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Boundary Stone at Magazine Gap Road

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Submitted by Unknown user (not verified) on Fri, 2007-06-15 18:49
Some net friend had a trip a couple of days ago to check the 'Victoria City boundary stones'. He found that the one at Magazine Gap Road (the latest one found) had been removed. Any idea who did that? Or it was done by the government for conservation purpose?
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Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Wed, 2007-10-03 21:26.
SCMP with a half page report on 30th Sep.

Submitted by David on Thu, 2007-10-04 11:18.

Was there any new info of interest in that report?

MrB

Submitted by flickserve on Thu, 2007-10-04 11:37.
It reported all the other locations of stones that can be ripped up and out.

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Fri, 2007-10-05 21:26.
it was not the first time to report all the locations of the stones, no need worry.

Submitted by gweipo on Sat, 2007-10-06 10:04.
how ironical that letter from the government was - the gist of it was that if stuff is found on private property the authenticity is dubious and has to be verified by some special process that is different than if it were on public property?  sniff sniff, that scent of filthy lucre again.

Submitted by moddsey on Sat, 2010-03-20 18:47.

Walked past the site today. What is left is only a fading imprint on the stone wall of what was once the Boundary Stone. A new postbox has been erected.

Location of Magazine Gap Boundary Stone

Submitted by moddsey on Tue, 2010-11-16 06:46.

Noted the recent interest of finding a possible City of Victoria Boundary Stone at Rosaryhill School.

What about the one that was destroyed at Magazine Gap in 2007?

Surely by now after a lapse of 3 years, the AMO if it was indeed 'antiquity conscious' would have co-ordinated with the relevant Government department to erect a replica stone structure near where the original had been located and perhaps also at Causeway Bay where the eastern boundary ends!

Submitted by tngan on Tue, 2010-11-16 10:05.

Hi there,

Well, well, just checked the 1:1000 digital based map concerning the Magazine Gap City Boundary Stone.  As the stone had already been removed the map did not have an 'M' there.  It does have a green postbox icon, an 'L' for Light post, and an 'H' for Fire Hose nearby.

The digital maps are quite update. 

As for the Aberdeen Reservoir area that I have been browsing last night, they even have quite a few graves marked up.  Now I know why there are paths in leading down the slopes along the main footpath in some locations.

Best Regards,

T

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