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Public Art in the City of Melbourne: Its Typlogy and Planning 68

APPENDIX

A. Public Artworks, Part of the City of Melbourne Collection

Sculpture 1

Title: Adam Lindsay Gordon Memorial

Year: 1931

Artist: Paul Montford

Location: Gordon Reserve (Near Spring St.), East Melbourne

Materials: Bronze, sandstone (pedestal)

2

Title: Another View Walking Trail Site 2

Year: 1995

Artist: Megan Evans & Ray Thomas

Location: Strip, Russell St. (Near Old Melbourne Gaol), CAD

Materials: Wood, carbon steel pole, and ceramic

Description: Painted wooden and carbon steel poles.

3


Year: 1995


Location: Flagstaff Gardens, West Melbourne

Materials: Stainless steel, glass, ceramic and fabric

Description: Three glass topped sculptural boxes recessed in ground.

4


Year: 1995


Location: Footpath, Collins St. (Near National Mutual Plaza), CAD

Materials: Wood pole

Description: Two painted wooden poles.


5


Year: 1995


Location: Kings Domain - skeletal remains site, Parklands

Materials: Wood

Description: Five painted wooden poles.

6


Year: 1995


Location: Strip, Swanston St. Walk (near Matthew Flinders statue),

CAD

Materials: Stainless steel, glass, ceramic, and fabric

Description: One glass-topped cross-shaped sculptural box recessed in

ground.

7

Title: Apollo of the Belvedere

Year: c. 1780, erected 1928

Artist: Unknown

Location: Queen Victoria Gardens, Parklands

Materials: Marble and granite (pillar)

Description: Replica of bust in Capitol Museum, Rome. Gift of Thomas

Fink, Director of the Herald & Weekly Times

8

Title: Architectural Fragment

Year: 1992

Artist: Petrus Spronk

Location: Footpath, Swanston St. Walk (near State Library), CAD

Material: Bluestone

Description: This sculpture takes detail of the State Library and enlarges

it for closer examination.

9

Title: Australia Today and Tomorrow

Year: 1970

Artist: Karl Duldig

Location: Entrance of Council House, Lt. Collins St., CAD

Material: Bronze


10

Title: Beyond the Ocean of Existence

Year: 1993

Artist: Loretta Quinn

Location: Footpath, Swanston St. Walk(near Flinders La.), CAD

Materials: Bronze

Description: Sculpture, a large ball with curly tendrils, surmounted by an

angel on a column. (Source: City of Melbourne, 1995: 77)

11

Title: Bird Panels

Year: 1995

Artist: Di Christenson and Bernice McPherson in collaboration with

local community

Location: Columns of the building, Hotham Hill Estate, North

Melbourne

Material: Stainless steel

Description: 5 x pieces photo etched stainless steel

12

Title: The Boer War monument (Monument to the Fifth Contingent,

Victorian Mounted Rifles)

Year: 1903

Artist: Architect C. de Lacy Evans and sculptor Joseph Hamilton

Location: Kings Domain, Parklands

Material: Sandstone and granite

Description: A memorial honouring Australians who fell in the 1899-

1902 war in South Africa.

13

Title: Boy and Pelican

Year: 1936

Artist: William Leslie Bowles

Location: Fitzroy Gardens (near Hotham St. entrance), East Melbourne

Material: Sandstone

Description: Figure of boy and pelican mounted on gate post


14

Title: Boy on a Turtle

Year: c. 1850

Artist: Unknown

Location: Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne

Material: Cement

Description: Figure of young boy on a turtle. It was installed in the pond

and the turtle squirts water

15

Title: Burke and Wills Monument

Year: 1865

Artist: Charles Summers

Location: Footpath, Swanston St. Walk (near City Square), CAD

Material: Bronze and granite (pedestal)

Description: Over life size bronze memorial depicting the pioneer

explorers Burke & Wills. Figures stand on modern granite pedestal - 4

bas relief bronze panels depicting number of events during exploration

attached to pedestal.

16

Title: Captain Cook

Year: No date

Artist: Unknown

Location: Cooks Cottage, Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne

Material: Bronze

Description: Life-size figure of Captain James Cook

17

Title: Captain Matthew Flinders

Year: 1923

Artist: Charles Web Gilbert

Location: Strip, Swanston St. Walk (outside St. Paul�s Cathedral), CAD


Description: Figure depicting Captain Matthew Flinders standing on

bow of ship.


18

Title: Ceremony and Vehicle for Conveying Spirit

Year: 1996

Artist: Maurie Hughes

Location: Median, Russell St. (near Bourke St.), CAD

Materials: Silicon, bronze, and steel

19

Title: City Living

Year: 1996

Artist: Andrew Rogers

Location: Median, Jeffcott St., West Melbourne

Materials: Bronze and granite (pedestal)

Description: Group of figure

20

Title: Constellation

Year: 1997

Artist: Bruce Armstrong & Geoffrey Bartlett

Location: Enterprise Park (Turning Basin), CAD

Materials: Wood, steel, and copper

Description: Five carved wood figureheads - a dragon, a woman, a bird,

a man and a lion, together with metal elements evoke a maritime form.

21

Title: Court Favourite

Year: 1930




Description: Bought with the money donated by Councillor Baron

Marks. Nineteenth century bronze figure with dog.

