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02-July-2019
02-July-2019
02-July-2019
02-July-2019

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The Visitors Centre at the Hunter Region Botanic Gardens was erected as a project to commemorate the nation`s bicentenary in 1988. 

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:2100 Pacific Highway, Hunter Region Botanic Gardens, Heatherbrae, 2324
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -32.801345
Long: 151.717357
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Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
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