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Queenscliff Lifeboat Service
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The cairn commemorates the Queenscliff Lifeboat Service and is dedicated to the crews who manned the lifeboats during dangerous sea rescues.
Location
Address: | Gellibrand & Symonds Streets, Foreshore Reserve, Queenscliff, 3225 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -38.266434 Long: 144.664481 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | Disaster |
Sub-Theme: | Maritime |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: MAQueenscliff Lifeboat Service
1856 - 1976
This memorial cairn is dedicated to the crews of the Queenscliff Lifeboats -
The fishermen, lighthouse personnel and other men who risked their lives by manning the lifeboats which operated in these dangerous waters during rescues from wrecked, stranded or other vessels in peril.
Erected by Queenscliff Maritime Museum
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au