'Incredibly exciting': School children find old guns hidden in Murchison cave
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A group of school children made a remarkable discovery while playing inside a cave on an old Kalbarri property.
The children had been visiting the Murchison House Station with their parents when the group made a rest stop.
It is understood the children had been climbing over the nearby rock formations when they stumbled inside a small cave on the Murchison property.
Murchison House Station detailed the children’s discovery on their Facebook page.
“Tucked away in a small cave, they stumbled across the glistening edge of an unremarkable metal box,” they said.
“Hoping they’d found treasure, the children called for their parents to help dislodge the compartment.
“The lock crumbled beneath their fingers… hidden within the box were two guns; a double barrelled shotgun, and a machine gun.”
The Browning machine gun was estimated to be around 100-years-old, and was believed to have been extensively used in both World War 1 and World War 2.
However the Boito shotgun also found inside the box is believed to be around 30-years-old, although more difficult to date as its serial number had been scratched off.
It is understood both guns were in working order.
Murchison House Station owners Calum and Belinda Carruth confirmed both guns had been passed onto police, and they were hopeful the discovery would bring more visitors to the homestead camp ground.
Mr Carruth, who is an avid collector of military antiques, said he would like to see the guns rendered inoperative and returned to the station – and if the guns can’t be returned to their home, displayed in Fremantle’s Military Museum.
“This discovery is incredibly exciting,” he said.
“I would love to see the guns inspire more stories of the station’s past however I understand that sawn-off shotguns don’t often have noble origins.”
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