Rockingham settlers plaque - Western Australia
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S 32° 15.687 E 115° 44.828
50H E 381992 N 6429895
A plaque to the first settlers of Rockingham
Waymark Code: WMP2W7
Location: Western Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 06/19/2015
Views: 3
The plaque commemorates the arrival of the ship "Rockingham" in 1830. The Rockingham ,after which the townsite was named, arrived in heavy weather on the afternoon of 13 May 1830, but due to the heavy weather the ship drifted out of control and ran aground, broadside on. Miraculously all managed to make it to shore without loss of life.
The wall the plaque is attached to is made from the ballast of ships that called at the Port of Rockingham to load timber during the late 19th and early 20th centuries
Age/Event Date: 14th May 1830, 28th May 1971
Type of Historic Marker: Plaque only
Related Website: [Web Link]
Type of Historic Marker if other: Not listed
Historic Resources.: Not listed
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