The Queen Victoria Gardens is the Melbourne monument to Queen Victoria. Located on 4.8 acres (12 acres) opposite the Victoria Arts Center and Victoria National Gallery, bordered by St Kilda Road, Alexandra Avenue and Linlithgow Avenue.
The reign of Queen Victoria began in 1837, two years after the first European settlement in Melbourne, and after her death in 1901, it was considered appropriate to declare an enduring monument to her rule. A memorial statue was commissioned from the sculptor James White who showed the Queen in the ceremonial attire displaying her majestic gaze across the ornamental lake, sweeping grass and rose garden to the Melbourne Arts Center Spire and the city skyscrapers.
Queen Victoria Gardens is part of a larger garden group just south-east of the city, between St. Kilda Road and the Yarra River known as Domain Parklands , which include;
- Royal Botanic Gardens
- Kings Domain
- Alexandra Gardens
- Queen Victoria Gardens
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Features
Huge floral clocks are placed opposite the Victoria National Gallery, which contains over 7,000 flowering plants that are changed twice a year. The clock was donated in 1966 to the City of Melbourne by a group of Swiss watchmakers. Behind the clock stands a bronze statue of horseback, a memorial to substitute Queen Victoria, King Edward VII. The statue, by Melbourne-born sculptor Bertram Mackennal, was inaugurated on July 21, 1920.
Queen Victoria Memorial
A granite and marble warning, commissioned by a public subscription of James White sculptor and positioned at the highest point of the garden, commemorating the five aspects of Queen Victoria. The memorial was made of white Carrara marble, Harcourt granite and Caloola NSW marble, and was unveiled by Sir John Madden on Imperial Day, May 24, 1907.
Originally home to native grasses, oaks, brokers, paperbarks, and red gum rivers, this area now consists of ornamental lakes, sweeping grasses, seasonal crop flowers, and European and Australian adult trees and shrubs in beautiful gardens.
As well as monuments to Queen Victoria and King Edward VII , famous gardens for their various statues. This included an explorative play sculpture for the children, The Genie , by Tom Bass in 1973. The Pathfinder was made in 1974 by John Robinson and details of the Olympic Hammer bronze thrower in action. The Phoenix was carved from bronze and welded copper sheets welded by Baroness Yrsa Von Heistner in 1973 to commemorate the 40th International Eucharistic Congress.
Bronze Water Children is an installation by John Robinson, created in 1973, which shows children playing on the river. The Water Nymph is a kneeling bronze figure carved in 1925 by Paul Montford.
A classic rotunda was built in 1913 and named after Janet, Lady Clarke, a philanthropist working for women's welfare in Melbourne.
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See also
- MPavilion
References
External links
- Melbourne City Council - Queen Victoria Gardens
- Queen Victoria Memorial (including photo)
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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