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The article details a grand banquet hosted by Syrian residents in Melbourne in honour of the English King and the Ottoman Sultan to mark the granting of Constitutional government in Turkey. The occasion was also used to call for Syrians to not be…

This article contains a very positive description of a community of Syrian immigrants in the suburbs of Sydney. It describes their work and occupations, their housing situation, aspects of their culture, positively noting their similarity to the…

A fire at a shop owned by Syrian Mr. Michael Bacash - 'draper' and 'fancy-goods dealer'. It appears as if Mr Bacash's family were living upstairs in the shop on 233 Exhibition Street, Melbourne. Published in the Argus on October 3rd, 1908.