22

Title: Diana and the Hounds

Year: 1940


Location: Fitzroy Gardens Conservatory, East Melbourne

Material: Bronze

Description: Full length sculpture of Diana, Goddess of Mood &

Contemplation, and two hounds


23 Title: The Dragon Wall

Year: 1996

Artist: Painters Geoff Hogg and Zhou Xiao Ping, and sculptor Simon

Perry

Location: Footpath, Cohen Place, China town, CAD

Material: Concrete and paint

Description: Concrete wall to which dappled painted imagery has been

applied.

24

Title: The Echo

Year: 1997

Artist: Edward Ginger

Location: Footoath, Swanston St. Walk (near Lt. Bourke St.), CAD

Material: Steel

Description: Red sienna coloured abstract steel sculpture which focuses

on the relationship to the environment.

25

Title: Eight Hour Day Memorial

Year: 1903

Artist: Percival Ball

Location: Strip, Russell St. (near Victoria St.), CAD

Materials: Granite, bronze and gold leaf

Description: Obelisk composed of stone pedestal, granite column and

bronze globe with gold leaf. Erected to commemorate the eight hours

working day.

26

Title: Fairies Tree

Year: 1934

Artist: Ola Cohn


Description: Series of carvings on stump of one of the original red gum

trees - depicting fairies, dwarfs, gnomes, jackass and a variety of

Australian animals and birds.


27

Title: Farnex Hercules

Year: c. 1780, erected 1928

Artist: Unknown


Materials: Marble and granite (pillar)

Description: replica of bust in Vatican Museum

28

Title: Fault Line

Year: 1996

Artist: Hossein Valamanesh

Location: Footpath, Riverside Quay, Southbank

Materials: Sandstone and bronze

Description: A sandstone ruin of a dwelling, bronze human figure and

bronze boat water feature.

29

Title: General Gordon Memorial

Year: 1887

Artist: Hamo Thorneycroft

Location: Gordon Reserve, East Melbourne


Description: Standing bronze sculpture on granite pedestal with bas

relief depict four important historical periods of General Gordon's life:

China 1863-4; Gravesend 1865-71; Soudan 1874-80; Khartoum 1885.

30

Title: The Genii

Year: 1973

Artist: Tom Bass


Material: Bronze

Description: Play sculpture combined features and characteristics of an

Egyptian cat and a lion with a triangular face and painted ears.

31

Title: A History apparatus - Vessel Craft & Beacon

Year: 1995

Artist: Chris Reynolds

Location: Median, Russell St. (near Lt. Collins St.), CAD

Materials: Aluminum and fiberglass

Description: The three objects representing our past, present and future.


32

Title: Hotham Hill Seat

Year: 1995

Artist: Bernice McPherson, Di Christenson, and Craig Perry in

collaboration with local community

Location: Footpath, Hotham Hill Estate, North Melbourne

Materials: Steel and stainless steel

Description: Painted steel seat/gateway piece with three etchings of bird

figures on stainless steel.

33

Title: James C. Roberts Memorial

Year: c. 1900

Artist: Unknown

Location: Royal Park (intersection of Macarthur Rd and The Avenue),

Parkville

Material: Granite

Description: Obelisk erected in memory of James C. Roberts who was

killed in Boer war.

34

Title: John Batman Memorial

Year: 1978

Artist: Stanley Hammond

Location: National Mutual Plaza, Collins St., CAD

Material: Bronze

Description: Over life size standing figure of John Batman

35

Title: John Pascoe Fawkner Memorial

Year: 1979

Artist: Michael Meszaros

Location: National Mutual Plaza, Collins St., CAD

Description: Over life size crouching figure of Fawkner drawing on the

ground with a stick.


36

Title: King Edward VII Memorial

Year: 1920

Artist: Sir Bertram Mackennal


Materials: Bronze and granite

Description: Equestrian statue on a granite base centred on a curved

terrace. Two water spouts at either ends.

37

Title: King George V Memorial

Year: 1937-1952


Location: King's Domain, Parklands

Materials: Bronze, sandstone and granite

Description: Full length statue of King George V in full Garter Robes

wearing Imperial crown; framed by tall fluted column of sandstone and

granite, and on other side stands statue of Britannia holding a cross and

olive branch, with two children

38

Title: Larry La Trobe

Year: 1992

Artist: Pamela Irving

Location: City Square, CAD

Material: Bronze

Description: Life size dingo figure

(Source: City of Melbourne, 1995: 4)

39

Title: The Man with the Donkey

Year: 1935

Artist: Wallace Anderson

Location: Shrine of Remembrance West Forecourt, Parklands


Description: Figure group of John Simpson, donkey and wounded

soldier.


40

Title: Marquis of Linlithgow Memorial

Year: 1911

Artist: B. Birnie Rhind



Description: Equestrian statue of the nations first Governor General,

Lord Linlithgow

41

Title: Mary Gilbert Memorial

Year: 1975

Artist: Ailsa O'Connor


Material: Cement

Description: Life size cement fondue bust

42

Title: Meditation

Year: 1933

Artist: Robert Delandre


Material: Marble

Description: Large marble sculpture of draped figure of meditation.

