Founders - Glenelg, SA, Australia
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member Grahame Cookie
S 34° 58.819 E 138° 30.665
54H E 272802 N 6126309
On the side of the tall Memorial is a bronze plaque for the Founders of Glenelg.
Waymark Code: WMZE3X
Location: South Australia, Australia
Date Posted: 10/27/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Rigger64
Views: 3

On the northern side of the large Memorial is a rectangular bronze plaque with a heavy green patina, for the Founders of South Australia, which reads:

	   To the Memory of
	Edward Gibbon Wakefield
	  Robert Gouger
	  Robert Torrens
	  George Fife Angas
	  and other Founders
	  who  overcame
	  great difficulties
	  to  secure  the
	  South Australian
	  Foundation  Act
	      of 1834
	  and who continued
	to labour ceaselessly
	  until the Province
	was  firmly  established

On the broad western side of the monument is the following inlaid inscription:

Here
at Holdfast Bay
landed the
Pioneer Settlers
and
Governor Hindmarsh
announced the
Establishment of
the Government
on Dec. 28th 1836

Visited: 1521, Wednesday, 30 May, 2018
[From the Monuments Australia website it seems that was also a plaque on the south side of the monument, for the early explorers of South Australia, but unfortunately I did not get a photo of that.]

Age/Event Date: 1836; 1936

Type of Historic Marker: Plaque only

Type of Historic Marker if other: Plaque, and bronze model of exploring shop 'Buffalo'

Related Website: [Web Link]

Historic Resources.:
City of Holdfast Bay (Council)


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