Merchant Navy MemorialPrint Page 
The monument commemorates the Merchant Navy which has been given world wide freedom of the city.
It features a sculpture in steel in memory of the Merchant Navy Forgotten Fleet of 1942 to 1945. There is also a plaque to aboriginal woman Waubadebar.
Bicheno has many mariners and ex-mariners and has a strong affinity with the sea.
Location
| Address: | Burgess Street, Bicheno, 7215 |
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| State: | TAS |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -41.870895 Long: 148.303811 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Conflict |
| Sub-Theme: | Multiple |
| Artist: | Liverpool Engineering Works (sculpture) |
Dedication
Australian Merchant Navy
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Master of the Merchant Navy and fishing fleets
Waubadebar
1792 - 1832
Legendary Aboriginal heroine of the sea who died at sea and after whom the bay, beach, gulch and street are named.
She was taken from her tribe at Great Oyster Bay into servitude of grief and sorrow and lived in "The Old Fishery" for many years. Her grave is nearby.
* No greater admiration *
Australian Merchant Navy
Plaque underneath sculpture:
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The Forgotten Fleet
1942 -1945
Sculpture in steel by Liverpool Engineering Works.
