At the bicentenary celebration on Saturday 20th October 2018, two (double sided) information boards were unveiled on either side of the memorial. The information boards tell a summary of both his life and of his expeditions to find the inland sea, how Harrington Village was started and the naming of the Manning River which Oxley called a Lake, at Harrington, at the entrance of the Manning River. The inscription says:— "In honor of Oxley, who, in 1818, explored the country from Bathurst to Port Macquarie. During this expedition he discovered Liverpool Plains and ranges, the Peel River, Mount Severn, overlooking Port Macquarie, and the Manning River, which he crossed here on October 22, 1818." The commemoration tablet was donated by Mr. George S. Hill, of Bungay. This is embodied in a concrete structure rising about 5½ feet, surmounted by an anchor from H.M.S. Tomahawk..."

The Memorial was unveiled September 14, 1929.
The Oxley park is adjacent to Club Harrington, on the bank of the Manning River in Harrington, NSW Australia.
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