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'Chinaman and Syrian' - The Bendigo Independent, 1901
A supposed encounter in court between Chinese and Syrian men. Includes references to a policeman's desire to maintain a white Australia.
'Shop and Dwelling Ablaze' - Argus, 1908
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.