43

Title: Mermaid and Fish

Year: 1935


Location: Fitzroy Gardens (near Hotham St. entrance), East Melbourne

Material: Sandstone

Description: Figurative sculpture depicting mermaid and fish on gate

post


44

Title: Miraggio

Year: 1964

Artist: Pino Conte

Location: Sidney Myer Music Bowl, Parklands

Material: Bronze

Description: Young slender woman listening to music

45

Title: Model Tudor Village

Year: 1948

Artist: Edgar Wilson


Material: Cement

Description: Model buildings representing a typical Kentish village

during the Tudor period

46

Title: Nurse Edith Cavell Memorial

Year: 1926

Artist: Margaret Baskerville


Material: Marble, granite (pedestal) and bronze

Description: Bust of Nurse Edith Cavell and four bronze plaques: East

face-inlaid bronze "Edith Cavell/October 17th, 1915"

47

Title: Passage

Year: 1994

Artist: Mark Stoner

Location: Footpath, Queen Victoria Market (Therry & Queen St.), CAD

Material: Bluestone

Description: The grid of the City is reflected in the mosaic relief made

up of numerous panels. The glass panels are lit from behind at night.

48

Title: Pathfinder

Year: 1974

Artist: John Robinson


Material: Bronze

Description: Figure of a hammerthrower


49

Title: Relief panels of performance pedestals

Year: 1993

Artist: Sue Anderson

Location: Footpath, Bourke St. Mall, CAD

Material: Bronze

Description: A limited competition was run for the commissioning of

this work. 29 relief panels represent the natural and indigenous life and

activity, which preceded the development of Melbourne.

50 Title: Peter Pan

Year: 1925


Location: Royal Melbourne Zoological Gardens, Parkville

Material: Bronze

Description: Figure of Peter Pan with an Australian bush bird on his

shoulder and a kangaroo with joey plus other Australian native animals

at his feet.

51

Title: The Phoenix

Year: 1973

Artist: Baroness Yrsa von Heistner


Material: Bronze and copper

Description: She presented Cardinal Knox with 'The Phoenix' who in

turn presented it to the people of Melbourne through the Council.

52

Title: Pioneer Monument

Year: 1871

Artist: St. Craven - Stonemason


Material: Sandstone

Description: The Flagstaff Gardens were at one time known as Burial

Hill as it was the Town's first burial ground. The inscription states

'Erected in memory of some of the earliest pioneers of this colony whose

remains were interred near this spot.'


53

Title: Port Philip Monument

Year: 1941

Artist: Unknown

Location: Strip near Shepherd Bridge, Footscray Rd, Footscray

Material: Bluestone

Description: Erected to commemorate the landing of the first Europeans

in the vicinity of Melbourne. It stands at the original course of the Yarra

River before the Coode Canal was excavated.

54

Title: The Public Purse

Year: 1994

Artist: Simon Perry


Material: Calca red granite and stainless steel

55

Title: Queen Victoria Memorial

Year: 1907

Artist: James White


Material: Carera marble, NSW marble and granite

Description: Statue of Queen Victoria in ceremonial gowns complete

with orb & sceptre. History of her life depicted in four statements: Birth

1819; Reign 1837-1901; Marriage 1840; Death 1901.

56

Title: Resting Place

Year: 1994

Artist: Bronwyn Snow

Location: Footpath, Swanston St. Walk, CAD

Material: Wood and metal

Description: Commissioned through Percent for Art this artist-designed

seat provides rest and protection for the pedestrian. Oversized flowers

and vines made from metal provide a decorative element.


57

Title: Robert Burns Memorial

Year: 1904

Artist: G. A. Lawson

Location: Treasury Gardens, East Melbourne


Description: Memorial to Robert Burns, the Scottish poet, commissioned

by Caledonian Society. Granite pedestal & four bronze relief panels.

58

Title: Sir Edward Weary Dunlop Memorial

Year: 1995

Artist: Peter Corlett


Materials: Bronze, granite, ironbark, sculpture and metal spikes from the

Burma-Thailand railway

59

Title: Sir John Monash Memorial

Year: 1950




Description: Equestrian statue of Sir John Monash, Commander in Chief

of the Australian Forces, World War I.

60

Title: Sir Thomas Blamey Memorial

Year: 1958

Artist: Raymond B. Ewers



Description: Oversized figure of Sir Thomas Blamey


61

Title: Sir William John Clarke Memorial

Year: 1902

Artist: Sir Bertram Mackennal


Material: Marble

Description: Over life-size bust of Sir William Clarke.

62

Title: South African War Memorial

Year: 1904

Artist: Architect Irwin and Stephen and sculptor Stanley Hammond

Location: Traffic island, intersection of St.Kilda Rd and Albert Rd,

Parklands

Materials: Granite and sandstone

Description: An Obelisk adorned with four sandstone lions are 1952

addition.

63

Title: Three Business Men Who Brought Their Own Lunch: Batman,

Swanston & Hoddle

Year: 1993

Artist: Alison Weaver and Paul Quinn

Location: Footoath, Swanston St. Walk (near Bourke St. Mall), CAD

Material: Bronze

Description: Commissioned by the City as part of the Swanston Street

Walk Art Works program. Significant funding came from the Republic

of Nauru for this work. An ironic twist is given to the role of the well-

known historic Melbourne figures.

64

Title: Tilly Aston Bell

Year: 1999

Artist: Anton Hassell


Material: Bronze

Description: Large bronze bell built-in speakers


65

Title: Time and Tide

Year: 1994

Artist: Akio Makigawa

Material: Bluestone, white marble, stainless steel, concrete and fibre

optics

Location: Footoath, Swanston St. Walk (Town Hall Plaza), CAD

Description: Commissioned through Percent for Art. Fibre optics

embedded in the black concrete evokes a different nighttime mood. The

individual forms loosely represent a tree (growth, Knowledge, land), a

boat and the sea (the idea of journey) and a flame (life, transcendence) -

the four elements - earth, air, fire and water.

