Murrumbidgee Inn Cairn

Address: Middleton Drive, Gundagai

This Cairn was donated by the Lindley Family in memory of family who perished at the Rose Inn during the Great Flood of 1852. The Rose Inn site was later found to the north-northwest of this location on the other side of Middleton Drive.

This is in fact the site of the first public house, the Murrumbidgee Inn. The Murrumbidgee Inn was the first building to be erected in Gundagai. Major Joseph Andrews, a retired army man who established his inn at Stuckey's Ford - the main crossing of the Murrumbidgee River to Gundagai.

At the time of the 1852 flood, the Murrumbidgee Cottage Inn was licensed to Gerard Hemphill. Hemphill, his wife Anne and four of their five children Jane, Rebecca, James and Ann all lost their lives in the flood; another son, John, was rescued from a tree near the Inn. The Inn, its stables and outbuildings were all destroyed in the flood.

Please note: The Murrumbidgee Inn Cairn is located on the Gundagai Golf Course and can be viewed from the footpath of Middleton Drive.