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Detail of The Winged Victory Statue - Victoria Gardens, Prahran

The Victoria Gardens is a Victorian era garden of approximately two hectares on High Street, in the inner Melbourne suburb of Prahran. It still retains some elements of its original Victorian character which include; an oval lawn surrounded by a circular row of London plane trees, two sets of bronze decorative bronze urns, a Neoclassical fountain and a statue of the Winged Victory, also cast in bronze.

 

The Winged Victory, with a magnificent pair of wings is dressed in a grecian shift which billows about her, and holds a laurel wreath in her left hand. It was donated to the citizens of Prahran by the Mayor of Prahran C. W. Taylor in 1884.

 

 

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Uploaded on May 21, 2011
Taken on May 21, 2011