HMAS_Sydney_1912_compass-stand_Port_Macquarie.JPG

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Compass stand from the bridge of HMAS Sydney (1912) , installed at Port Macquarie, New South Wales in 1929.

Notes:

  • The concrete block is beside the town beach.
  • Sydney was decommissioned in 1928, hence the eretion at Port Macquarie in 1929 is consistent.
  • Inscription:

Compass Stand from Bridge of HMAS Sydney which destroyed the German Raider Emden at Cocos Island on 1914-09-09 .

Erected to mark the spot where Surveyor General John Oxley camped on his arrival at Port Macquarie on 1818-10-08 after his expedition from Bathurst , down the Macquarie River , over the New England range, and down the Hastings River .

Unveiled 1929-10-08

A.C. Elliot


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