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The statue of Queen Victoria outside the QVB, famous for having stood outside the Irish parliament in Dublin until 1947, when the Irish Republican government gave it to Sydney to avoid it being destroyed by the IRA. It wasn't set up here though until 1987.

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The statue of Queen Victoria outside the QVB, famous for having stood outside the Irish parliament in Dublin until 1947, when the Irish Republican government gave it to Sydney to avoid it being destroyed by the IRA. It wasn't set up here though until 1987.