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The plaque was erected by the Tuncurry Centenary Committee to commemorate the Birpai Tribe, the traditional owners of the land. 

The Birpai are an Aboriginal Australian people of New South Wales. Birpai are the traditional owners of some 2,800 square miles (7,300 km2) of Mid North Coast land, from Gloucester eastwards to the coast where the Manning River flows into the Pacific at Taree.

Location

Address:Manning Street, John Wright Park, Tuncurry, 2428
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.178431
Long: 152.500693
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Indigenous

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 4th October, 1975
Front Inscription

In memory of "The Birpai Tribe"

Unveiled by Mr Don Simon President Forster A.A.C.

In the presence of Rev. Philip Lucock, C.R.E.M.P. on 4th October 1975.

Source: H, MA
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