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Bicentennial Fern Garden : 14-April-2013
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders
A garden commemorates the Bicentenary of the European settlement of 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: | Ridgeway, Baromi Park, Mirboo North, 3871 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -38.400257 Long: 146.155744 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Garden |
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| 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 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MAAustralia
1788 - 1988
Mirboo North
Bicentennial Fern Garden
An Australian Bicentenial
Project
To commemorate
The Nation`s Bicentenary
in 1988
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
