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The monument commemorates the victims of the Cowper Bus Crash in 1989. A plaque was added in 2014 to commemorate the 25th Anniversary of the crash.
In October 1989, a semi-trailer laden with cans of fruit juice drifted to the wrong side of the Pacific Highway and ripped the side from a Sunliner coach heading in the opposite direction. Twenty people died as a result and at the time it was Australia`s worst road accident.
Location
| Address: | Clarence Street, Cowper, 2460 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -29.568407 Long: 153.085095 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Disaster |
| Sub-Theme: | Land Transport |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 20-October-1989 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 20-October-1989 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Tuesday 20th October, 2009 |
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This memorial is dedicated to those who died in the bus accident near this site on the 20th October 1989
Angus Bristow Martin Ormesher
Anit Gwendoline Elloy Jannine Ormesher
Alwyn Fenton Jennifer Maree Smedley
Cecilia Monica Howard Kelly Anne Watson
David Kevin Hutchins Robert Westlake
William Liddy Winifred Westlake
Vicke-Lea McGrath Norman Arthur White
Leslie Ormesher Elizabeth Ann Wisely
Gavin Edward Ormersher Shaun Craig Wisely
Nadine Ormesher Pauline Elizabeth Zammit nee. Liddy
The Clarence Valley Community expresses its heartfelt appreciation to all those individuals and organisations that helped at the collision site on that day and in the aftermath
Erected by Clarence Valley Council and Maclean Lion`s Club
20th October 2009
Plaque :
This plaque marks the 25th anniversary of the tragic Cowper bus crash. Despite the passing of time, the thoughts and prayers of the people of the Clarence Valley remain with all those who suffered.
Richie Williamson Mayor, Clarence Valley Council
20 October 2014
In loving memory of those who lost their lives in the Cowper bus crash
20th October 1989
