Port Philip Monument 1941
Maker unknown
Registration number
1088151
Artist/maker
Maker unknown
Title
Port Philip Monument
Production date
1941
Medium
basalt
Dimensions (H x W x D)
250 cm (height approx.)
Inscriptions
THIS MONUMENT HAS BEEN ERECTED TO MARK THE ORIGINAL JUNCTION OF THE YARRA AND THE MARIBYRNONG RIVERS WHICH WAS NEAR THIS SPOT. ''''''''... These rivers were originally discovered by Charles Edmond Grimes / in February 1808 and re-found by John Batman in 1836. / Port Phillip was discovered by John Murray in the Lady Nelson in February 1802. The first vessel in Hobson''''''''s Bay was the Cumberland / with Grimes the surveyor. The first man o''''''''war was the Calcutta. / At the end of the same year 1903, the first vessel to ascend the Yarra was John P. Fawkner''''''''s Enterprise''''''''.
An inset brass plaque in the ground below reads: ‘Historical Note, 1995 / When this monument was erected in 1941, it was believed that the HMAS Calcutta / took on fresh water from the Yarra River in November 1803. The Calcutta log indicates that the / ship came only as far as Frankston, and took water from Kananook Creek…’
Credit line
City of Melbourne Art and Heritage Collection
Keywords
Port Phillip, monument, 1941, European landing, Melbourne