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Granite rock and plaque commemorates local aborigines and their craftsmanship.
Location
Address: | Bowyer Avenue, Kew, 3101 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.806819 Long: 145.055253 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Culture |
Sub-Theme: | Indigenous |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: RHSVCommemorating the Aborigines and their craftsmanship.
This district, formerly their meeting place, was known to them as Bark Hill. On this site grew an immense gum tree from which the Aborigines carved a large bark canoe. This canoe was probably launched on a passing stream which now flows underground to the river Yarra
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