Statues
A Day Out (The Pigs)
Location: Rundle Mall at the junction of Stephens Place
Sculptor: Marguerite Derricourt
Medium: Bronze
These four bronze pigs are depicted in lively poses as if they were walking the street, greeting shoppers, and snuffling out a bargain.
They were commissioned by the Adelaide City Council as part of the final phase of the upgrade of Rundle Mall.
The group sculpture was unveiled by Former Lord Mayor (Dr Jane Lomax-Smith) on 3 July 1999. Two of the Pigs are pictured above. A competition to name the Pigs was recently held with the winning entries being:
Truffles (The standing pig), Horatio (The sitting pig), Oliver (The pig at the bin) and Augusta (The trotting pig).
Alice
Location: Rymill Park, East Park Lands (near children's boating lake).
Sculptor: J. Dowie
Medium: Bronze
5 feet high statue of Alice from Lewis Carroll's "Alice in Wonderland". Pedestal is of Waikerie stone, Statue and Frieze surrounding pedestal in bronze. Presented by Mr and Mrs Norman L Lewis. Unveiled 17 December 1962 by the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor (C.J. Glover, Esq.).
The Athlete
Location: Town Hall Court.
Medium: Bronze
A copy of a statue found in the ruins of Herculaneum in 1754, and exhibited in the Naples
Museum. Presented by Mr W.A. Horn. Erected by order of the City Council on 14 April 1903.
Robert Burns (Scottish Poet)
Location: North Terrace
Sculptor: W.J. Maxwell
Medium: Marble
Presented by the Caledonian Society. Unveiled 5 May 1894,
by the Chief of the Caledonian Society (Hon. J. Darling, M.L.C.).
Sir Donald Bradman
Location: Victor Richardson Road (Adelaide Oval)
Sculptor: Robert Hannaford
Medium: Green Bronze
Details and dimensions:
Statue: Approximately 2.5 metres tall (one and one half life-size), cast in green
bronze from 11 separate pieces of metal welded together. Weighs 450kg.
Plinth: 1.5 metre tall stone plinth, faced in black granite.
Lighting: Special lighting will ensure the statue can be viewed both day and night.
The Couple
Location: South Park Lands, Park 21 (near Pavilion on the Park Restaurant).
Sculptor: B. Van der Struik
Medium: Sandstone
Two figures sculptured in Maroubra Sandstone. Original weight of the sandstone block was
5 tons. Final weight approximately 2.5 tons. Commissioned by the Corporation of the
City of Adelaide. Erected January 1963.
Captain Matthew Flinders, R.N.
Navigator and Explorer (Virtual Discoverer of South Australia).
Location: North Terrace.
Sculptor: F. Brook Hitch, A.R.B.S.
Medium: Bronze
Pedestal of Murray Bridge red granite from Kirchel's quarry at Swanport. Paving of Tea Tree Gully freestone. Architect, A.E. Simpson, I.S.O., F.R.A.I.A. (Architect-in-Chief of subscription.
Unveiled 12 April, 1934.
Lord Florey
South Australian Scientist
Location: North Terrace (Government House Walk)
Sculptor: John Dowie
Medium: Bronze
Portrait bust, whose research showed the curative properties of penicillin. For his work, Lord Florey was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in 1945. Sculptured and presented by John Dowie.
Unveiled by the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor (Robert E Porter, Esq.), 25 June 1969.
Hercules
Location: Pennington Gardens (originally in north-eastern section of Victoria Square)
Sculptor: Copy from Glycon's Farnese Hercules in Naples, Italy.
Medium: Bronze
Pedestal by Fraser & Draysey. Presented by Mr W.A. Horn. Unveiled 4 October 1892, by his Worship the Mayor (F.W. Bullock, Esq.).
Her Majesty Queen Victoria
Location: Victoria Square
Sculptor: C.B. Birch, A.R.A.
Medium: Bronze
Companion statue in the Indian City of Odeypore, Pedestal of South Australia granite. Architects, Garlick, Sibley and Wooldridge. Erected by Fraser & Draysey. Presented by Sir E.T. Smith, K.C.M.G. Unveiled 11 August, 1894.
His Majesty King Edward VII
Location: North Terrace
Sculptor: Sir Bertram Mackennel, K.C.V.O., R.A.