66

Title: Vault (Yellow Peril)

Year: 1980

Artist: Ron Robertson Swann

Location: Batman Park, CAD

Material: Steel

67

Title: Water Children

Year: 1975

Artist: John E. Robinson


Material: Bronze

Description: Two small figures of children were placed at the top of a

stream that meanders down to the lake.

68

Title: The Water Nymph

Year: 1925




Description: Kneeling figure of Water Nymph.

69

Title: Weather Vanes

Year: 1993

Artist: Daniel Jenkins

Location: Footpath, Swanston St. Walk (near Bourke St.), CAD

Material: Bronze

Description: Sitting atop four tram poles are weathervanes, in the shape

of a wild bird, a horse, a fish and a flying pig. Commissioned by the City

as part of the Swanston Street Walk Art Works Program.

(Source: City of Melbourne, 1995: 75)


70

Title: Wind Contrivance

Year: 1995

Artist: Pauline Fraser

Location: Footpath, Queen Victoria Market (near Therry St.), CAD

Materials: Bronze, wood and granite

Description: A bronze wheel and drape attached to redgum column and

set on a granite base. Bronze vegetables, fish and fishing net are

incorporated into the sculpture.

71

Title: Within Three Worlds

Year: 1995

Artist: Loretta Quinn

Location: Northern end of Princes Park, Carlton North

Material: Bronze

Description: Figure of a female child and three boats located in a pond

together

72

Title: World War 1 Memorial

Year: c. 1920

Artist: Unknown

Location: Strip, Royal Parade (near The Avenue), Parkville

Materials: Marble, granite, bluestone and bronze

Description: Marble figure of soldier with rifle, granite and bluestone

plinth and bronze plaque

Painting 1


Year: 1995


Location: Footpath, Collins St. (near Spencer St.), CAD

Description: Painted Electricity Box and pavement mosaic


2


Year: 1995

Artist: Ray Thomas

Location: Yarra River Footbridge, Southbank

Description: Mural painted on the bench at the footing of the bridge

3


Year: 1995

Artist: Ray Thomas

Location: Alexandra Gardens, Parklands

Description: Acrylic painting framed with stainless steel and acrylic

plastic.

4

Title: Electric Supply Box 5

Year: 1993

Artist: Ray Thomas

Location: Footpath, Lonsdale St. (near Swanston St. Walk), CAD

Description: Australian animals in enamel paint on cast iron

5

Title: Electric Supply Box D

Year: 1993

Artist: Lisa Kennedy

Location: Footpath, Bourke St. (near Swanston St. Walk), CAD

Description: Two electric supply boxes with Aboriginal motifs in

enamel paint on cast iron. Photo shows one of them.

6

Title: Glass Mosaic Panels

Year: 1993

Artist: David Wright

Location: Performance pedestal, Bourke St. Mall, CAD

Material: Ceramic

Description: Glass mosaic panels for pedestals for performance dais


7

Title: Koorie Mural

Year: 1995

Artist: Maree Clark & Sonja Hodge

Location: the lobby of Carlton Baths, Rathdowne St., Carlton

Description: Specifically designed for Carlton Baths Community Centre

Mural consists of four panels and photo shows two of them.

8

Title: Lynch's Bridge Mosaic Mural

Year: 1998

Artist: Elizabeth McKinnon

Location: Epsom Road underpass, Kensington

Material: Ceramic

Description: 12 Mosaic panels. Part of the Lynch's Bridge project

9

Title: The Met Electric Supply Box

Year: 1993

Artist: Megan Evans

Location: Footpath, Swanston St Walk (near Lonsdale St.), CAD

Description: Enamel paint on cast iron, twisting red ribbons

10

Title: Painted Poles

Year: 1992

Artist: Maree Clarke & Sonja Hodge

Location: Footpath, Swanston St. Walk (in front of City Square), CAD

Description: Three tram poles have been painted with images of the

Rainbow Serpent and Australian native animals. In five years another

artist will repaint the poles. Commissioned by the City as part of the

Swanston Street Walk Art Works Program.

11

Title: Painted Poles

Year: 1992

Artist: Jennifer McCarthy

Location: Footpath, Swanston St. Walk (in front of State Library), CAD

Description: The original 1910 cast-iron surround has a relief design of

gum nuts and gum leaves. The decoration remains for five years to be

repainted by another artist. Commissioned by the City as part of the

Swanston Street Walk Art Works Program.


Water Feature 1

Title: Boy and Urn Fountain

Year: c. 1900

Artist: Unknown


Description: Small bronze figure of a boy holding a tipped urn on his

shoulder from which water trickles.

2

Title: Children's Pond Waterfall

Year: 1912

Artist: �


Description: Includes stone statue of child with fish (valued @ $10,000).

Value of Waterfall and pond $50,000.

3

Title: Coles Fountain

Year: 1994

Artist: Robert Woodward

Location: Parliament Reserve, East Melbourne

4

Title: Conservatory Fountain

Year: 1933

Artist: �


5

Title: Dolphin Fountain

Year: 1982

Artist: June Arnold


Description: The fountain's suitability to the site came under public

scrutiny. Wealthy benefactors, the Krongolds donated funds for its

construction. Small bronze dolphins, crabs, starfish and sea horses,

surmount a series of boulders.


