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15-September-2013
15-September-2013

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The monument commemorates that the Burke and Wills Expedition passed by the site and camped at Mount Hope (Camp 11) on 1 September 1860.

Location

Address:Leitchville - Pyramid Road, Pyramid Hill, 3575
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -36.02665
Long: 144.2242
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Monument
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Exploration
Actual Event Start Date:01-September-1860
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Actual Event End Date:01-September-1860
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Friday 27th September, 1968
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Front Inscription

    BURKE AND WILLS EXPEDITION
Passed this way and camped at Mount Hope
          1 September 1860

Unveiled by Mr M K Collins, BA. B. Ed
    District Inspector of Schools
       On September 27 1968

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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