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The Gwyder Laycock Park was as Australian Bicentenary Project to commemorate the bicentenary of the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia.  

The Bicentenary marked the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney in 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), commander of the First Fleet, established the foundations of a British colony at Sydney Cove on the 26 January 1788.

 

 

Location

Address:Hutton Street (Carnarvon Highway) & Third Avenue, Gwyder Laycock Park, Injune, 4454
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -25.845318
Long: 148.565435
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Park
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Actual Event Start Date:26-January-1788
Actual Event End Date:26-January-1988

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1988
Front Inscription

Gwyder Laycock Park

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988

An Australian Bicentennial Project

To commemorate the nation`s Bicentenary in 1988

Source: MA
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