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Australian Tree Marker

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Location: 5th Avenue and East 24th Street; north of Eternal Light Flagstaff, near dog run
Description: Plaque on plinth
Materials: Bronze, Georgia granite
Dimensions: Plaque H: 6" W: 1'1¾" D: 1/8"; Plinth H: 1'4" W: 1'5½" D: 1'2"
Cast: 1929
Dedicated: March 14, 1929
Donor: Young Australia League
Inscription: PLANTED BY / 159 MEMBERS OF THE YOUNG / AUSTRALIA LEAGUE, / AS AN AUSTRALIAN TRIBUTE / TO AMERICA'S GLORIOUS DEAD, / MARCH 14, 1929 /

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