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The Granite Tablet from Merri Merri Creek,
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In 1975 a 400 lb block of granite was discovered in the Merri Merri Creek in East Brunswick with an inscription which read:
'To Victoria from one of her earliest colonists in pleasant memories 1840-88.'
This was traced back to William Westgarth. In his book Half a Century of Australasian Progress : A Personal Retrospect he revealed that he arranged for an Aberdeenshire granite fountain, bearing the same inscription, to be sent out as a present to Victoria. -
Notes of an Australian Vine Grower,
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(p. 8)This column provides publishing and printing details involved in the production of this book.
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