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Wednesday, 21 August 2013

The Morshead Fountain

The Morshead Fountain was erected in remembrance of Lieutenant-General Sir Leslie Morshead and  the men who served with him in the war of 1914-18 and in the defence of Tobruk Libya in 1941 for which he was knighted.

It is located across from the State Library of NSW at one of the entrance gates to the Royal Botanic Gardens.





 
 
The fountain was designed by architects Woodward, Taranto and Wallace. A new fountain head was installed in 1983.
It was unveiled by Lady Morshead in 1966.
Unfortunately the day I photographed the fountain the water wasn't flowing while I was there.