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15-August-2017 (John Huth)
15-August-2017 (John Huth)
03-July-2021 (Henry Moulds)

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The Muckadilla Community Park was a project 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. 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:Warrego Highway, Muckadilla, 4461
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -26.585006
Long: 148.385431
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

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Saturday 9th April, 1988
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Front Inscription

Plaque :

Australia 
1788 - 1988

An Australian Bicentennial Project

To commemorate the nation`s Bicentenary in 1988

Plaque :

This park was opened by T. F. (Tom) Crawford

A well respected resident of Muckadilla & District on 9th April, 1988.

Left Side Inscription
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Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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