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John Oxley ExpeditionPrint Page 
The memorial commemorates the expedition of explorer John Oxley (1784 - 1828).
John Oxley crossed Bowen`s Rivulet (Cox`s Creek) approximately 3 kilometres southwest of this spot on the 27th August 1818 and travelled east to Port Macquarie.
Note : As at 20 July 2016 it has been reported to us that the plaque on the monument has been stolen.
Location
| Address: | Mullaley-Coolah Road, Mullaley Mountain, 4 kilometres south of Mullaley, Mullaley, 2379 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -31.136383 Long: 149.906667 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Exploration |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 27-August-1818 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 27-August-1818 |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Friday 25th July, 1986 |
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On 27th August 1818 Surveyor General Lieutenant John Oxley crossed Bowen`s Rivulet (now Cox`s Creek) about 3km south-west of this point and travelled east toward Port Macquarie. He named the black soil area to the east and south-east the Liverpool Plains
This stone was erected to honour him and remind us of the courage of all explorers and pioneers.
May all who pass this way give a thought to
"The tracks of those vanishing horsemen.
On a path covered over by time.
Their glory all gone...
Still their echoes live on here... In the beat of my rhyme".
Erected by Tambar Springs APEX.
Stone & plaque Gunnedah Shire Council.
Citation from song by Eric Watson.
Unveiled 26-7-86 by Rachael Anne Barnes, a great great great grandaughter of John Oxley
