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06-March-2021
06-March-2021

Photographs supplied by Stephen Warren

The plaque commemorates the Bute 125 Celebrations for the settlement of Bute and District from 1884 to 2009.

The Government Town of Bute was surveyed near the southern boundary of the Hundred of Wiltunga in September 1883 and officially named by Governor William Robinson on 13 March 1884.

 

 

Location

Address:Barunga Gap Road & Upper Yorke Road, Bute, 5560
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.864324
Long: 138.009886
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Approx. Event Start Date:1884
Approx. Event End Date:2009

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:March-2009
Front Inscription

Bute 125 Celebrations
7th & 8th March 2009
"Acknowledging the rich heritage of our District"

Bute 125 Committee Members : Cynthia Axford, Allan Axford,
Maxine Rose, Ken Rose, Penelope McCarthy, Elizabeth McDonald,
John Pridham, Robin Kelly, Elaine Sluggett, Julie Schilling,
Ian Taylor, Michael (Fred) Taylor, Margaret Hancock,
Michelle Flowers, Warwick Measday & Beck Crosby.

Plaque unveiled by 1984 Bute Centenary Committee with the time capsule to be opened in 2034.

 

Source: MA
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