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50 Years of Lions : 17-May-2013
50 Years of Lions : 17-May-2013

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The building commemorates 50 years of Lions Clubs` service in Australia.

Lions Clubs International, a service membership organization of over 1.4 million members world-wide (as of April 2015), was founded in the United States on June 7, 1917, by Melvin Jones a Chicago businessman. The organization became international on 12 March 1920, when the first club in Canada was established in Windsor, Ontario. The organisation was founded in Australia in 1947. 

Location

Address:Cressy Street, Waring Gardens, Deniliquin, 2710
State:NSW
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -35.529656
Long: 144.963342
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Structure
Monument Theme:Culture
Sub-Theme:Community

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:November-1997
Front Inscription

This building was constructed by the Lions Club of Deniliquin and donated to the community to celebrate 50 years of Lionism  in Australia

November 1997

Source: MA
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