6

Title: Exhibition Fountain

Year: 1880

Artist: Hochgurtel

Location: Carlton Gardens (in front of Exhibition Building), Carlton

Description: Three colossal figures, half man, half fish support the first

ledge. Its material is cement.

7

Title: French Fountain

Year: No date

Artist: Unknown

Location: Carlton Gardens (in front of the east entrance of Exhibition

Building), Carlton

Description: Three figures supporting dolphins and scallop shells

8

Title: Georges Fountain

Year: 1981

Artist: Peter Staughton

Location: Footpath, Collins St., CAD

Description: As way of celebrating the centenary of its Collins Street

store, Georges Department Store commissioned the building of this

fountain.

9

Title: Grants Fountain

Year: 1901

Artist: �

Location: Median, Exhibition Street (near Victoria St.), CAD

Description: Two ponds joined by small falls

10

Title: Grey Street Fountain

Year: 1863

Artist: Built under the direction of Clement Hodgkinson, the designer of

the Fitzroy Gardens and Assistant Commissioner of Lands & Survey.


Description: Originally the pond was 100 feet long and the water thrown

fifty feet into the air. Later three tiered vases were added and dedicated

to Queen Victoria. In 1969 a proposal to replace the fountain with a

memorial to Sir Harold Holt led to a public outcry


11

Title: John F. Kennedy Memorial Fountain

Year: 1965

Artist: Raymond B. Ewers


Description: Bronze bas-relief. Landscaping of site done for memorial.

Island paved with slate decorated with natural rock & granite boulders.

Ornamental water fountain.

12

Title: Lake Waterfall

Year: 1973

Artist: unknown


13

Title: Lincoln Fountain

Year: 1965

Artist: Melbourne City Council

Location: Lincoln Square, Carlton

Description: Square pool with 150 jets forming the water sculpture. Pool

is capped with Sicilian marble and Harcourt granite

14

Title: MacPherson Robertson Memorial Fountain.

Year: 1934

Artist: Philip Hudson and Paul Montford

Location: Shrine of Remembrance, Parklands

Description: Circular fountain set within large pool. Bronze figure of

boy catching dolphin on top of large base. On polished granite kerb sit

tortises, frogs & seahorses. Jets of water spout out & up. Base -

gryphons spurting water out & down.

15

Title: Mill Race, Cooks Cottage

Year: 1981

Artist: unknown

Location: Fitzroy Gardens Cooks Cottage, East Melbourne


16

Title: River God Fountain

Year: 1862

Artist: Charles Summers


Description: Over life size cement figure supporting fully opened clam

shell on its shoulders.

17

Title: Southbank Fountain

Year: 1997

Artist: �

Location: Southbank Promenade, Southbank

18

Title: Spray Lake

Year: 1965

Artist: �

Location: Carlton Garden, Carlton

Description: Water jet fountain set in lake

19

Title: Stanford Fountain

Year: 1870

Artist: William Stanford

Location: Gordon Reserve, East Melbourne

Description: Figure of Boy supporting bowl mounted on elaborate base,

set in pool surrounded by sculpted birds. The material is basalt.

20

Title: Walker Fountain

Year: 1981

Artist: Mobelt, Digregorio & Associates


Description: Presented to the people of Victoria by former Lord Mayor

of Melbourne Ronald Walker and his wife Barbara. There are 46

underwater lights and 144 separate streams of water.

21

Title: Waterfall Fountain

Year: 1933

Artist: �



Pavement 1


Year: 1995


Location: Footpath, Spring St. (in front of Parliament stairs), East

Melbourne

Description: Mosaic pavement piece

2


Year: 1995


Location: Footpath, Spencer St. (near La Trobe St.), CAD

Description: Two mosaic pavement pieces

3


Year: 1995



Description: Mosaic pavement piece

4


Year: 1995

Artist: Ray Thomas

Location: Footpath, Collins St. (in front of Georges Fountain), CAD

Description: Brass inlay in bluestone pavement

5

Title: Coat of Arms

Year: 1992

Artist: In-House Design, City of Melbourne

Location: Footpath, Swanston St. Walk (in front of Town Hall), CAD

Description: The Whale, Cow, Sheep and Tugboat are modern

interpretations of symbols on the crest of the City of Melbourne. These

are inlaid into the bluestone pavement.


6

Title: Hotham Hill Pavement Inlay

Year: 1995

Artist: Di Christenson in collaboration with local community

Location: Footpath, Hotham Hill Estate, North Melbourne

Description: 9 glazed ceramic panel with hand-coloured body-stone.

7

Title: Pavement Tiles

Year: 1994

Artist: James Catell & Lyn Kinder-Dickson, Joanne Croke & Tim Jones,

Susan Toole, Adrian Gemelli


Description: Four groups of artists were commissioned through Percent

for Art as part of the Bourke Street Mall upgrade. A variety of

techniques and imagery have been used including abstract patterning,

calligraphic writing, and screen-printed images of figures.

8

Title: People's Path

Year: 1978-1979

Artist: Ian Sprague and participants


Description: Terra-cotta bricks each the size of a common house brick.

