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16-July-2015 (Father Ted Doncaster)
16-July-2015 (Father Ted Doncaster)

Photographs supplied by Father Ted Doncaster / Bryan Hardy

The Clackline Lion was erected in 1929 by the students of Clackline school and the headteacher E. W. Membery to commemorate 100 years of British colonisation in Western Australia. A plaque has been placed on the memorial in recognition of Archie H. Paton who was the sculptor of the lion.

On 1 June 1829 Lieutenant -Governor Stirling and his party arrived at Garden Island and erected the necessary buildings to protect the stores. On 18 June, Stirling and others landed on the mainland at Rous Head and formally published, both on the mainland and at Garden Island, this Proclamation constituting His Majesty's Settlement in Western Australia.

Location

Address:Lockyer & Spencers Brook Roads, Clackline Lion Park, Clackline, 6564
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -31.720227
Long: 116.523177
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Artist:Archie H. Paton (sculptor-lion)
Monument Manufacturer:Students of Clackline School and headteacher E. W .Membery

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1929
Front Inscription

Erected by the pupils of Clackline

To commemorate the centenary of the British colonisation of West Australia.

MDCCCXXIX   MDCCCCXXIX  A D.

E W Membery.  H T.

 

Right Side Inscription

In recognition of Archie H. Paton

July - 1898 - October 1992

Sculptor of the lion on this Western Australian Centennial Cairn

Source: MA,NRUM
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