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Description: Memorial to George Bass and Matthew Flinders at Flinders, erected 1912. Plaque reads, "In Commemoration of the Discovery and Naming of Western Port by Surgeon George Bass January 4, 1798. And the passage of Bass Strait, the same year, by Bass and Lieut Matthew Flinders (both of H.M.S. "Reliance") Erected by the people of Flinders assisted by the National Parks Association 1912". Note: The local war memorial was later erected beside this memorial, and is seen to the left.
Title: Bass-Flinders Westernport discovery memorial
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