Silent Witnesses: Adelaide's Statues and Monuments
- ISBN-10
- 1862544026
- ISBN-13
- 9781862544024
- Series
- Silent Witnesses
- Category
- Adelaide (S. Aust.)
- Pages
- 163
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1997
- Publisher
- Wakefield Press
- Author
- Simon Cameron
Description
Statues and monuments fill streets and museums all over the world. Every monument tells a tale, not only of its subject, but of the society that erects it. Adelaide's founders cherished the uniqueness of the city's parks and boulevards and filled them with noble statues.
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