Captain Arthur Phillip Monument - Manly, New South Wales - Australian Historical Markers on Waymarking.com

Captain Arthur Phillip RN (11 October 1738 – 31 August 1814) was the first Governor of New South Wales and founder of the settlement which became Sydney.

The inscriptions on the monument read:

"This Monument commemorates the landing of the first white man at Manly CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP R.N 1st GOVERNOR OF NSW 21st January 1788 / Erected by the Manly Warringah and Pittwater Historical Society 1928"

and

"This Monument was erected in 1929 by the people of manly, Warringah and Pittwater Historical Society and a plaque was later placed on the street side to commemorate the landing of Governor Phillip in 1788. More recent research indicates that although Philip was in our area on the 21st January he did not come ashore on that date."

and

"THE SPEARING OF GOVERNOR PHILLIP
NEAR THIS PLACE AT MANLY COVE ON 7 SEPTEMBER 1790
DURING AN ABORIGINAL FEAST ON A BEACHED WHALE,
THE FIRST GOVERNOR OF NSW, CAPTAIN ARTHUR PHILLIP
RN, WAS SPEARED IN THE SHOULDER BY AN ABORIGINAL
MAN, WIL-LE-ME-RING, WHEN PHILIP APPROACHED HIM.
THE GOVERNOR MADE A FULL RECOVERY.

ERECTED BY MANLY, WARRINGAH & PITTWATER HISTORICAL SOCIETY
IN CONJUNCTION WITH MANLY COUNCIL, 2006"

Age/Event Date: 1788, 1790 Type of Historic Marker: Monument Type of Historic Marker if other: Plaque Related Website: [Web Link] Historic Resources.: Manly Historical Society

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