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First Wheat Cultivation : 07-June-2012
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders
The monument commemorates the first cultivation of wheat in Victoria in 1801.
Lieutenant James Grant who in the ship "Lady Grant" made the first voyage eastward through the Bass Strait, named a number of coastal features and planted the first wheat and corn on Victorian soil at Churchill Island
Location
| Address: | Samuel Amess Drive, Churchill Island, Newhaven, 3925 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -38.501333 Long: 145.335514 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Technology |
| Sub-Theme: | Industry |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1801 |
| Approx. Event End Date: | 1801 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Monday 4th November, 1968 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MA,MEDThis cairn was erected by the Victorian Farmer`s Union to commemorate the first cultivation of wheat in Victoria by Mr. James Grant in 1801 on this land known as Churchill Island
The Minister of Agriculture the Hon. G. L. Chandler C.M.G., M.L.C. unveiled this cairn on the 4th day of Nov. 1968
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