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22-August-2015
22-August-2015

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders / Sandra Brown

Knox Arboretum commemorates 200 years of European settlement of 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:Dorset Road, Tim Neville Arboretum, Ferntree Gully, 3156
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.876365
Long: 145.286088
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 30th July, 1988
Front Inscription

Australia
1788 - 1988

The Knox Arboretum
A Project funded by the Bicentennial Authority.  
Officially opened on 30th July, 1988 by
His Worship the Mayor of Knox
Cr. F. A. Johnson, J.P.
Commemorating Australia`s Bicentennial Year
Bayswater / Wantirna Ward  
Cr. M. T. Wallace, J.P.  Cr. J. V. Schulz  Cr. G. A. Dempster
Boronia Ward  
Cr. H. R. Lupton, O.A.M., J.P.   Cr. P. K. Maley, J.P.  Cr L. Knight
Ferntree Gully Ward  
Cr W. H. Tew, M.B.E., J.P.  Cr. F.A. Johnson, J.P.  Cr D. G. Lucas
Rowville / Scoresby Ward  
Cr. E.C. T. Blaze  Cr. C. E. Tidball  Cr. J. T. Raymond
T. J. Neville - Chief Executive

Source: MA
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