Adelaide - Statues and Memorials
See Also:
South Australia - Boer War
South Australia -World War I -
Memorials to the Fallen
Place Names - Flinders
Place Names - Light
Place Names - Stuart
Place Names - Sturt
A fictitious report titled "Inauguration of Torrens' Statue" in the centre
of Victoria Square is in the Register,
2 April 1859, page 3a.
"Land Transfers Simplified - Memorial to Sir Robert Torrens" is in the Register,
25 July 1925, page 13a,
17 and 18 August 1925, pages 9g and 8d.
Also see Place Names - Torrens Park
"The Linger Memorial Concert" is in the Chronicle,
12 September 1863, page 1g (supp.).
"The Linger Memorial" is in the Observer,
21 October 1865, page 3c (supp.).
A proposed memorial to Carl Linger, the composer of "The Song of Australia",
is discussed in the Advertiser,
21 November 1935, page 21e,
14, 18, 21 and 26 February 1935, pages 25d, 19d, 24f and 21d.
Also see South Australia - Flags & Patriotic
Songs.
An inspection of the city's statuary is reported upon in the Observer,
20 April 1867, page 2d (supp.).
Information on the statue of Niobe in the Botanic Gardens is in the Observer,
7 September 1867, page 6f.
A proposed monument to the late Governor Daly is discussed in the Register,
26 February 1868, page 2c,
7 May 1869, page 3c,
9 September 1869, page 2h; also see
Observer,
17 and 24 April 1869, pages 6a and 5d,
1 January 1870, page 7g.
Also see Place Names - County of Daly.
A proposed statue of "Her Majesty" is discussed in the Register,
26 March 1868, page 3f.
A proposed statue in memory of the late Dr Bayer is reported in the Register,
18 November 1868, page 2h and
a proposed monument to South Australian explorers in the Advertiser,
27 February 1873, page 2f.
A statue to honour Matthew Flinders is suggested in the Observer,
26 December 1874, page 3d.
Also see Place Names - Flinders.
A suggestion for a memorial to be erected to commemorate the foundation of
South Australia is in the Register,
4 August 1881 (supp.), page 3d.
A proposed memorial for Dr Charles Gosse is discussed in the Express,
21 and 23 July 1885, pages 2b and 2b,
18 August 1885, page 3e.
Also see Place Names - Hundred of Gosse.
"Adorning the City" is in the Register,
5 September 1892, pages 4h-5a.
The unveiling of the statue Venus on North Terrace is reported in the Register,
5 September 1892, page 6b and
that of Hercules in Victoria Square on
5 October 1892, page 6c;
a photograph of the former is in the Chronicle,
20 December 1902, page 57.
"Venus and the City Council" is in the Register,
12 June 1894, page 5b.
"An Unfortunate Statue [Hercules]" is in the Express,
24 February 1905, page 2c.
Information on the statue of Robert Burns is in the Register,
5, 7 and 8 May 1894, pages 4g-7c, 5f and 6e. On
17 May 1894 a correspondent to the Register at page 6f says:
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There is no doubt whatever that Burns was an unmitigated plagiarist. Many
old ballads, and some modern ones, brought grist to his mill... I wonder
if those half-dressed gentlemen who sang "Auld Lang Syne" so enthusiastically...
knew that they were singing his most bare-faced theft. Here is the original
published by James Watson in 1711...
Should old acquaintance be forgot,
And never thought upon?
The flames of love extinguished
And freely past and gone?
Is thy kind heart now grown so cold
In that loving breast of thine,
That thou cans't never once reflect
On old long syne.If e'er I have a house my dear,
That truly is called mine,
And can afford but country cheer
Or ought that's good therein,
Though thou wert rebel to the King,
And beat with wind and rain,
Assure thyself a welcome, love,
For old long syne.
For responses from expatriate Scots and others see Register,
18 and 28 May 1894, pages 3f and 3d,
5 June 1894, page 6e; also see
25 January 1896, page 4f,
21 and 22 July 1896, pages 4f-5e and 6e.
A proposed statue to the Queen is discussed in the Chronicle,
29 October 1881, page 12c,
Observer, 24 February 1894, page 15c,
7 July 1894, page 28e,
4 and 8 August 1894, pages 30a and 41a.
