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17-November-2014
17-November-2014

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The park commemorates the bi-centenary of the European settlement of Australia and is dedicated to the men and women of the First Fleet.   It features a sculpture of the ship H. M. S. Sirius.

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:Ryde & Lofberg Roads, West Pymble, 2073
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.763505
Long: 151.136811
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Park
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Actual Event Start Date:26-January-1788
Actual Event End Date:26-January-1988
Artist:Victor Cusack (H. M. S. Sirius sculpture)

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1988
Front Inscription

Ku-Ring-Gai Bicentennial Park

Plaque :

This park is dedicated to the men and women of the First Fleet who arrived from England in January 1788 and founded this our beloved country

Source: MA
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