Summary

This badge was excavated at Casselden Place in 2003. It is a Melbourne City Mission Badge.

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

This badge is a square shape with rounded corners. On the front it has a life buoy. The pin is missing and there is a spot of discolouration where it used to join. The back is plain.

Physical Description

"HELP THE HELPLESS. BEFRIEND THE FRIENDLESS. NEED NOT CREED. MELBOURNE CEO MISSION"

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