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Akarana returned to Australia (3rd of 3)

<em>Akarana </em>returned to Australia

In 1987 the Akarana was purchased by the New Zealand government and restored in Auckland. In 1988, 100 years after it first crossed the Tasman, it was presented back to the Australian people to mark the bicentenary of European settlement there. The New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange (left) and Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke (right) read a commemorative plaque marking the gift.

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Australian National Maritime Museum
Reference: 1988/051/1/16

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Harold Kidd. 'Sailing and windsurfing', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 24-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/sailing-and-windsurfing/2/4/3