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‘The Apron’ by Karen Genoff

The Minister for Housing & Urban Development commissionned this work by Karen Genoff, an Adelaide local.

Adelaide Fruit and Produce Exchange, art, brass, east end, Ebenezer Place, Karen Genoff, public art, sculpture, The Apron

1990s
14 Pieces

Recalling the ancient Ichthyosaur, this sculpture invites interaction

fountain, public art, sculpture

fountain, sculpture

2000-2010
A Day Out

Pigs and people in Rundle Mall

bronze sculpture

mall, pig, sculpture

1990s
Alice

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

bronze statue

children, fountain, picnic, playground, sculpture

1950s, 1960s
Captain Charles Sturt Memorial

Leaning forward and shielding his eyes from the sun, this bronze figure of Sturt looks over Victoria Square, not the…

statue

farewell, sculpture

1830s, 1840s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Dr John Dowie AM bust

Different, but a good likeness

bust

bust, sculpture

2010s
Farnese Hercules

One of three statues given to Adelaide by WA Horn, Hercules was unveiled in October 1892 in Victoria Square.

gardens, sculpture

1890s, early twentieth century, early twenty–first century, late twentieth century, mid twentieth century
John McDouall Stuart statue

The statue of inland explorer John McDouall Stuart at the corner of Victoria Square and Flinders Street, Adelaide, commemorates his place…

statue

explorer, sculpture, statue

1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1960s
King Edward VII Memorial

Creating and installing King Edward VII’s statute took eight months longer than the period of his reign

statue

king, sculpture, statue

1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 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
Lord Florey bust

Adelaide-born Lord Florey won the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1945 for his part in making the infection-fighting penicillin available

bust

bust, prize, scientist, sculpture

1890s, 1920s, 1940s, 1960s
Mary Lee bust

‘My aim is to leave the world better for women’ – Mary Lee was an activist, suffragist and unionist

bust

bust, sculpture, union, wages, women, work

1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1990s
Matthew Flinders Memorial

A statue to honour Matthew Flinders, the first explorer to circumnavigate Australia, was a long time coming in Adelaide

memorial

circumnavigate, coast, explorer, memorial, sculpture, statue

1790s, 1800-1810, 1840s, 1900-1910, 1920s, 1930s
Sir Mellis Napier bust

The bronze bust of Sir Mellis Napier, sculpted by eminent South Australian artist John Dowie, commemorates his distinguished community service,…

bust

bust, sculpture

1880s, 1890s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s
Sir Samuel Way Memorial Statue

A statue of Sir Samuel Way reflects his towering presence in legal, political and cultural circles in the last decades…

statue

court, philanthropy, sculpture, statue

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900-1910, 1910s
Sir Thomas Elder statue

The sculpture of Elder is at the University of Adelaide, a major beneficiary of his philanthropy

statue

camel, education, frieze, philanthropy, sculpture, statue

1890s, 1900-1910
Sir Walter Watson Hughes statue

The bronze figure of Sir Walter Watson Hughes by Francis Williamson stands on a massive block of red granite.

statue

mine, sculpture, statue, university

1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1900-1910, 2000-2010
South African War Memorial

The mounted trooper reining in his horse commemorates South Australians who served in the South African War (1899-1902).

War Memorial

bushman, horse, nurse, sculpture, statue, war

1890s, 1900-1910, 1930s, 2000-2010
Spheres

Balancing and still among the bustle of Rundle Mall, Spheres is among Adelaide’s favourite public artworks

sculpture

balls, sculpture, spheres

1970s
The Eternal Question

Word artist Richard Tipping prompts us to consider big ideas in his sculpture ‘The Eternal Question’

art, poetry, sculpture

1940s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000-2010
The Slide

What fun! John Dowie’s work invigorates Rundle Mall

bronze sculpture

sculpture

1970s
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
Venere di Canova

A startled Venus caused consternation as Adelaide’s first public statue in 1892

statue

sculpture, venus

1850s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1920s, 1930s, 1960s

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