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Dedication Plaque : Feb 2014
Photographs supplied by Peter F Williams
The monument commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet in Botany Bay in 1788, carrying the first Europeans settlers to Australia. The names of all those new arrivals are engraved on this monument flanked by a couple of old cannons.
Location
| Address: | The Grand Parade & Bray Street, Cook Park, Brighton-Le-Sands, 2116 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -33.961109 Long: 151.156458 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Monument |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 18-January-1788 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 18-January-1788 |
| Artist: | Victor Cusack |
| Monument Manufacturer: | Fineart Bronze Foundry |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Sunday 24th September, 1989 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAFirst Fleet Monument
This Bicentennial Monument was dedicated by the Honourable Mr Justice Gleeson A.O. Lieutenant-Governor and Chief Justice of New South Wales on Sunday 24th September, 1989
To commemorate the arrival of the First Fleet in Botany Bay on 18th January, 1788.
This monument was sponsored by the New South Wales Bicentennial Council
Rockdale Municipal Council and the Rockdale Bicentennial Community Committee
S. J. Holroyd, Mayor Rockdale Municipal Council
S. Kaye Chairman Rockdale Bicentennial Community Committee
S. J. Blackadder Town Clerk Rockdale Municipal Council
V. Cusack Sculptor
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
