Friday 18 March 2016

Centennial Park, statue, Sir Henry Parkes

This statue of Sir Henry Parkes is located at the intersection of Parkes Drive and Hamilton Drive in Centennial Park. It was sculpted in bronze by Alan Sommerville in 1996 to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the death of Sir Henry Parkes. It replaced a marble sculpture erected on this sandstone pedestal in 1897, which was vandalised and removed in 1971. Sir Henry Parkes was the Premier of New South Wales and has been referred to as the "Father of Federation" due to his movement for a national federation of the six colonies of Australia.

19 comments:

  1. Love the statue. Looks really good in that setting.

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  2. Love the way his coat is flapping in the wind.
    joanna

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  3. We have a lot to be thankful for, when it comes to Henry Parkes. Federation of the six colonies of Australia came about peacefully, in a timely manner and with everyone on board.

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  4. Beautiful spot to commemorate his work!

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  5. Very nice statue and your post made me realize how little I know about Australia's history.

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  6. It was a great sculptor that made that statue once, great details. And I like the contrasts of color in your image, the copper green against the blue and red.

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  7. Great! Seems to be quite a windy location ... ;-)

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  8. Great statue ~ great sky shot!

    Happy Weekend to you ~ ^_^

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  9. Nice statue! They should have named the park Parkes Park!

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  10. Hope this one is not vandalised, Jim. The floral background makes the statue stand out.
    Many thanks for participating in the Floral Friday Fotos meme.

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