Medium: Bronze
Pedestal designed by sculptor. Paid for by public subscription. Unveiled 15 July, 1920.
His Majesty King George V
Location: Angas Gardens
Sculptor: M. Lambert, A.R.A.
Medium: Bronze
Pedestal of Waikerie freestone and granite. Architects, Woods, Bagot, Laybourne Smith and Erwin. Contractors, W.H. Martin Ltd. Erected by Emmett and Sons Limited. Paid for by public subscription and the S.A. Government. Unveiled 25 April, 1950, by his Excellency the Governor (Sir Willoughby Norrie. K.C.M.G., C.B., D.S.O.,M.C.).
The Right Hon. C.C. Kingston, (P.C., K.C., D.C.L., M.H.R.)
Eminent Australian Statesman (born in South Australia).
Location: Victoria Square
Sculptor: Alfred Drury, R.A., A.R.C.A.
Medium: Bronze
Pedestal of red Murray Bridge granite, bases, die and cap of Angaston blue marble. Erected by W.Laycock. Paid for by public subscription. Unveiled 20 May 1916.
Colonel William Light
First Surveyor-General of South Australia and Founder of Adelaide
Location: Montefiore Hill
Sculptor: W.Birnie Rind R.S.A.
Medium: Bronze
Architects: Garlick, Sibley and Wooldridge
Located at Light's Vision, North Adelaide was originally in King William Street, Victoria Square. Removed to present site, May 1938. Paid for by public subscription. Unveiled 27 November 1906 by His Excellency the Governor (Sir George R. Le Hunte, K.C.M.G.). Pedestal of red and grey granite.
Professor Sir Douglas Mawson
South Australian Antarctic Explorer
Location: Prince Henry Gardens - North Terrace
Medium: Bronze
Portrait bust. Unveiled by the Lord Mayor, Dr John Watson, on 16 August 1982.
John McDougall Stuart
Eminent Australian Explorer
Location: Victoria Square
Sculptor: J White
Medium: Marble
Figure of Carrara marble, from a plaster model by M. J. Maxwell. Pedestal of Sydney trachyte. Designed by the sculptor, and erected by W. Torode. Paid for by public subscription, and presented by the Caledonian Society. Unveiled 4 June, 1904, by the Chief of the Caledonian Society.
The Honourable Sir Mellis Napier (K.C.M.G., K.St.J., LL.D.)
Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia, Chief Justice 1942 to 1967.
Location: Price Henry Gardens, North Terrace (near entrance to Government House)
Sculptor: Mr John Dowie
Medium: Bronze
Portrait bust, Lieutenant-Governor of South Australia, Chief Justice 1942 to 1967 and Chancellor of the University of Adelaide from 1948 to 1961. The bust was presented to the orporation of the City of Adelaide by a group of admirers and was erected as a tribute to the great public service of Sir Mellis Napier. The bronze is a pale brown patina. It was cast by F.J. Lemon, statuary founders of Moorabbin in Victoria. The City Council provided the pedestal which was designed by Mr W.A Gilbert of Medindie in association with Mr Dowie. Unveiled by His Excellency the Governor-General of Australia. The Right Honourable Sir Paul Hasluck, .C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.St., 2 July 1970.
Sir Mark Oliphant
(A.C., K.B.E., K.St.J., F.R.S., F.A.A., B.Sc., Ph.D., Hon. D.Sc., Hon LL.D.)
Former Governor.
Location: Price Henry Gardens (North Terrace)
Sculptor: John Dowie
Medium: Bronze
Portrait Bust. The bust was paid for by public subscription and by Adelaide City Council. Cast in
bronze on a granite pedestal, it was erected in 1978, as a tribute to the former Governor's great public service.
Pan
Location: Veale Gardens, South Park Lands.
Sculptor: J.Dowie
Medium: Bronze
Six feet high statue of Pan resting on natural boulders. Commissioned by the Corporation of the City of Adelaide. Unveiled 3 March 1964, by the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor (J.C. Irwin Esq.).
Piccaninny
Location: Rymill Park, Bartels Road adjacent to the shallow lake, East Park Lands.
