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22-August-2015
Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown
A time capsule 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 26 January 1788.
Location
| Address: | Dorset Road, Tim Neville Arboretum, Ferntree Gully, 3156 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.876033 Long: 145.286071 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
Front Inscription
Source: MAAustralian
Bicentenary
Rotary Club of Boronia
Time Capsule 1988 - 2038
To commemorate
Australia`s Bicentennial Year
Register of contents with Knox Libraries and Knox Historical Society
To be opened on Australia Day 2038
Cr. Hurtle Lupton O.A.M., J.P.
Bicentennial Committee Chairman
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