The unveiling of Queen Victoria's statue is reported in the Register,
13 August 1894, page 6a.
"Shall Queen Victoria's Statue Go?" is in The News,
6 June 1932, page 4e.
"Statuary for Adelaide" is in the Register,
5 and 27 January 1894, pages 4f and 5b.
A proposed statue to Sir Thomas Elder is discussed in the Express,
29 March 1898, page 2f,
6 May 1898, page 4b,
26 June 1898, page 2b,
19 and 31 August 1898, pages 2c and 2c,
25 January 1899, page 2b,
30 January 1900, page 4c,
28 April 1903, page 1b,
28 July 1903, page 4f,
Advertiser,
29 March 1898, pages 4i-6a,
11 April 1898, page 4f,
31 August 1898, page 4g,
20 June 1899, page 4h,
7 July 1899, page 5i,
27 September 1902, page 6f,
Observer,
2 May 1903, page 23a.
Its unveiling is reported in the Register,
30 July 1903, page 8a,
4 August 1903, page 4d:
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A number of students in the Adelaide University were, in connection with the
unveiling..., guilty of conduct which would have discredited so many untutored
street Arabs... Some of the guilty and foolish, but now apparently penitent
young fellows, have for a long time done much to degrade their Alma Mater...
If [their conduct] had been displayed by newsboys in the street [it would]
have probably led to police proceedings...
(A photograph is in the Chronicle, 8 August 1903, page 41.)
"The City and Statuary" is in the Register,
29 March 1898, page 4h.
"Australian History, Monuments and Other Things" is in the Register,
2 July 1901, page 4c.
Information on the Boer War memorial statue is in the Advertiser,
3, 7 and 20 August 1901, pages 6e-10e, 8a and 8e,
Register,
25 May 1904, page 7a,
1 and 2 June 1904, pages 6d and 4e,
6 and 7 June 1904, pages 6c-9a and 4d-8a,
6 July 1904, page 4e,
3 November 1904, page 4f.
A proposed statue to Sir Walter Hughes is discussed in the Advertiser,
30 August 1904, page 4f.
A photograph is in the Chronicle,
8 December 1906, page 27.
Also see Place Names - Moonta.
"Adelaide Statuary" is in the Register,
8 December 1904, page 4f.
An Angas Memorial is proposed in the Register,
18 March 1905, page 4e; also see
Observer,
18 September 1909, page 41e,
9 October 1909, page 51e,
Chronicle,
13 November 1909, page 43d.
Fierce controversy over proposed monuments to George Fife Angas and John Howard
Angas is traversed in the Advertiser,
14 and 28 September 1909, pages 6i and 6e,
2 October 1909, page 12h:
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The man [G.F. Angas] to whom it was proposed to erect the monument was one
of only many who in the early days had exploited this country for their own
benefit and in giving to charity he was only making a reasonable return for
what he had taken from the public pocket... [I know] for a fact that a week
after Mr Angas had donated one thousand pounds [$2,000] to a certain institution...
a notice had been issued to his employees intimating that their wages would
be reduced by 2/6 [25 cents] per week...
Also see Register,
2, 5 and 6 October 1909, pages 13c, 5g and 9d,
5 November 1909, page 7e,
Advertiser,
19 and 26 October 1909, pages 7h and 6f,
5 November 1909, pages 6e-8c,
30 January 1914, page 11b,
Register,
7 May 1915, page 7g,
24 and 26 June 1916, pages 5d and 7e,
Observer,
15 May 1915, page 32d,
The News,
28 January 1927, page 7d,
7 February 1927, page 6c. Opposition to its removal is aired in the Register,
10 and 11 January 1929, pages 11d and 13a.
It was moved from the Prince Henry Gardens on North Terrace to Angas Gardens,
King William Road in 1929; see
Register,
11 January 1929, page 13a,
The Mail,
17 August 1929, page 3d.
A proposed statue of Sir George Grey is discussed in the Register,
26 July 1905, page 4h.
Also see Place Names - Grey Town.
"Statues in Adelaide" is in the Advertiser,
26 November 1906, page 6e.
"Kingston Memorial - A New Proposal" is in the Observer,
2, 16 and 23 April 1910, pages 23a, 45b and 45a.
