Bendigo Conservatory Gardens Oct 2018 2

`...The park includes statues, fountains and a vaulted grotto (which was filled-in some time in the twentieth century and

partially re-instated in 1997). Three iron bridges were erected across the creek in 1882, with the Conservatory

Gardens laid out in 1886 and a conservatory erected in 1897. Developments in the twentieth century included

the erection of the former Garden Gully Mining Company poppet legs on the summit of Camp Hill in 1931 and a

number of small community buildings (which were removed in 1995 following the recommendations of the

Rosalind Park Redevelopment Plan).

The statuary, which contributes to the aesthetic significance of the park include the: white marble statue of

Daphne (1871); Mayor Harness metal sculpture - Man Fighting Wild Animals (1899); white marble statue of

Venus (1901); Queen Victoria monument (1903); George Lansell monument (after 1906); Ernest Mueller Bust

(1910); Sir John Quick bust (1934); bronze sculpture of George V (1938); James Curnow memorial fountain

(n.d.); and Eve (n.d.) Daphne and Eve were purchased in London for the National Gallery of Victoria in 1877 and

were de-accessioned and gifted to Bendigo in 1943. The Daphne and Eve statues are currently held by the

Bendigo Art Gallery. The Venus statue is currently (2009) undergoing conservation works and is held in the City

of Bendigo's storage facility' (VHD)

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