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Friendship Tree : 16-November-2011
Friendship Tree : 16-November-2011

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

A tree commemorates the friendship between Melbourne and the Chinese city of  Tianjin.

Note: The Friendship Cities Program is a way for the City to initiate relationships — on a municipal government to municipal government basis — with international cities on a less formal basis than through an official sister city relationship.

Location

Address:St Kilda Road, Kings Domain, Melbourne, 3000
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.825658
Long: 144.973119
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Tree
Monument Theme:Government
Sub-Theme:Local

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Sunday 15th November, 1981
Front Inscription

THIS TREE
Was Planted By
Liu Jinfeng,
Vice Mayor of Tianjin,
The People`s Republic of China
On 15th November, 1981,
To Commemorate The Friendship
City Relationship Between
Melbourne And Tianjin

Source: MA
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au