Matthew Flinders Memorial Plaque, Flinders Peak, You Yangs
Sandy Creek Road Little River, Greater Geelong City
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Statement of Significance
C Listed - Local Significance
GRC - HISTORIC PLACES DOCUMENTATION SHEET NO. 142
RECOMMENDATIONS: PROTECTIVE MEASURES
Geelong Regional Commission Register.
REFERENCES
For brief biographical details of Matthew Flinders see Douglas Pike, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Vol 1, pp. 389-391.
See also:
RW Brownhill - History of Geelong and Corio bay, Wilke and Co, Melbourne, 1955. p.15, 25.
'On Friday 19th April 1912, The Governor of Victoria Sir John Fuller, was one of a large party who visited the top of Station peak for a ceremony arranged by the National parks Association, supported by the Education Department'.
A bronze tablet, embedded in rock on the western side of the peak, and bearing the following inscription was unveiled by the Governor.
"Matthew Flinders, R.N. stood on this rock to survey the Bay on May 1, 1802 - National Parks Association, 1912"
The current plaque replaces the original of 1912 and was unveiled in 1974 upon the bicentenary of the birth of Matthew Flinders.
MEMORIAL PLAQUE MISSING AS OF 1998 REF DAVID ROWE
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Heritage Study and Grading
Greater Geelong - Geelong Region Historic Buildings and Objects Study
Author: Allan Willingham
Year: 1986
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Matthew Flinders Memorial Plaque, Flinders Peak, You YangsGreater Geelong City
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