HMS SIRIUS

THIS SCULPTURE, FEATURING THE FLAGSHIP OF THE FIRST FLEET
HMS SIRIUS, COMMEMORATES THE COURAGEOUS VOYAGE OF THE
FLEET, WHICH DEPARTED FROM PORTSMOUTH ON 13TH MAY 1787
AND ARRIVED IN SYDNEY ON AUSTRALIA'S FOUNDATION DAY, 26TH
JANUARY 1788.
 
IT WAS PRESENTEDON 13TH MAY 1991 TO THE CITIZENS OF THE CITY
OF PORTSMOUTH AS A GIFT FROM THE PEOPLE OF AUSTRALIA
DONATED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KU-RING-GAI
AND SUPPORTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SYDNEY IN
RECOGNITION OF THE FLEET'S PLACE OF DEPARTURE AND THE
PART PLAYED BY PORTSMOUTH IN THE FOUNDING OF AUSTRALIA.
 

ALDERMAN RICHARD LENNON, MAYOR
WARREN TAYLOR, TOWN CLERK
COUNCIL OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF KU-RING-GAI
PACIFIC HIGHWAY, GORDON, SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
 

THIS BRONZE IS AN EXACT COPY OF THE SCULPTURE LOCATED IN
THE KU-RING-GAI BICENTENNIAL PARK IN WEST PYMBLE, SYDNEY,
AUSTRALIA.
THE 'SIRIUS' REPRESENTED IN THE SCULPTURE WAS MODELLED
FROM THE ORIGINAL PLANS OF THE 'BERWICH', THE COAL CARRIER
MODIFIED AND RENAMED 'SIRIUS' BY HIS MAJESTY'S NAVY FOR THE
JOURNEY.
 

SCULPTOR: VICTOR CUSACK, AUSTRALIA