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20-January-2020
20-January-2020

Photographs supplied by John Huth

The plaque, mounted on bricks from the Australian Agricultural kiln at Laman`s Creek, 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 the 26 January 1788.

Location

Address:Mallon & Griffin Streets, Stroud, 2425
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.407886
Long: 151.969368
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Actual Event Start Date:26-January-1788
Actual Event End Date:26-January-1988

Dedication

Front Inscription

Australia
1788 - 1988

Near Laman`s Creek is the site of the Australian Agricultural Company`s brick kilns

Convict labour used in the 1830`s to make bricks for Company buildings

Nearby also site of Chinese market gardens

Heritage Trail plaque funded by the Australian Bicentennial Authority and Great Lakes Shire Council commemorating 
the Nation`s Bicentenary 1988

Source: MA
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