| LOCATION |
| Map |
Show Map
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| Address |
LINCOLN NATIONAL PARK |
| Locality |
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| Accuracy |
H - high level confidence |
| Council Area |
Lower Eyre Peninsula Council |
| Polygon Type |
B - Building footprint |
| DESCRIPTION |
| Details (Known As) |
Memory Cove Tablet Site, Memory Cove Wilderness Protection Area |
| Registered Name |
Flinders Tablet Memory Cove |
| Significance |
The Memory Cove Tablet marks an historic site related to Matthew Flinders' expedition of 1801-03 and the perils of South Australian coastal waters. The Memory Cove area is one of the few sites in South Australia where Flinders came ashore. In this instance it was to honour the memory of eight of the crew of the 'Investigator', John Thistle (master), William Taylor (midshipman) and six other sailors who were drowned when their cutter capsized on 21 February 1802.
The original tablet was the first memorial erected on South Australian soil. It was an engraved sheet of copper and was erected on a 'stout post' on 24 February 1802. A portion of it was found on the beach in 1866 and is now displayed in the South Australian Maritime Museum.
A replacement was erected in 1897 but it too was subsequently destroyed. The present plaque was mounted in 1924. Flinders bestowed the names Memory Cove and Cape Catastrophe to mark the event, and also named islands after each of the eight men. (HSA 9/99) |
| Subject Index |
Monuments and memorials - Memorial - Built/Statue/Plaque/Tree |
| Class |
State |
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| STATUS |
| Status Code |
REG - Confirmed as a State Heritage Place in the SA Heritage Register |
| Status Date |
04-MAR-1993 |
| REFERENCE |
| LGA |
Lower Eyre Peninsula |
| State Heritage ID |
14214 |
| Heritage Number |
16599 |
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| SECTION 16 INFORMATION |
| Section 16 |
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| PLAN PARCEL & TITLE |
| As listed in the SA Heritage Register |
| Plan Parcel & Title Information |
CR 5910/81 H510200 S12,CR 5918/369 D64397 A6 |