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First Fleet Monument : Feb 2014
Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams
The First Fleet Monument or Bicentennial Monument erected in 1988, commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet in Botany Bay in 1788, carrying the first Europeans settlers to Australia. The names of all those new arrivals are engraved on this monument flanked by a couple of old cannons.
Location
| Address: | The Grand Parade , Cook Park , near Bay Street, Brighton-Le-Sands, 2116 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.961109 Long: 151.156458 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1788 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1988 |
| Monument Designer: | V Cusack (sculptor) Fineart Bronze Foundry |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 24th September, 1989 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAFIRST FLEET MONUMENT
THIS BICENTENNIAL MONUMENT WAS DEDICATED BY
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE GLEESON A.O.
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR AND CHIEF JUSTICE OF NEW SOUTH WALES
ON SUNDAY 24TH SEPTEMBER, 1989
TO COMMEMORATE THE ARRIVAL OF THE FIRST FLEET
IN BOTANY BAY ON 18TH JANUARY, 1788.
This monument was sponsored by the New South Wales Bicentennial Council Rockdale Municipal Council and the Rockdale Bicentennial Community Committee
S.J.HOLROYD, MAYOR
Rockdale Municipal Council
S. KAYE CHAIRMAN S.J.BLACKADDER TOWN CLERK
Rockdale Bicentennial Rockdale Municipal Council
Community Committee
V.CUSACK
Sculptor
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
