www.monumentaustralia.org.au

The B11 Submarine (Captain Cook Bicentenary)Print Page Print this page

26-October-2013 (Peter F Williams)
26-October-2013 (Peter F Williams)

Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams / Roger Johnson / John Huth

The scale model of the submarine (B11 Submarine) Lieutenant Holbrook used in World War One was donated to the people of Holbrook to commemorate the bicentenary of Captain James Cook's exploration, charting and claiming of the east coast of Australia for the British Empire in 1770.

The Bicentenary of James Cook in Australia was commemorated in Autralia in 1970. The British explorer Lieutenant (later Captain) James Cook charted the east coast of Australia in 1770, and claimed the eastern seaboard of the continent for the British Crown. It was not considered the official bicentenary of Australia, but rather the bicentenary of the first mapping of the eastern coastline

Captain James Cook claimed the whole of the east coast of Australia for Great Britain on 22 August 1770, naming eastern Australia, 'New South Wales.' 

 

Location

Address:Albury Street, Commander Holbrook Memorial Park, Holbrook, 2644
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.719434
Long: 147.316833
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
View Google Map

Details

Monument Type:Technology
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Exploration
Approx. Event Start Date:1770
Approx. Event End Date:1970

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 11th September, 1971
Right Side Inscription

Plaque:
  This Scale Model Of
THE B-11 SUBMARINE
      Was Unveiled By 
ADMIRAL SIR VICTOR SMITH
K.B.E., C.B., D.S.C., 
Chairman Of Chiefs Of Staff, Canberra,
On 11th September 1971

The Model Was Donated To The People
And Shire Of Holbrook By The Holbrook 
APEX Club, With Assistance From The 
Captain Cook Bi-Centenary Government 
Grant To Commemorate The Captain 
Cook Bi-Centenary 1970.

 

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