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A plaque, provided by Victoria 150th Anniversary Board, commemorates the first Lebanese settlers to Victoria who arrived in 1880. 

Location

Address:Spring & Lonsdale Streets, Commonwealth Centre, Melbourne, 3000
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.80925
Long: 144.971855
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Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
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This tablet commemorates the first Lebanese settlers, then known as Syrians, who reached Victoria from the 1880s onwards. By the early twentieth century many formed a community in the block bounded by Lonsdale, Exhibition, La Trobe and Spring Streets, Melbourne.

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: RHSV
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