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Ben Warby Cairn
Ben Warby Inscription

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A cairn commemorates Ben Warby, the first settler of North Gundagai in 1825. 

Ben Warby is recorded as having followed Hume and Hovell's tracks to the junction of the Murrumbidgee and Tumut Rivers and having taken up a pastoral lease of 19,200 acres at a rent of thirty-three pounds per annum. He called the property 'Minghee' later called 'Mingay'.
 

Location

Address:Hume Highway, Muttama Creek, access via Mingay Road, Mingay, 2722
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.973396
Long: 148.146935
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Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Settlement
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 22nd March, 1975
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Front Inscription

This Cairn Was Erected By The
Gundagai Historical Society Apex
Club And The Gundagai Shire Council
         In Memory Of
        BEN WARBY
North Gundagai's First Settler
Who Settled Here In 1825
Naming His Property Minghee
        Unveiled By
T.W.SHEAHAN B.A., L.L.B., M.L.A
                                            22-3-75

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Source: MA
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