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The seat was presented by Lang Lang C.W.A. to commemorate the bicentenary of 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:1 Roseberry Street, Lang Lang, 3984
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.264992
Long: 145.566153
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Seat
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

Australia 
1788 - 1988

The seat was placed at the request of the C.W.A . of Victoria Lang Lang Branch in the Bicentennial Year 1988

CWA

Left Side Inscription
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Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA
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