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Acquisition number:
1292
Catalogue number:
emvf0885
File name:
VF0885
File location:
Vertical File Newspaper clipping about the history of the Fitzroy Gardens. Includes author's own memories of seeing school children cutting through the gardens to the various schools and the many sculptures which adorned the gardens. The article mainly centres on the establishment of the gardens by James Sinclair (now disputed in favour of Clement Hodgkinson) and the story of his remarkable life. Quotes critical comments by Lionel Lindsay about the the Conservatory and the statue, Meditation, which sits outside it.
Item type:
Newsclipping
Building name:
Conservatory
Subject address:
Fitzroy Gardens, East Melbourne
Artist-illustrator:
Gerry Lants
Date of publication or creation:
1968
Publisher:
Not known
Date digitised:
2016-04-17