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12-August-2017
Photographs supplied by Tom Bird
The cairn, containing a time capsule, was erected to commemorate 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: | Chatsworth Road, Chatsworth, 2469 |
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| State: | NSW |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -29.385097 Long: 153.232406 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
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 31st December, 1988 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MA Australia
1788 - 1988
Time Capsule
Interred 31 Dec. 1988 by Chatsworth Island Bicentennial Committee
To be opened 2088
An Australian Bicentennial Project
To commemorate the nation`s Bicentenary in 1988
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
