File:HMAS Sydney 1912 compass-stand Port Macquarie.JPG

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Compass stand from the bridge of HMAS Sydney (1912) , installed at Port Macquarie, New South Wales in 1929.

Notes:

The concrete block is beside the town beach.
Sydney was decommissioned in 1928, hence the eretion at Port Macquarie in 1929 is consistent.
Inscription:

Compass Stand from Bridge of HMAS Sydney which destroyed the German Raider Emden at Cocos Island on 1914-09-09 .

Erected to mark the spot where Surveyor General John Oxley camped on his arrival at Port Macquarie on 1818-10-08 after his expedition from Bathurst , down the Macquarie River , over the New England range, and down the Hastings River .

Unveiled 1929-10-08

A.C. Elliot

Mayor

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20 November 2009

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Originally uploaded to EN Wikipedia as en:File:HMAS Sydney 1912 compass-stand Port Macquarie.JPG by Peter Ellis 21 November 2009.

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