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04-October-2017
04-October-2017

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The fence was constructed 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:Glen Innes Road (Gwyder Highway), Scout Hall, Inverell, 2360
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -29.779505
Long: 151.117535
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
Actual Event Start Date:25-January-1788
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Actual Event End Date:25-January-1988
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Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1988
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Australia
1788 - 1988 

The construction of this fence was carried out by 1988 Pre-Apprenticeship Carpentry & Joinery students of Inverell College of
Technical and Further Education as an Australian Bicentennial Project to commemorate the nation`s Bicentenary in 1988

Funded by the N.S.W. Bicentennial Secretariat

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Source: MA
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