The waymark coordinates are for the famous church in the old City center, the Canterbury cathedral. Maybe you've heard of it :)
The historic city of Canterbury in Kent is an ancient Roman and then Saxon town, internationally famous for its amazing Cathedral, which is not only the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury, but is also the site of the martyrdom of a Catholic saint (St Thomas a Becket) and the burial place of Kings.
The city of Canterbury in New South Wales, Australia was founded in 1793, about 1040 years after the first Archbishop of Canterbury was installed by the Pope.
The city's website is under construction in 2016, but we have been able to probe the connection by looking at the similarities of the Coats of Arms for each city. See: (
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From the website Heraldry of the World: (
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"The arms were granted on April 23, 1979.
The shield identifies the situation of Canterbury and the source of its name, being based on the pattern of the ancient shield of Canterbury, Kent, England, which displays a golden lion on red above the three choughs (black crow-like birds with red beaks and legs), attributed as the arms of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury 1162-1170. To the choughs is added a blue wave for Cook's River, and each holds a distinctive black cross from the arms of the Archbishop of Canterbury. On the red 'chief' at the top is the gold lion taken from the former Council seal.
The crest refers to the foundation and naming of Canterbury by the Reverend Richard Johnson from Yorkshire, appointed as the State's first chaplain in 1786. The mantling is in the colours of New South Wales state. A ring of gold stars from the state arms encloses a grassy mound representing Johnson's grant of Brickfield Hill in which is fixed the Canterbury cross to denote his foundation of the Church in the place named Canterbury Vale, an act which he clearly saw as a parallel to the pioneer work of St. Augustine at Canterbury, England, in 597 A.D. His Yorkshire origins are indicated by the White Rose of York, which appeared in the previous device.
The supporters are a marine version of the White Horse of Kent, England, of which the City of Canterbury is the capital, said to have been borne on the standards of the Danes who settled in Kent in the 5th century, and perpetuated in the arms of the Kent County Council. These 'sea-horses' denote coastal or river traffic, here identified by the blue wave from the shield denoting Cook's River, charged with the Polar Star from Cook's arms. In their mouths are sprays of the Canterbury Bell flower, a perfect heraldic reference to the name, taken from the former seal.
The motto, adapted from Cicero, means 'We bear a great name' in reference to Canterbury's illustrious 'ancestry'."
And then we found an article from the Australian Daily Telegraph: (
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"From Beaconsfield to Windsor, the place names of New South Wales which have their origins in England
Brian Kelly, The Daily Telegraph
September 13, 2015 10:35pm
AROUND 50 towns and suburbs of NSW are related to places in England. Here we take at some of them - and see how they compare with their Australian counterparts.
You may know about Liverpool or Newcastle, but what about Penshurst and Holbrook?
What can you tell us about your town? Or have you visited the ‘sister’ town in the UK? Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below...
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CANTERBURY
Canterbury, Kent: Legendary cathedral city and UNESCO world heritage site, there are such head-swivellingly dazzling layers of history here in such a well-preserved state that tourists are constant and in large number. Cricket fans know St Lawrence Ground as one of the two grounds used regularly for first-class cricket that have a tree within the boundary.
Canterbury, NSW: Home of the mighty Bulldogs NRL team, although the first major industry was the building of the Australian Sugar Company’s sugar mill in 1841 by the Cooks River, cranking out molasses and spirits. Birthplace of Steve Waugh and Robbie Farah, who made his name with derby rivals Wests Tigers.
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