SculpturesAndMonumentsStatues




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|| **Walk of Stars**

**Location:** Waterfront City Piazza, Docklands Drive **Materials:** Bronze, ceramic tiles, stone, coloured stainless steel **Artist:** Peter Cortlett, Jamie Cooper **Year Built:** 2006 **Represents:** Celebrated Australian entertainers **Purpose in the society:** Imitating the Hollywood style, Walk of Stars includes a mural depicting many Australian entertainers, star plaques for 100 artists and five bronze statues - Dame Nellie Melba, Dame Edna Everage, Kylie Minogue, Graham Kennedy and John Farnham. **Interesting Facts:** - The Walk of Stars was instituted by the children's institution. ||
 * [[image:StateLibrary051.jpg width="266" height="182"]] || **Sir Redmond Barry**

**Location:** Outside State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston Street **Materials:** Bronze **Artist:** James Gilbert (b?-1885, unknown), Perceival Ball (1845-1900, unknown) **Year Built:** 2006 **Represents:** Sir Redmond Barry (judge) **Purpose in the society:** The statue erected in honor of Sir Redmond Barry the judge stands there all the time, reminding the public that justice always prevails. **Interesting Facts:** -Sir Redmond Barry is the very judge that sentenced Ned Kelly to his misery. ||
 * [[image:SMS-Gardens&Museums062.jpg width="214" height="282"]] || **Sir Edward "Weary" Dunlop**

**Location:** St.Kilda Road **Materials:** Bronze **Artist:** Peter Cortlett (1845-1900, unknown) **Year Built:** 1995 **Represents:** Sir Edward Dunlop (hero and surgeon) **Purpose in the society:** Sir Edward Dunlop's statue now rests in the peaceful embrace of the gardens near St.Kilda road. Just anyone who walks by his statue feels comfortable due to the gentle grandfather smile of his. To remind them of his humanitarian moves and being a great leader. **Interesting Facts:** - After Sir Dunlop's death, melbournians donated a large sum of money to erect a meomorial for him and therefore the creation of this statue took place. - It was Sir Edward Dunlop who originally asked for the plaques to be made. ||
 * [[image:StateLibrary003.jpg width="212" height="282"]] || **Jeanne d'Arc**

**Location:** In front of State Library **Materials:** Bronze **Artist:** Emmanuel Fremiet (1824-1910, French) **Year Built:** 1907 **Represents:** Joan of Arc (heroine and saint) **Purpose in the society:** Joan of Arc has always been a hero in the eyes of some people. Just seeing the assuring figure there would give you enough inspiration and determination to move on. **Interesting Facts:** - The statue shows Jeanne in her armour, on her horse, holding a flag up high. ||
 * [[image:statelibrary-1-fullsize.jpg width="180" height="240"]] || **St George and The Dragon Sculpture**

**Location:** In front of State Library **Materials:** Bronze **Artist:** Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm **Year Built:** 1889 **Represents:** St George and the dragon he slayed (hero and villian) **Purpose in the society:** Just staring at the statue makes you wonder. Have you ever believed in fairytales? Do dragons exist? Who is this hero? Wondering gives you inspiration and maybe you would start to make believe. **Interesting Facts:** - St George was just a normal Christian who passed by a disturbing scene. A damsel in distress was in his way harassed by a dragon. He raised his lance and slayed the dragon. It was only later that he discovered he saved the village from a dictator of a dragon. Gratefully, the villagers turned away from their paganistic ways and converted to Christians. ||
 * [[image:SMS-Gardens&Museums005.jpg width="264" height="225" align="center"]] || **Larry La Trobe**

**Location:** Corner of Collins and Swanston street, Melbourne **Materials:** Bronze **Artist:** Pamela Irving (1960-now, Australian) **Year Built:** 1992 & 1996 **Represents:** A dingo-sized dog **Purpose in the society:** When you saunter in the streets, something catches the corner of your eye. It is bronze. You move closer to it, just to realise that it is a statue of dog. Larry La Trobe is loved by the Melbournians since the day it was unveiled. It is also a recognizable landmark in the city, so you would know that you have gone down this street twice if you are dreadfully lost. **Interesting Facts:** -Larry is modeled after Irving's own dog, Lucy and named after her uncle.

-Larry was once stolen on 1995. Because it is such a loveable figure, the Melbournians conducted a "Return Larry" campaign. The distress was huge. Pamela Irving was commissioned to make a second Larry. She had the second Larry made in a redder tinge of bronze. Soon after, Larry was returned to its comfortable spot and there was a band performance singing, "Larry Come Home". ||
 * [[image:SMS-Gardens&Museums107.jpg width="226" height="324"]] || **Captain Matthew Flinders**

**Location:** Somewhere around St.Paul's Cathedral, diagonally across Flinders Street Station **Materials:** Bronze **Artist:** Charles Web Gilbert (1867-1925, Australian) **Year Built:** 1925 **Represents:** Matthew Flinders (captain) **Purpose in the society:** Many rank and files walk past the statue like it never existed. If only they knew of Captain Flinders' success. **Interesting Facts:** -Captain Matthew Flinders had sailed around Australia with a goal of creating a map of the nation. He did complete the map. If you compare his hand-drawn map and the satellite image of Australia now, it is exactly the same. ||
 * [[image:StateLibrary002.jpg width="220" height="290"]] || **Charles La Trobe**

**Location:** In front of State Library **Materials:** Bronze **Artist:** Peter Corlett **Year Built:** 2006 **Represents:** Charles La Trobe (superintendent of Port Philip Bay and first lieutenant governor of Victoria) **Purpose in the society:** Fashioned with an old time military uniform completer with a feathered hat, this statue is a stereotypical one. It is not surprising to see a pigeon or two perching on the tip of his hat. **Interesting Facts:** -Charles La Trobe designated a place for the state library and botanic gardens, believing that books and walks in parks could tame the noisy and wild citizens of Victoria. || **Location:** Queen Victoria Gardens, St. Kilda Road **Materials:** Bronze **Artist:** Baroness Yrsa Von Heistner **Year Built:** 1973 **Represents:** unknown, but commemorates the 40th International Eucharistic Congress **Purpose in the society:** The Phoenix is just another bronze statue, but found in rather bad condition. It has graffiti on its body. I still could not find an answer to why the statue is called a phoenix, for it does not resemble a phoenix at all. **Interesting Facts:** -It used to have wings/flames connected to its body, but they fell off. || **Location:** Queen Victoria Gardens, St. Kilda Road **Materials:** Bronze **Artist:** John Robinson (1935-2007, British) **Year Built:** 1974 **Represents:** A hammer thrower **Purpose in the society:** This statue stands in the middle of the lawn circled in a low bush. People on trams always mistake the Pathfinder as a discus player. **Interesting Facts:** -The Pathfinder's hammer was stolen an not returned, nor was it ever replaced. ||
 * [[image:SMS-Gardens&Museums073.jpg width="200" height="262"]] || **The Phoenix**
 * [[image:SMS-Gardens&Museums072.jpg width="256" height="183"]] || **The Pathfinder**

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