Featured Plaque:

Australian Prime Minister Disappeared While SWimming

This has be my favourite plaque I've found so far. The plaque reads: 'In Memory of Harold Edward Holt, P.C., C.H.,  Prime Minister of Australia from 26.1.1966 until 19.12.1967. He...

• australia
• prime minister
• drowning

Eagles Nest Gun Emplacement

'"The new 10 inch gun erected at Eagle's Nest was successfully tired Monday. Each discharge costs from £28 to £70"   Eagles Nest was once a highly significant  part of Port Phillip's early...

• australian
• army
• defence
• gun emplacement

Quarantine Station Notice

Not sure whether it counts as a plaque! It's more a sign. Its headed with a Royal Cypher [Can't work out whos] 'Notice. Section (45) (1)All persons ordered into quarantine and for that purpose...

• quarantine station
• australia
• point nepean

Ten Inch "Disappearing" Gun

Plaque on the side reads: 'This ten inch "Disapearing" gun was manufactured in 1885 by Elswick Ordnance Coy. England and was  sited at Eagles Nest, Fort Nepean 1889.  An experimental gun it...

• ponit nepean
• australia
• defence gun

Quarantine Station Cemetery

Quarantine Station Cemetery 1852 -1854 The original burial place of those who died while in quarantine. Sea erosion over the years caused graves to collapse and storms uncovered the remains. in...

• quarantine station
• cemetery
• australia
• point nepean

Victorian Police Mounted Branch Stables

The horses have recently moved out and the builders are in so no idea if this will be here much longer. The punctuation is terrible. Plaque reads: 'Victoria Police Mounted Branch Stables...

• australia
• victoria
• police stables
• horses

Lionel J. Wilson

LIONEL J. WILSON  Mayor of Oakland 1977-1991

• oakland
• califorinia
• airport
• oak

Furnes

Submitted by @caddickbrown

• ship
• house
• furnes

Mary Lou Beatty Memorial Park

The smallest park in Olympia, Washington. "Mary Lou Beatty Memorial Park Dedicated in her honor May 14 1918-2002"

Ordnance Survey

Submitted by @caddickbrown

Cross Dyke Conservation Porject

National Trust  CROSS DYKE CONSERVATION PROJECT  Legend has it this ditch was a defensive feature thrown up by ancient Britons against the romans. It is now thought that this ditch is a hollow...

• birmingham
• england
• dyke
• britons
• cattle inclosure

The Olympic Diamond

Submitted by @caddickbrown

Don Pedro Fages Expedition

DON PEDRO FAGES EXPEDITION  THIS MARKER DESIGNATES THE AREA WHERE ON MARCH 27, 1772 A SCIENTIFIC TEAM UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE EMPIRE OF SPAIN STOPPED ON STRAWBERRY CREEK TO INCLUDE AN...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• golden gate
• strawberry creek
• crespi
• fages

Site of the Kellogg School

BERKELEY HISTORY SITE OF THE KELLOGG SCHOOL 1884 An apple orchard, two houses, and a tailor shop once occupied this block. In 1879, six local businessmen and a university professor financed the...

• berkeley
• california
• bay area
• kellogg
• school
• 1879

Tiger Company Fire Hall

This sign contains information about the Tiger Company, which "was one of three volunteer fire companies dedicated to protecting Victoria's growing business district during the late 1800s." The...

McPherson Playhouse

Transcription: McPherson Playhouse Dedicated 26th February 1965 Named in honour of Thomas Shanks McPherson Born Airdrie, Scotland. Prominent businessman, philanthropist and a citizen of Victoria...

Victoria Fire Department Headquarters, 1899 - 1959

This sign contains information about the headquarters of the Victoria Fire Department, which was nearby between 1899 and 1959. It complements another nearby sign that contains information about an...

Nagasaki Peace Park sculpture by Naoki Tominaga

One of the more than 50 peace monuments in Nagasaki Peace Park is a sculpture by Naoki Tominaga depicting a stricken child sleeping in her mother's warm embrace.  "Embodied in the monument is the...

• nagasaki peace park
• japan
• wwii
• nuclear weapons

Guadalcanal Memorial

The Guadalcanal Memorial overlooks the town of Honiara in the Solomon Islands.  It honors the Americans and Allies who lost their lives from August 7, 1942 to February 9, 1943 taking Guadalcanal...

• guadalcanal
• wwii
• solomon islands

Gilbert High School and Mexican School

Submitted by @jqmcd

• gilbert
• arizona
• school
• also a black school
• segregation