Description:
This marker is on Commercial Road, in Plymouth, on the right when travelling south, in the Barbican. It is fixed to a wall.
History:
Erected in 1992, and unveiled by His Excellency Mr Richard Smith the Australian High Commissioner on 8th September 1992
Inscription:
PLYMOUTH MEN WHO HELPED TO FOUND MODERN AUSTRALIA
Captain Tobias Furneaux charted the Coast of Tasmania, and in 1773
became the first Englishman to land there.
Captain John Macarthur gave Australia prosperity through his introduction
of merino sheep in the 1790s.
Captain William Bligh survived the mutiny aboard the Bounty to become
Governor of New South Wales 1806-1809.
Colonel George Arthur was Lieutenant Governor of Tasmania 1823-1836.
Major Edmund Lockyer raised the British flag in Western Australia in 1827.
Both Furneaux and Bligh accompanied Captain James Cook on the second of
his three great voyages of discovery, all of which left from Plymouth
in 1768, 1772, and 1776.
Coordinates: 502195N 48062W
References:
Western Evening Herald, Wednesday 9th September 1992. p.9.
https://www.hmdb.org/m.asp?m=286820 (The Historical Marker Database)