| Founders of Australia |
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Plymouth men who helped to found modern Australia
Captain Tobias Furneaux charted the coast of Tasmania and in 1773
became the first Englishman to land there.
Captain John MacArthur gave Australia prosperity through his introduction
of merino sheep in the 1790s.
Captain William Bligh survived the mutiny aboard the Bounty to become
Governor of Nerw South Wales 1806 - 1809.
Colonel George Arthur was Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania 1823 - 1836.
Major Edmund Lockyer raised the British flag in Western Australia in 1827.
Both Furneaux and Bligh accompanied Captain James Cook on the second of
his three great voyages of discovery, all of which left from Plymouth, in 1768, 1772 and 1776.
Unveiled by
His Excellency Mr. Richard Smith
the Australian High Commissioner
8th September 1992 |
| First colony in Australia |
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From Plymouth on 13th March 1787
sailed the transport ships
"Friendship" and "Charlotte"
carrying men and women convicts
bound for Australia.
On 20th January 1788,
with nine other ships from England
they landed at Port Jackson,
which became
Sydney, New South Wales.
There they established
the first British colony under the
command of Captain Arthur Phillip, R. N.
the father of modern Australia. |
| Cornish people to Australia |
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From near this spot
thousands of Cornish people
sailed for South Australia
during the nineteenth century.
Their contribution
to the colonys development
particularly in mining and farming
is acknowledged with pride
by the Cornish Association
of South Australia.
Unveiled 5th September 1986 |
| Settlers to New Zealand |
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This plaque commemorates the sailing of
the six Plymouth company vessels
carrying settlers from Cornwall, Devon and Dorset
to establish the settlement of New Plymouth
in the colony of New Zealand. |
William Bryan
Amelia Thompson
Oriental
Timandra
Blenheim
Essex |
Barque 312 tons
Barque 477 tons
Barque 506 tons
Barque 382 tons
Barque 374 tons
Barque 329 tons |
sailed 19 November 1840
sailed 25 March 1841
sailed 2 June 1841
sailed 2 November 1841
2 July 1842
sailed 3 September 1842 |
Unveiled by the Lord Mayor of Plymouth
Councillor Gordon Draper
and his Worship the Mayor of New Plymouth
D. L. Lean, J. P. Esq.
on this 25th day of July 1988 |
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