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03-May-2015
03-May-2015

Photographs supplied by Arthur Garland

A Cypress tree commemorates the coronation of King Edward VII. The marker for the tree was placed in 1985. 

The coronation of Edward VII and his wife Alexandra as King and Queen of the United Kingdom and the British Empire took place at Westminster Abbey, London, on 9 August 1902. Originally scheduled for 26 June of that year, the ceremony had been postponed at very short notice, because the King had been taken ill with an abdominal abscess that required immediate surgery. 

Location

Address:Marine Parade, Hastings, 3915
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.307995
Long: 145.195133
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Tree
Monument Theme:Government
Sub-Theme:Imperial
Approx. Event Start Date:1902
Approx. Event End Date:1902

Dedication

Front Inscription

Shire of Hastings Historical Society
Marker No. 5
Cypress Lambertiana

Planted in 1902 by Alice Maud Mary Perrott of Hastings 

Local residents were encouraged to plant trees that year to mark the coronation of Edward VII

Marker placed in 1985 by her grandson Albert E. Perrott

Source: MA,VMR
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