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The Tropic of Capricorn marker was built as a community project to commemorate the bi-centenary of the European settlement of Australia in 1988.
In 1987 the local Alice Springs newspaper ran a competition for a design to replace the Tropic of Capricorn marker. The winning design was submitted by a local resident. It consists of a stylised globe of the world on top of a slanted pole around 6. 5 metres high. A local artist was commissioned to carve the Capricorn Goats into either side of the cement base and the new marker was officially opened late 1988.
Location
| Address: | Stuart Highway, 30 kilometres north of Alice Springs, Alice Springs, 0872 |
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| State: | NT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -23.441889 Long: 133.832804 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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Tropic of Capricorn
Latitude 23 - 442028
Longtitude 133 - 833111
Donated by Peter Sitzler
