Photograph, 1923

Historical information

One of a collection of over 400 photographs in an album commenced in 1960 and presented to the Phillip Island & Westernport Historical Society by the Shire of Phillip Island

Physical description

Close up photograph of the Woolamai Granite Tablet on the Cairn at Rhyll.

Inscriptions & markings

To Commemorate the discovery of this port by Surgeon George Bass, 4 Jan 1798 and the visits paid by Lieut. James Grant, March 1801. Lieut. John Murray, Dec 1801. The French under Capt. Baudin, April 1802 and Capt. D'Urville, Nov. 1826. Also the establishment of a temporary British settlement (Fort Dumaresq) Dec. 1826

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