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27-November-2015
27-November-2015

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The plaque commemorates the restoration of the slate roof of the church with funding provided by the New South Wales Bicentennial Council to celebrate Australia`s Bicentenary in 1988. 

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:114 Rusden Street, The Uniting Church, Armidale, 2350
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -30.515474
Long: 151.667233
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 14th February, 1988
Front Inscription

This plaque was unveiled on 14th February 1988,

To commemorate the restoration of the slate roof of this Church with financial assistance from the New South Wales Bicentennial Council to velebrate Australia`s Bicentenary in 1988

Source: MA
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