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22-September-2022
22-September-2022

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The plaque states that a tree was planted at the Goola Carbi Gnamma Holes to commemorate the Bicentenary of Australia in 1988.  It appears that the tree has died. The townsite of Coolgardie was named here in 1892.

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:Hunt Street, Goola Carbi Gnamma Holes, Coolgardie, 6429
State:WA
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -30.956908
Long: 121.166866
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

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 28th February, 1988
Front Inscription

Plaque :

The "Goolaa Carbi" Gnamma Holes 
Here The Townsite Of Coolgardie Was Named By
Warden J. M. Finnerty
On October 3rd 1892

Plaque :

Unveiled By
J. M. Marcus Humphrey Of Dinnett
O. St J., M.A.F.R.I.C.S.

Tree Planted By
Mrs Sabrina Humphrey
On February 28th 1988
To Mark The Bicentennial Year

Source: MA
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