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12-July-2016
12-July-2016

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The monument commemorates the crossing of the Gwydir River by the explorer Allan Cunningham in May 1827.

Cunningham's longest, and perhaps most important, journey lasted from 20 January to late August 1827: from the Hunter valley he travelled northward crossing the Peel and Dumaresq Rivers and entered the Darling Downs before returning to the Hunter valley and Bathurst. While in the Darling Downs he found a gap in the ranges, now called Spicers Gap, which he thought would give access from Moreton Bay to the downs, whose fine grazing country he regarded as of major importance. 

Location

Address:East Street (B95) & Copeton Dam Road, Cunningham Park, Bingara, 2404
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -29.864171
Long: 150.575729
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Exploration
Actual Event Start Date:21-May-1827
Actual Event End Date:21-May-1827

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1969
Front Inscription

To Commemorate The Crossing
Of The Gwydir River By

ALLAN CUNNINGHAM
 21st May 1827
                         APEX 1969

Source: MA, ADB
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