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Bicentenary Tree : June 2014
Bicentenary Tree : June 2014

Photographs supplied by Nancy Alford

The tree commemorates the bicentenary 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:49 Hesse Street, Queenscliff Historical Museum, Queenscliff, 3225
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.267666
Long: 144.661382
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Tree
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Actual Event Start Date:26-January-1788
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Actual Event End Date:26-January-1988
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Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1988
Front Inscription

In commemoration of Australia`s Bicentenary  

1988

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