Sundial

Largest Sundial in the Southern Hemisphere

Rose Point Park, Ryan Ave, Singleton

To the Singleton Community the Sundial represents its bicentennial celebrations, it was the major feature of the Bicentennial Riverside Park Project. The sundial formed a gateway to the Hunter River, picnic areas, recreational and sporting facilities also developed in the 1988 bicentennial project.

Construction of the Sundial was financed by Lemington Coal Mine, a State Bicentennial Grant and generous contributions from mining, industry and community groups within and around Singleton. Its stands as a visible link between the old and the new - an ancient method of time telling set in the midst of the new development in Singleton.

The idea of the Sundial was first projected in 1982 by the Singleton Greening Australia Committee as an entrance way to the towns proposed 1988 bicentennial project. In 1983 the Hunter River Development Group submitted the plans for improvements and landscaping along the Hunter River from Rose Point Park to the Civic Centre which included the Sundial.

In 1985 chief design draftsmen from the Singleton Council began to research the idea. Work began in July 1986 with site leveling and the establishment of true north geodetic survey. In 1987 the Sundial started to be built. With such an intricate structure, the exceptional quantity and detail of the steelwork took four tradesman 12 working days to place and erect the Sundial.

Friday March 20th 1987 saw the completion and official handing over of the Sundial to the people of Singleton and the presentation of a certificate of recognition for the Sundial being the largest in the world from the Guinness Book of Records.

Monolithic Sundial weighing 30 tonnes. Set near the Hunter River, is the gateway to the largest sporting area in the region.

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