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15-June-2021
15-June-2021

Photographs supplied by Stephen Langman

The pedestrian bridge was erected as a 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 the 26 January 1788.

Location

Address:Quarry Road, Black Hill, 5353
State:SA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -34.702195
Long: 139.457389
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
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

         An Australian Bicentennial 
                   Project
          To commemorate 
          the Nation's Bicentenary 
                   in 1988

Source: MA
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