Queen Elizabeth II - 150 yr - Glenelg, SA, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 34° 58.822 E 138° 30.668
54H E 272807 N 6126303
On the eastern side of the large memorial column is a bronze plaque for the arrival of Queen Elizabeth to Glenelg in March 1986.
Waymark Code: WMZE40
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 10/27/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member TeamBPL
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Way back in 1836, in England, a part of Australia was declared (by William IV) to be the Province of South Australia, and a Governor (Rear-Admiral John Hindmarsh) was appointed. With potential settlers and officials they set sail from England in nine ships. While they initially landed on Kangaroo Island (off of Cape Jervis), it wasn't until they moved to Holdfast Bay on 28th December 1936 that the Province of South Australia was officially proclaimed. [Some info from Wiki: South Australia

On the western side of the large stone monument, below the brass model of one of the early ships (the "Buffalo", is the following inscription: 

HERE
AT HOLDFAST BAY
LANDED THE
PIONEER SETTLERS
AND
GOVERNOR HINDMARSH
ANNOUNCED THE
ESTABLISHMENT OF
THE GOVERNMENT
ON DEC. 28th 1836

On the southern side of the monument is the brass plaque for the visit by Queen Elizabeth in 1986, which reads: 

HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN
and 
HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH
Landed at Glenelg from the H.M.Y. Britannia
on 20 March, 1977
During the Royal Jubilee Tour
and visited
Glenelg on 10 March, 1986
to Commemorate the Sesquicentenary
of South Australia

Visited: 1529, Wednesday, 30 May, 2018

Subject: State/Province

Commemoration: 10 March 1986

Date of Founding: 1836

Date of Commemoration: 10 March 1986

Address:
Moseley Square, Glenelg, SA, 5045, Australia

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