Summary
Plastic Badge, circa 1880.
Cultural diversity in Little Lon.
Little Lon was home to a diverse population. Germans, Jews and Irish arrived in the mid 19th century; Chinese, southern Europeans and Syrians (Lebanese) in the 1880s; and Italians in the 1890s. Immigrants sometimes brought objects with them to remind them of home, or purchased new items that re-affirmed national loyalties. Pipes, vases or plates were decorated with flags, military heroes, an Irish lyre or English roses. The amount of foreign currency excavated also attests to diversity of the immigrants who frequented Little Lon.
Physical Description
"HELP THE HELPLESS. BEFRIEND THE FRIENDLESS. NEED NOT CREED. MELBOURNE CEO MISSION"
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Inscriptions
On Badge "HELP THE HELPLESS. BEFRIEND THE FRIENDLESS. NEED NOT CREED. MELBOURNE CEO MISSION"
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Context Number
84A/84B/6/5
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Site
Australia, Victoria, H7822-1209, Casselden Place, 50 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne
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Colour
Blue
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Overall Dimensions
20 mm (Width), 20 mm (Height)
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