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Australian BicentenaryPrint Page 
01-September-2014
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders
The quilt commemorates the bicentenary of the arrival of the First Fleet in Australia in 1788.
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: | 80 Head Street, School of the Air, Alice Springs, 0870 |
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| State: | NT |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -23.678054 Long: 133.866002 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Art |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Actual Event Start Date: | 26-January-1788 |
| Actual Event End Date: | 26-January-1988 |
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
