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16-October-2013
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders
The flagpole commemorates the bi-centenary of the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia.
The Bicentenary marked the 200th anniversary of the arrival of the First Fleet in Sydney in 1788. Captain Arthur Phillip (1738–1814), commander of the First Fleet, established the foundations of a British colony at Sydney Cove on the 26 January 1788.
Location
| Address: | Boronia Road & Albert Avenue, Roundabout, Boronia, 3155 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.862886 Long: 145.291608 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 26-January-1788 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 26-January-1988 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1988 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAThis flagpole was erected for the residents of the Boronia Ward
In commemoration of Australia`s Bicentenary in 1988
Boronia Ward Councillors :
Councillor H. R. Lupton, O.A.M. J. P.
(Chairman Knox Citizens Bicentenary Committee)
Councillor P. K. Maley J.P.
Councillor L. Knight.
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
