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Broadwater Playground was established 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. Capatin 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:Pacific Highway & Little Pitt Street, Broadwater Playground, Broadwater, 2472
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -29.013618
Long: 153.432924
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Park
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Actual Event Start Date:26-January-1788
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Actual Event End Date:26-January-1988
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Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1988
Front Inscription

Plaque :

Australia
1788 - 1988

Broadwater Playground funded by the N.S.W. Bicentennial Council and Richmond River Shire Council

An Australian Bicentennial Project

To commemorate the nation's Bicentenary in 1988

 

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