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Danish Settlers : 10-November-2011
Danish Settlers : 10-November-2011
Danish Settlers : 10-November-2011
Danish Settlers : 10-November-2011

Photographs supplied by Peter Dumergue

The wooden board was erected as a tribute commemorates the immigrants from Denmark who settled in Poowong East , then called "Triholm" in 1877. The board was unveiled during the Commonwealth Jubilee Celebrations in 1951. 

Location

Address:11 Dudley Lane, Poowong East Public Hall, Poowong East, 3988
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -38.310358
Long: 145.832775
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Monument Type:Plaque
Monument Theme:Landscape
Sub-Theme:Settlement
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Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Friday 26th October, 1951
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Front Inscription

                A Tribute By Their
Descendants & Friends To The Pioneers
Of Danish Settlement.  East Poowong 1877

H. Staben               N. P. Olsen
C. Moller                 E. Ecksten
J. Schmidt              P. Andersen
P. C. Petersen        M. C. L. Hansen
L. J. Linnett             W. A. Langton
A. N. Bygdahl          Peter Pershang
C. A. Byriell

                  UNVEILED 
COMMONWEALTH JUBILEE YEAR 1951.

CENTENARY CELEBRATES 1977
125 YEARS CELEBRATED 2002

 

Left Side Inscription
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Source: PMCA,MA
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