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Location
| Address: | Top Swanfels Road & Swanfels Road, Swanfels, 4371 |
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| State: | QLD |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -28.174901 Long: 152.267821 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
Dedication
| Actual Monument Dedication Date: | Saturday 1st April, 1967 |
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This stone, erected by the people of the Valley of Swanfels and unveiled by His Excellency the Honourable Sir Alan James Mansfield, K.C.M,.G., the eighteenth Governor of Queensland, on Saturday, 1st April, 1967, has a threefold purpose.
It marks the one hundredth year since the Valley was first settled and is a tribute to the courage and fortitude of the early settlers.
It commemorates the 75th anniversary of the Swanfels State School, which has served the Valley well.
It is a lasting tribute to the great explorer and naturalist, Allan Cunningham, whose party, on the 11th June, 1827, camped nearby on the occasion of his discovery of the Darling Downs.
This plaque, the gift of the Queensland Women`s Historical Association, was affixed by that Association in conjunction with the Swanfels
Parents` and Citizens` Association and the Warwick and District Historical Society.
