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Australia facing the dawn 1901

Explorers' marked tree

Sir Richard Bourke statue

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Monument

Australia facing the dawn 1901

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Proposal for a colossal statue on Fort Denison to commemorate Federation in 1901 which was made in November 1899 by EW O' Sullivan, the New South Wales Government's Secretary for Public Works. While the idea remained under discussion for several years and several designs were submitted, it never came to pass.

Explorers' marked tree

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Stump of a blackbutt tree just outside Katoomba that was allegedly carved with the initials of Wentworth, Blaxland and Lawson during the crossing of the Blue Mountains in 1813, but this historical significance is often questioned.

Sir Richard Bourke statue

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Statue of Governor Sir Richard Bourke that was unveiled in 1842 'on the rising ground at the entrance of the Government Domain from Bent Street', five years after he had departed the colony. Australia's first monument, and the only statue of a British colonial governor built with money raised by public subscription. In 1838, Bourke's son in London commissioned the English sculptor Edward Hodges Baily was commissioned to create the work on behalf of the committee in Sydney. The statue was moved in 1925 and now stands in front of the Mitchell Library, at the interesection of Macquarie Street and Shakespeare Place.