Gold Escort Route Monument

This stone monument commemorates a series of 19th century police escorts which transported several hundred thousand ounces of gold from Mt Alexander to Adelaide between March 1852 and December 1853. This is one of many such monuments along the historical gold escort route between Mt Alexander and Adelaide. 

The monument sits alongside Landrigan Road in Craigie, close to the Majorca Road intersection. The plaque displays the following text (note - the gold escort was between 1852-3, however this plaque displays 1862-83):

GOLD ESCORT ROUTE

Along this track commissioner Alexander Tolmer led the first of eighteen police escorts, which under various commanders transported from Mt Alexander Victoria to Adelaide South Australia March 1862 to December 1883, 325,500 ounces of gold.

Another gold escort route monument is situated a short drive from here, across the road from the entrance to the Tullaroop Reservoir Picnic Ground. 

The State Library of South Australia provides this image of Alexander Tolmer, along with a description mentioning the man's history of brashness and brawling prior to becoming Police Commissioner.