15. Meditation Park

Stone plaque which reads: To commemorate 15th February 1788 when Governor Arthur Phillip and party landed here and named looking glass bay. Erected by Gladesville and District Progress Association 1979

In Meditation Park, adjacent to the boat house, a 1979 plaque commemorates this site as the probable location of the first meeting between Europeans and a local Aboriginal man of the Wallumudegal on 15 February 1788.

The name of the Aboriginal man is not recorded but Governor Phillip and Lieutenant W. Bradley came ashore near here and presented the Aboriginal man with a hatchet and a looking glass, or mirror.

Location

End of Wharf Rd, Looking Glass Bay, Gladesville 2111  View Map

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