www.monumentaustralia.org.au

Explorers MemorialPrint Page Print this page

03-May-2015
03-May-2015
Photographs supplied by Arthur Garland

The monument commemorates the explorers who used Bathurst as a base for discovery expeditions.

They were George Evans (1815), John Oxley (1817), Allan Cunningham (1826), Charles Sturt (1828), and Sir Thomas Mitchell (1835)

Location

Address:Durham (Great Western Highway) & William Streets, Bowling Club, Bathurst, 2795
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.415805
Long: 149.583581
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
View Google Map

Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Exploration

Dedication

Front Inscription

In Memory Of The Intrepid Explorers Who,
In The Early Days Of The Colony, Using 
Bathurst As A Base, Advanced Into The
Unknown West, That Others Might Benefit
       By Their Discoveries.
1815 . . . George Evans
1817 . . . John Oxley
1826 . . . Allan Cunningham
1828 . . . Charles Sturt
1835 . . . Sir Thomas Mitchell

 

Source: MA,H
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au