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23-August-2015
23-August-2015

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100 trees were planted by Ballan Rotary Club to commemorate 100 years of Rotary International from 1905 to 2005.

Rotary International is an international service organization whose stated purpose is to bring together business and professional leaders in order to provide humanitarian services, encourage high ethical standards in all vocations, and help build goodwill and peace in the world. It is a secular organization open to all persons regardless of race, color, creed, religion, gender, or political preference.

The first Rotary Club was formed when attorney Paul P. Harris called together a meeting of three business acquaintances in downtown Chicago, at Harris' friend Gustave E. Loehr's office in the Unity Building on Dearborn Street on February 23, 1905.

Location

Address:Blackwood Street, Caledonian Park , Ballan, 3342
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.597936
Long: 144.231247
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Trees
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Community
Actual Event Start Date:23-February-1905
Actual Event End Date:23-February-2005

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:2005
Left Side Inscription

"100 trees for 100 years of Rotary" 

100 trees were planted by the Rotary Club of Ballan District 9780 

To celebrate Rotary International's Centennial 

1905 - 2005

Source: MA
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