Designed individually by community participants

10

Title: Personal Islands

Year: 1992

Artist: Robert Jacks

Location: Footpath, Swanston St. Walk (near Swanston Hotel), CAD

Description: Inlaid into the bluestone pavements are brass notations of

types of graffiti. Commissioned by the City as part of the Swanston

Street Walk Art Works Program.

11

Title: Zoo Paving

Year: 1995

Artist: Tanya Court and Kate Cullity

Location: Royal Park, Parkville

Description: Sandblasted imagery of leaf and animal motifs scattered

along the Zoo perimeter footpath create a visual and thematic link

between the carpark and the Zoo itself.


Drinking Fountain 1

Title: Black Swan Memorial Drinking Fountain

Year: 1974

Artist: R. B. Ewers (plaque-design, modeling & casting of mould)

Location: Alexandra Gardens (Jeffries Parade), Parklands

Materials: Bluestone and bronze

Description: Erected by City of Melbourne in memory of the black swan

accidentally killed in Flinders Park in vicinity of Princes Bridge, 16 May

1972. "In memory of Cookie the black swan who lived in these gardens

from 1967-1973"

2

Title: Brunton Drinking Fountain

Year: 1938

Artist: unknown

Location: Yarra Park (near Brunton Ave.), East Melbourne

Material: Granite

Description: Currently no taps.

3

Title: Clayton Reserve Drinking Fountain

Year: c. 1935

Artist: unknown

Location: Footpath, Clayton Reserve, North Melbourne

Material: Granite

Description: Currently no taps

4

Title: Councillor William Cook Memorial Drinking Fountain

Year: 1910

Artist: C. Douglas Richardson

Location: Hardy Reserve, Carlton North

Materials: Marble and granite

Description: Erected to the memory of Councillor William Cook by his

many friends in recognition of services rendered whilst representing

Victoria Ward for 15 years.


5

Title: Councillor R. J. & F. G. J. Hardy Memorial Drinking Fountain

Year: 1939

Artist: unknown

Location: Hardy Reserve, Carlton North

Material: Granite

Description: Memorial to Robert John Hardy, member for Victoria Ward

1915-1937. His son Frederick George Jack Hardy succeeded him

serving as a member 1939-1975.

6

Title: Duke & Duchess of York Memorial Drinking Fountain

Year: 1901

Artist: �

Location: Victoria Square (corner of Elizabeth and Victoria St.), CAD

Materials: Marble, granite and sandstone

Description: Memorial stone drinking fountain enclosed by four turned

marble pillars and granite canopy with gothic arches. The canopy

surmounted by a marble "Rule Britannia" figure - a draped sculpture of a

woman holding an anchor. Four turned sandstone pillars and stone

canopy with painted gothic arches.

7

Title: Elliot Drinking Fountain

Year: 1936

Artist: unknown

Location: Royal Park (near Clubhouse, Elliott Ave.), Parkville

Material: Granite

8

Title: George Ievers Memorial Drinking Fountain

Year: 1916

Artist: Charles Douglas Richardson

Location: Footpath, Gatehouse St. (near Royal Parade), Parkville

Materials: Marble and granite

Description: Life size bust of George Ievers


9

Title: North Melbourne Drinking Fountain

Year: 1877

Artist: unknown

Location: Footpath, Errol St. (near North Melbourne Town Hall), North

Melbourne

Material: Cast iron

Description: Drinking fountain surrounded by an imposing circular

canopy richly decorated with cast iron lace work

10

Title: Ornamental Domed Drinking Fountain

Year: c. 1900

Artist: Unknown


Material: Granite

11

Title: Ornamental Drinking Fountain

Year: c. 1900

Artist: unknown


Description: The two-tiered fountain features a figure of a child with a

serpent entwined around his arm. Originally an ornamental fountain

bought from a catalogue, drinking taps were added. The fountain was

relocated to its new site with a new base and pond after being restored to

a fountain in 1996.

12

Title: Reynold's Reserve Drinking Fountain

Year: c. 1935

Artist: Unknown

Location: Princes park (in front of Optus Oval), Carlton North

Description: Granite trough and cap, thin red brick structure


13

Title: Samuel Mauger Memorial Drinking Fountain

Year: 1937

Artist: unknown

Location: Victoria Parade (near Eastern Hill Fire Station), East

Melbourne

Description: Mauger was a former Post Master General who had been

active in Social Justice issues. He was founding member of the

Metropolitan Fire Brigade and formed the Anti-Sweating Labour League

of Victoria.

14

Title: Thomas Ferguson Memorial Drinking Fountain

Year: 1912

Artist: unknown

Location: University Square, Carlton

Material: Granite

Description: "In recognition of faithful service rendered by Thomas

Ferguson, Secretary Melbourne Total Abstinence Society 1868-1904"

15

Title: Westgarth Drinking Fountain

Year: no date

Artist: unknown

Location: Carlton Gardens (near French fountain), Carlton

Description: Three tiered base, 2 bronze emus on sides, surmounted by 2

kangaroos & then spherical bronze & glass orb. Two drinking fountain

pieces.

16

Title: William Ievers (Jr.) Memorial Drinking Fountain

Year: 1916


Location: Macarthur Square, Carlton

Materials: Marble, granite and bluestone

Description: Shrine like architectural structure summounted by life size

bust of William Ievers. Architecture structure: bluestone steps, grey

Harcourt & red Finland granite. Bust: white marble. Drinking element in

base, under canopy.


