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A flagpole commemorates the bi-centenary 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:Main Street, , Montville, 4560
State:QLD
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -26.688359
Long: 152.892334
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Monument Type:Flagpole
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Tuesday 26th January, 1988
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Australia
1788 - 1988

A Bicentenary gift to Montville from Alison and Jack Warren O.A.M.

Dedicated by Lt.Col George Carpenter

Australia Day 1988

 

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Source: MA
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