St Jude's Fountain is located on the corner of Alison Road and Church Street, in the eastern suburb of Randwick. It was sculpted by Walter McGill and opened on 9 November 1866 as the first public water supply to this area. This sandstone fountain was originally fed by an underground spring and in 2000 had some conservation work done on it.
That's so cool that the fountain was once fed by a spring.
ReplyDeleteA nice old fountain. Wonder how I could have missed seeing it when I lived in Randwick more than a year.
wow, it's in fabulous shape .,,, such a cool piece of history
ReplyDeleteWow! Good thing they did not demolish this fountain. Great information thanks for sharing. Thanks for joining Water World Wednesday.
ReplyDeleteYes, they did their best to restore it in 2000.
DeleteThis must have been crowded and a popular place to hang out back in those days.
ReplyDeleteWonderful historic photo ~
ReplyDeleteCarol of A Creative Harbor
Great picture!
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Gives new meaning to hanging around the water cooler...bet it's heard a lot of good stuff...
ReplyDeleteThat's nice. Good that its still there.
ReplyDeleteA lovely old piece.
ReplyDeleteGood find.
ReplyDeleteJM Illinois
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Delicious source. Greetings.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad history such as this is preserved.
ReplyDeleteWow, that's very old fountain!
ReplyDeleteA century-old fountain! What could be more charming than that!
ReplyDeletenice work on that fountain.
ReplyDeleteA beautifully carved fountain! I'd love to see it in person. I love the take on a fountain for Water World Wednesday.
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