17

Title: William Ievers (Sr.) Memorial Drinking Fountain

Year: 1915


Location: Argyle Square, Carlton

Materials: Marble, granite and bluestone

Description: Life size bust of William Ievers Senior white carrara

marble. Steps bluestone

Others 1

Title: Bandstand

Year: 1864

Artist: George Dodd


Description: Corinthian design

2

Title: Burke and Wills Cairn

Year: 1890

Artist: unknown

Location: Royal Park (intersection of Macarthur Rd & The Ave.),

Parkville

Description: Plain stone cairn in midst of native plantation. Marks

departure point of Burke and Wills Expedition.

3

Title: Dairy Hall Window

Year: 1996

Artist: Bernice McPherson (artworks) and Craig Perry (architect)

Location: Building, Queen Victoria Market, West Melbourne

Description: Steel and glass window referring to the pastoral imagery of

dairying.


4

Title: Lady Janet Marrion Clarke Memorial

Year: 1913

Artist: H. Black


Description: Rotunda

5

Title: Pioneer Women's Memorial Garden

Year: 1935

Artist: Hugh Linaker


Description: As part of the Centenary celebrations in 1934 - appropriate

recognition for part played by women in the foundation of the State.

6

Title: Railway Viewing Platform

Year: 1994

Artist: Bernice McPherson with local residents

Location: Railway Place, West Melbourne

Materials: Disused train parts

Description: A total upgrading of the area near the Railway line includes

thematic artworks, seating and a viewing platform for 'train spotting'

Discarded train parts are used in a decorative and sculptural way.

7

Title: Separation Memorial

Year: 1950

Artist: unknown


Materials: Varied stones including Castlemaine slate, sandstone, granite

and marble

Description: Produced to commemorate the centenary of the

proclamation of the Government of Victoria and the Port Phillip

Colony's separation from New South Wales

8

Title: Sundial

Year: no date

Artist: unknown


Description: Bronze sun dial on rendered cement support


9

Title: Temple of the Winds

Year: 1873

Artist: Thomas Julian


Description: Pavilion


B. Public Artworks complimented by a survey

Sculpture 1

Title: Angel

Year: 1987-89

Artist: Deborah Halpern

Location: In front of National Gallery of Victoria, Southbank

Materials: Concrete and ceramic tile

Description: This work is a three-legged concrete creature covered with

coloured glazed tiles: its shape and smiling face giving it a toy-like

quality. The surface images recall Blake�s symbolism and eclectic

mythodology and delight the eye (Hedger, 1995: 112).

2

Title: Awakening

Year: 1968

Artist: Clement Meadmore

Location: AMP Square, CAD

Material: Steel

3

Title: The Children's Tree

Year: 1963

Artist: Tom Bass

Location: Footpath, Elizabeth St. (near Collins St.), CAD

Material: Bronze

4

Title: Dervish

Year: �

Artist: Clement Meadmore

Location: Footpath, Southbank Promenade, Southbank

Material: Steel

Description: Commissioned by National Gallery of Victoria.

5

Title: Distant Conversation

Year: 1992

Artist: Michael Meszaros

Location: Telstra Corporate Centre (Lonsdale St.), CAD

Materials: Bronze and stainless steel


6

Title: The Driver ( Wipers is behind the Driver)

Year: �

Artist: Charles Sargeant Jagger

Location: Shrine of Remembrance West forecourt, Parklands

Description: Bronze portray ordinary soldiers in non-heroic action poses.

They are replicas of two figures from the Royal Artillery Memorial,

Hyde Park Corner, London. Wipers shows a grim-faced soldier in a pose

of readiness, while The Driver shows a man engaged in an ancillary

occupation, directing others (Hedger, 1995: 28).

7

Title: Forward Surge

Year: 1976

Artist: Inge King

Location: Strip, between Art Centre and Melbourne Concert Hall,

Southbank

Material: Steel

Description: A series of four huge concrete wave forms radiate energy

and force (Hedger, 1995: 111). Commissioned by National Gallery of

Victoria.

8

Title: Fossil Stones

Year: 1998

Artist: Paul Blizzard

Location: Footpath, Macarthur St. (near Dept. of Justice), East

Melbourne

Materials: Bronze and stone

Description: Commissioned by department of Justice with the support of

the Emerging Sculptors Trust and the City of Melbourne

9

Title: Homomorphic Impression

Year: 1986

Artist: Fiona Orr

Location: Between State Theatre and National Gallery of Victoria,

Southbank

Materials: Cement fondue and bronze

Description: This work explores universal imagery and spirituality and

contrasts with the intellectual and formal nature of abstraction (Hedger,

1995: 112).


10

Title: Hon. George Higinbotham Memorial

Year: 1936


Location: Footpath, Macarthur St. (near Old Treasury), East Melbourne

Materials: Bronze and sandstone (pedestal)

Description: He was Chief Justice of Victoria, 1886-1992. The strength

of the work is in its simplicity and humility.

11

Title: Jeanne d�Arc

Year: 1874

Artist: Emmanuel Fremiet

Location: In front of State Library, CAD

Materails: Bronze and sandstone (pedestal)

Description: A replica of that in the Place de Rivoli in Paris is depicted

as the medieval visionary in battle regalia with her determined

expression and the angle of the banner testifying to her purpose (Hedger,

1995: 57).

12

Title: The Legend

Year: 1991

Artist: Anthony Pryor

Location: Melbourne Cricket Ground, East Melbourne

Material: Steel

Description: Its size and scale relate the building and its abstract form

interprets sport and energy (Jones-Evans et al, 1994: 63).

