeys of Major Mitchell through the shire oi Ararat are to be erected on the site of the camp at Pomonal, on the summit of Mount William (which the explorer named), and at Willaura and Buangor. They will be erected, in the coming autumn. 
Age (Melbourne), 4 February 1930.

 

Location

Address:Willaura - Wickliffe Road & Back Bolac Road, Willaura, 3379
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.589655
Long: 142.739968
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Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Exploration
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Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1930
Front Inscription
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Source: MA
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