The monument on the northern shore of Botany Bay was built in 1825. It is still extant and the suburb that developed around the monument is known as La Perouse. The oblisk honours the eighteenth century French explorer, la Perouse who visited Botany Bay in 1788 and met Governor Phillip in the first week of the fledgling settlement. He stayed only a short time before sailing off to oblivion. His two ships foundered in the Solomon Islands and subsequent voyages to the Pacific by the French had as one of their tasks to discover what had happened. Built on the occasion of the visit to Sydney by Hyacinthe de Bougainville, commander of the French corvette THETIS. de Bougainville was the grandson of Louis de Bougainville, the first French circumnavigator.
 
Lithograph.
Later hand colouring.
190 x 280 mm.
Rare.