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Chinese Pioneer Memorial : 16-September-2011
Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders
The bronze plaque provided by Victoria's 150th Anniversary Board, commemorates the pioneers of Melbourne`s Chinese community who lived in this area.
Location
| Address: | Little Bourke Street & Celestial Avenue, Melbourne, 3000 |
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| State: | VIC |
| Area: | AUS |
| GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -37.812161 Long: 144.966497 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
| Monument Type: | Plaque |
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| Monument Theme: | Landscape |
| Sub-Theme: | Settlement |
| Approx. Event Start Date: | 1854 |
Dedication
| Approx. Monument Dedication Date: | 1984-1985 |
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Front Inscription
Source: MA,VMR,RHSVThis tablet commemorates the pioneers of Melbourne`s Chinese community who had begun settling in this part of Little
Bourke Street by about 1854.
Many of these settlers came from the See Yap ('Four Districts') area of Guangdong province, China.
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au
