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16-January-2020
16-January-2020

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Caramana Park was partially funded as a bicentenary project 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 26th January 1788.

Location

Address:44 Rogan Bridge Road, Caramana Park, Waterview Heights, 2460
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -29.680016
Long: 152.878972
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

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

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1988
Front Inscription

Australia
1788 - 1988

Caramana Park

Partially funded by the Australian Bicentennial Authority

An Australian Bicentennial Project to commemorate the nation`s Bicentenary in 1988.

Source: MA
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