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Museum: 26-June-2016
Museum: 26-June-2016

Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown
The plaque commemorates Pierre Roussel, founder of the La Perouse Museum. 

The Museum opened in 1988 and tells the story of the La Perouse expedition, its arrival in Boatany Bay in 1788 and encounter with the First Fleet, and eventual shipwreck in the Solomon Islands. Through a program of changing temporary exhibitions,  the museum also looks at the Aboriginal environment and local history La Perouse. 

The collection contains 2,000 items, relating to either the La Perouse expedition, French 18th century maritime navigation, the Cable Station building itself, or local history. 

 

 

 

 

Location

Address:ANZAC Parade , Laperouse Museum & Visitors Centre, La Perouse, 2036
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -33.988677
Long: 151.231555
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Community

Dedication

Front Inscription
IN MEMORY OF PIERRE ROUSSEL
15 OCT 1931 - 5 JUL 1990

FOUNDER OF THIS MUSEUM

 
Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au