Description:
A block of rough stone, with two bronze plaques affixed.

History:
To commemorate the botanist on board Cook’s ship, David Nelson, a gardener from Kew in London, England, who had been employed by Joseph Banks as the official plant collector on Resolution.  Nelson collected the first specimens of Eucalyptus Obliqua (Stringybark), and E. globulus (Tasmanian Blue Gum) here in 1777. 
The monument was built in 1988 as a Bicentenary Project. with financial assistance from the Australian Bicentennial Authority, the Tasmanian Government, and the Bruny Island Bicentenary Committee.

Inscriptions:
Front inscription:

Australia 1788-1988
This monument commemorates the collection of the ‘type’
specimen of Eucalyptus oblique (stringybark) by
Captain Cook at Adventure Bay in 1777.

Side inscription:

An Australian Bicentennial Project
Eucalyptus Obliqua Tree Site

Built to commemorate the bicentenary in 1988
with financial assistance from the Australian Bicentennial Authority, the
Tasmanian Government and the Bruny Island Bicentenary Committee.

GPS Coordinates:  -43.343553,  147.304284

References:
The Bruny Island Historical Society
Website: http://monumentaustralia.org.au/display/70084-eucalyptus-obliqua