George Evans Memorial, King's Parade, Bathurst

CIMG3167

 

Commemorating the discovery by Evans of the Bathurst Plains and the opening of the West 1813.

 

Designed by W. Dryden, architect. Gilbert Doble, sculptor. Unveiled by the Governor Sir Walter Davidson on 30th November 1920.

 

George William Evans (1780-1852), surveyor and explorer - adb.anu.edu.au/biography/evans-george-william-2029

 

EXPLORER EVANS. MONUMENT UNVEILED The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette, Friday 3 December 1920, p. 3. - trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/112439925

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