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11-November-2018
11-November-2018

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The plaques were erected as a project to commemorate the nation`s bicentenary in 1988. The plaques give a timeline of the history of the Wolseley School at the site.  

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:West Terrace & Third Street, Wolseley, 5269
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -36.366701
Long: 140.902893
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

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1988
Front Inscription

Plaque :
Australia
1788 - 1988

Wesleyan Schoolroom - Lott 99
Opened 1884 - Closed 1892
Wolseley School  - Opened 1892

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

Plaque :

Wolseley School opened at this site in 1892

closed this day 17th Dec.1993.

Plaque :

[ Timeline of school history ] 
 

Source: MA
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