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14 Pieces

Recalling the ancient Ichthyosaur, this sculpture invites interaction

fountain, public art, sculpture

fountain, sculpture

2000-2010
14 Pieces Fountain – South Australian Museum

14 Pieces is a sculpture fountain based on the opalised fossilised vertebrae of the Ichthyosaur in the South Australian Museum.

dinosaur, fountain, museum

2000-2010
Alice

Who, or what, is following Alice in Rymill Park?

bronze statue

children, fountain, picnic, playground, sculpture

1950s, 1960s
Bill’s Fountain – State Library of South Australia

This fountain is a memorial to William Faulding Scammell, AO, CBE who was Chancellor of Adelaide University from 1991 to 1998.

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fountain, library

2000-2010
Fountain – Art Gallery of South Australia

The Art Gallery of South Australia is one of several major cultural institutions that line North Terace between Kintore Avenue…

art gallery, fountain
Fountain – Brookman Building

This fountain is outside the University of SA Brookman Building.

building, fountain, university
J Reedman Memorial Drinking Fountain

The J Reedman Memorial Drinking Fountain was erected in Creswell Gardens on 7 September 1929. It is made of Angaston marble and signifies…

monuments and memorials

fountain

1920s
Lavington Bonython fountain

Affectionately known as the ‘Bonython bath’, this fountain stood outside the South Australian Museum from 1965 to 2005

fountain

fountain, memorial, sculpture

1870s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s
Three Rivers Fountain

The Three Rivers fountain in Victoria Square commemorates the Royal Visit in 1963

fountain

fountain, heron, ibis, river, sculpture, swan

1960s, 2010s

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