13

Title: The Messenger

Year: 1983

Artist: Geoffrey Bartlett

Location: In front of National Gallery of Victoria, Southbank

Description: A conglomeration of springs, pulleys, wires and cut-out

steel forms play with tension as an expressive force and attempt to deny

the three-dimensional quality of sculpture. Its blending of figurative and

abstract forms makes it almost an animate object (Hedger, 1995: 112).


14

Title: Neutrino

Year: 1999

Artist: Glenn Dunn

Location: In front of the Observatory, Parklands

Materials: Stainless steel and marine ply

Description: The spherical structure mirrors the domed-tops of the

telescope houses. Its shape also resembles the timeballs that were

dropped at 1pm each day at Flagstaff Hill and Gellibrand�s point.

15

Title: Ophelia

Year: 1992

Artist: Deborah Halpern

Location: Southbank Promenade (in front of Southgate Plaza),

Southbank

Materials: Concrete and ceramic tile

16

Title: Rhythm of the Metropolis

Year: 1996

Artist: Andrew Rogers

Location: 200 Queen St., CAD

Material: Bronze

17

Title: St. George and the Dragon

Year: c. 1887

Artist: Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm


Material: Bronze and sandstone (pedestal)

Description: Exhibited at the Melbourne Centennial International

Exihibition in 1888 and purchased by the City Library Trustees. Its

action pose influenced many later Australian sculptors who worked on

World War I memorials (Hedger, 1995: 57).


18

Title: Shadow Form III

Year: 1988

Artist: Robert Juniper

Location: 140 William St., CAD

Material: Steel

19

Title: Shearwater

Year: 1995

Artist: Inge King

Location: Southbank Promenade (near Esso), Southbank

Material: Steel

20

Title: �

Year: �

Artist: �

Location: Spring St. (in front of Shell), CAD

Material: Metal

Description: Shell logo type sculpture

21

Title: Sir Redmond Barry Memorial

Year: 1980

Artist: �



Description: Erected by grateful public to perpetuate the memory of

invaluable services rendered to Victoria by Sir Redmond Barry.


22

Title: Standing Figure

Year: 1984

Artist: Willem de Kooning

Location: Between Art Centre and National Gallery of Victoria,

Southbank

Material: Bronze

Description: An organic work contrasts with the regular geometric lines

of its surrounding (Hedger, 1995: 111).

23

Title: World War II Monument (Cenotaph)

Year: 1954

Artist: George Allen

Location: Shrine of Remembrance, East forecourt, Parklands

Description: Carving depicts six servicemen carrying a dead comrade

upon a bier. The figures have been carved from a single basalt block and

show the influence of Cubism, Art Deco and the unembellished styles of

early 20th century (Hedger, 1995: 31).

24

Title: �

Year: 1994

Artist: �

Location: Building, Queen St. (near Franklin St.), CAD

Material: Bronze

25

Title: �

Year: �

Artist: �

Location: Roundabout, the intersection of Queen and Franklin St.

Material: Concrete


26

Title: �

Year: �

Artist: �

Location: Melbourne Sports & Entertainment Centre, Swan St.,

Parklands

Painting 1

Title: The Australia-China Mural

Year: �

Artist: Shang Dezhou, Luo Zhijian and Anne Morris

Location: Queen Victoria Market (Therry St.), CAD

Description: Mural is a Multicultural Arts Victoria Project sponsored by

the Australia China Council.

2

Title: Eastern Hill Fire Station Mural

Year: �

Artist: �

Location: Eastern Hill Fire Station, East Melbourne

3

Title: Flinders Street Station Mural

Year: �

Artist: �

Location: Flinders Street Station, CAD

4

Title: The Invisible Ribbon

Year: 1994

Artist: Megan Evans

Location: Grand Central Garden, on the corner of Bourke and William

St., CAD


5

Title: King Street Underpass Mural

Year: 1985

Artist: Ross McLeod

Location: Railway bridge at the corner of King and Flinders St., CAD

Description: The project was part of 1984-85 City Centre Improvement

Program.

Pavement 1

Title: The Royal Women�s Hospital Cancer Unit Project

Year: 1995

Artist: �


Description: �Help us to pave the way to better cancer cure�

Others 1

Title: Garden of Remembrance (Post World War II Memorial)

Year: 1985

Artist: �

Location: Shrine of Remembrance East forecourt, Parklands

Description: A memorial to the men and women who served in the post

World War II conflicts named on the walls of the monument. The pool

and waterfall are reminiscent of the terrain in which most of these

conflicts were fought.

2

Title: Legacy Garden of Appreciation

Year: �

Artist: �

Location: Shrine of Remembrance West forecourt, Parklands

Description: It symbolises the work of Legacy caring for the widows and

children of veterans. The Flanders Poppies which bloom around Nov.

have their origin on the World War I battlefields of Belgium and France.


3

Title: Oarsmen�s Memorial Judges Box

Year: �

Artist: �

Location: Alexandra Gardens, Parklands

4

Title: The Royal Society of Victoria Centenary Monument

Year: 1959

Artist: �

Location: Strip, Exhibition St. (in the Royal Society of Victoria), CAD

Description: Glacial boulder from Mawson, Antarctica

appendix - d square · title: apollo of the belvedere year: c. 1780, erected 1928 artist: unknown...

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