A proposed statue in honour of C.C. Kingston is discussed in the Advertiser,
19 February 1912, page 8e,
Register,
24 January 1913, page 7e,
12 January 1915, page 4e,
2 October 1915, page 8e,
Advertiser,
19 November 1915, page 7b,
Register,
18 and 21 April 1916, pages 4d and 7b,
24, 26, 27, 29 and 30 May 1916, pages 7i, 4g, 9c, 7g and 9e,
11 July 1916, page 7d,
16 February 1927, page 8f.
Photographs are in The Critic,
31 May 1916, page 14,
Chronicle,
3 June 1916, page 27.
Also see Place Names - Kingston Park.
"Statues and Monuments" is in the Register on
25 August 1908, page 4f,
"Statuary of the City" on
16 April 1910, page 6e,
11 June 1910, page 6e.
The King Edward VII memorial described as "the largest statue in Australia" is
discussed in the Register,
25 May 1910, page 5d,
26 August 1911, page 13d; also see
1 June 1915, page 6d,
9 December 1915, page 4e,
12 April 1916, page 6f,
14 June 1916, page 6g,
10 October 1916, page 6f,
12 August 1918, page 4d,
15 February 1919, page 10d,
18 March 1919, page 6d,
7, 19 and 21 June 1920, pages 9e, 8g and 6f,
15 July 1920, pages 6e-7g,
24 August 1920, page 5d,
1 October 1920, page 6f.
Photographs are in the Observer,
3 July 1920, page 26,
The Critic,
21 July 1920, page 16.
"Gardening and Statues [on North Terrace]" is in the Register,
23 June 1911, page 8h.
"Public Monuments to Public Men" is in the Register,
23 November 1915, page 7b.
For a proposed edifice to commemorate the memory of Sir Samuel Way see Register,
12 January 1916, page 4c-d,
15 and 18 November 1924, pages 8f and 8e-10,
Advertiser,
17 November 1924, page 8f.
Also see Place Names - Hundred of Way.
A report on "Adelaide's Statues - Present and Future" is in the Register,
27 January 1916, page 5c.
"Botanic Garden Statuary" is in the Register,
14 November 1917, page 6d,
8 February 1919, page 9b,
"Our Statues of Great Men" on
2 May 1924, page 11g.
Also see Adelaide - Botanic Gardens
and Park.
"Unsung Memorials in Adelaide - Relics of Other Wars" is in The Mail,
22 March 1919, page 5f.
A proposed memorial to Sir Ross Smith is discussed in the Register,
9 September 1922, page 6f,
6, 13 and 14 October 1922, pages 6f, 6e-f and 9c,
25 August 1923, page 8f,
4 and 21 September 1923, pages 8e and 8e,
2 December 1924, pages 8e-9e-10,
5 February 1926, page 8f,
Advertiser,
27 September 1927, page 18c,
29 November 1927, page 13a,
2 and 10 December 1927, pages 13a and 12h-13d,
Register,
3 and 4 October 1927, pages 10 and 9a,
9 and 12 December 1927, pages 10 and 8f-11c.
"The Ross Smith Memorial" is in the Observer,
26 February 1927, page 40c,
8 October 1927, pages 18d-41d,
10 and 17 December 1927, pages 58d and 39c-55.
South Australia - Transport -
Aeroplanes.
"New Memorials" is in the Register, 22 August 1924, page 8f.
A proposed memorial to the late Queen Alexandra is discussed in the Register,
8 December 1925, pages 8e-9d.
"Storied Statues - Adelaide's Memorials" is in the Register,
8 December 1927, page 8h; also see
Observer,
26 October 1929, page 20e.
"Artists Look at Our Statues" is in The News,
18 September 1931, page 8a.
A proposed memorial to honour women pioneers is discussed in the Advertiser,
30 December 1932, page 9i,
5 and 7 January 1933, pages 12d and 18c,
7 August 1936, page 24b.
A proposed memorial to the late King George V is discussed in the Advertiser,
7, 11, 13 and 20 February 1936, pages 22h, 16f-17e, 17f and 16d.
Photographs of the city's statues are in the Chronicle,
15 December 1917, page8 (supplement).
