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08-November-2015
08-November-2015

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The monument commemorates the landing of the Abel Tasman Expedition; the first Europeans to set foot in Tasmania in December 1642.

The unveiling of a memorial erected by the Royal Society of Tasmania with the support of citizens, on the spot where Abel Janszoon Tasman planted the Dutch flag in Tasmania in 1642, was performed on Monday. A party of 27 persons visited the site of the monument at Prince of Wales Bay, on the east coast of Forestier Peninsula, and the Memorial was unveiled by the Administrator, Sir Herbert Nicholls. The monument is of solid concrete, 12ft 6in high and 4ft 6in at the base. It stands in a conspicuous place on the edge of the bay close to the high water mark.
The Sydney Morning Herald, 5th December 1923.

 

Location

Address:Tasman Monument Track, Tasman Bay , Dunalley, 7177
State:TAS
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -42.877383
Long: 147.945732
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Exploration
Actual Event Start Date:03-December-1642
Actual Event End Date:03-December-1642

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Monday 3rd December, 1923
Front Inscription

At This Spot The Expedition Under 
      ABEL JANSZ TASMAN
Being The First White People
To Set Foot On Tasmanian Soil
Planted The Dutch Flag
On December 3rd 1642
As A Memorial To Posterity
And To The Inhabitants Of The Country.

This Stone Was Erected By The 
ROYAL SOCIETY OF TASMANIA 1923.

 

Source: MA
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