Sculptor: J. Dowie
Medium: Bronze
The statue, which comprises the drinking fountain, stands 2 feet high on a twelve-inch square
granite block. The statue has a concrete core and is faced with ceramics. Erected in October 1960.
Queen Adelaide
Location: Town Hall Foyer
Sculptor: Lindsay Daen
Medium: Bronze
Presented by Hickinbotham Homes. Unveiled on 20 November 1980, by His Excellency the Governor-General of Australia, Sir Zelman Cohen, (A.K., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., Kt.St.J., Q.C). A life size statue, showing Queen Adelaide in riding habit.
Roy 'Mo' Rene
Location: Hindley Street, near X intersection
Sculptor: Robert ‘Alfie’ Hannaford
Medium: Bronze
One of Australia's greatest and most loved comedians, ‘Roy Rene’ was born Harry van der Sluys (or Sluice) in Hindley Street, Adelaide. The comic adopted the stage name Roy Rene after a famous French clown.
Photo: Phyl Skinner, Michael Shied, Lord
Mayor Michael Harbison, Arne Ayers-
White and Robert Hannaford unveil Roy
'Mo' Rene sculpture.
As one of seven children, Rene displayed a passion for performing from a young age making his stage debut at the Theatre Royal in Hindley Street and later performed around Australia and New Zealand, eventually moving to Sydney where he joined the Vaudeville circuit.
Famous for his superb timing, gestures and distinctive make-up — a painted white face and black beard — Rene later became known as ‘Mo,’ teaming up with comedian Nat (‘Stiffy’) Phillips to become the ‘Stiffy and Mo’ comedy act.
Some of ‘Mo’s’ favourite catchphrases are still part of Australian vernacular. For example:
Strike Me Lucky
Don’t Come the Raw Prawn With Me
Fair Suck of the Sav
You Beaut!
The Australian entertainment industry’s annual Mo Award, for excellence in live performance, is named after him.
Rundle Mall Spheres
Location: Rundle Mall, near Regent Arcade
Sculptor: Bert Flugelman
Medium: Stainless Steel
Two stainless steel spheres, 2.15 m in diameter, polished to a mirror finish. Donated by the Hindmarsh Building Society to commemorate its Centenary. Unveiled 5 October 1977 and presented by Mr A. Adcock, then Chairman of the Board of the Hindmarsh Building Society.
Captain Sir Ross Smith, (K.B.E, M.C., D.F.C., A.F.C.)
Eminent Aviator (born in South Australia).
Location: Cresswell Gardens, King William Road
Sculptor: F.Brook Hitch, A.R.B.S.
Medium: Bronze
Pedestal erected by S.A. Monumental Works. Paid for by public subscription. Unveiled 10 December 1927.
Catherine Helen Spence
Social and Political Reformer, Writer and Preacher
Location: Light Square
Sculptor: Ieva Pocius
Medium: Bronze
Life size statue of Catherine Helen Spence. Cast by Ted Stark of the Adelaide Art Foundry, welded by Trevor Jones of Liquid Air Australia. Gift from the Jubilee Women's Executive Committee. Erected in 1986 to commemorate the 150th Anniversary of South Australia and was unveiled by her Majesty the Queen on Monday 10 March 1986.
Captain Charles Sturt
Eminent Australian Explorer.
Location: Victoria Square
Sculptor: Captain Adrian Jones, M.V.O.
Medium: Bronze
Pedestal of Murray Bridge granite and Angaston marble. Erected by G.E. Morgan. Paid for by public subscription. Unveiled 21 December, 1916.
Venus
Location: North Terrace
Medium: Marble
A copy in Carrara marble of Canova's Statue. Pedestal of Sicilian and Kapunda marble. Executed by Fraser & Draysey. Presented by Mr W A Horn. First statue in the City. Unveiled 3 September 1892, by His Worship the Mayor (F.W. Bullock, Esq.).
The Right Hon. Sir S.J. Way, (Bart., P.C, D.C.L., LL.D.)
Chief Justice and Lieutenant Governor of South Australia.
Location: North Terrace
Sculptor: Alfred Drury, R.A., A.R.C.A.
Medium: Bronze
Pedestal of granite. Designed by Walter Bagot, F.R.I.B.A., F.R.A.I.A. Erected by J. Tillett. Paid for by public subscription. Unveiled 17 November 1924.
