Obelisk at commemorating Stamford Hill, Port Lincoln, Australia commemorating Captain Matthew Finders RN d. 1814
Location
Stamford Hill, Port Lincoln, South Australia, Australia, Rest of the World
Transcript
'The place from which the Gulf and its shores were first surveyed on 20th Feb. 1802 by Matthew Flinders R.N., commanding H.M.S. 'Investigator' the discoverer, of the country, now called South Australia, was set apart on 12 Jan., 1841, with the sanction of Lieut. Col. Gawler, K.H., the governor of the colony, and in the first year of the government of Captain Grey, adorned with this monument to the perpetual memory of the illustrious navigator, his honoured commander by John Franklin R.N., K.C.H., K.R., Lieutenant-Governor of Van Diemen's Land'
Details
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Ironstone, marble
Date Erected: 1841-2
Vessel: Investigator
Materials: Ironstone, marble
Date Erected: 1841-2
Vessel: Investigator
People
Flinders, Matthew
Age: 40
Date of Death: 19/7/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Age: 40
Date of Death: 19/7/1814
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Captain RN
Organisation: Royal Navy
Extra
Notes: Cost £250-00. Refaced with marble in 1866 and a new marble tablet fixed. A bronze plaque reproducing the same inscription was placed on top of the marble one and unveiled on 9 March 1934.
Bibliography: Ken McGoogan 'Lady Franklin's Revenge' (London, 2006) p.210; Manuscript collection, National Maritime Museum FLI/109 Letter of thanks, 1843, to Franklin from Flinders' widow Mary Ann Flinders.
Bibliography: Ken McGoogan 'Lady Franklin's Revenge' (London, 2006) p.210; Manuscript collection, National Maritime Museum FLI/109 Letter of thanks, 1843, to Franklin from Flinders' widow Mary Ann Flinders.