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Memorial Cairns of Gundagai consists of three historic cairns that commemorate important sites and events connected to Gundagai's early history and the devastating Great Flood of 1852. The first is the Rose Inn Cairn, located on the Gundagai Golf Course along Middleton Drive. This cairn commemorates the public house built by Thomas Lindley, which formed part of the original township of Old Gundagai before it was destroyed in the 1852 flood. The second cairn stands within the River Caravan Park and marks the journeys of several notable explorers who passed near Gundagai on their way to Port Phillip Bay, including Hamilton Hume, William Hovell, Charles Sturt, and Edward John Eyre. The site is also recognised as the location where Sturt first crossed the Murrumbidgee River. The third cairn is situated on O. I. Bell Drive at Gundagai Common. It marks the site of the National School, which was swept away in the Great Flood of 1852. Tragically, the disaster claimed the lives of the school's master and mistress, their five children, and many other townspeople. Together, these memorial cairns preserve the stories of Gundagai's pioneering past, its explorers, and the resilience of the community in the face of tragedy.