Stirling Gardens

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Stirling Gardens

Stirling Gardens
Type Urban park
Location Perth, Western Australia
Coordinates 31°57′23″S 115°51′36″E / 31.9565°S 115.86°E / -31.9565; 115.86Coordinates: 31°57′23″S 115°51′36″E / 31.9565°S 115.86°E / -31.9565; 115.86
Created 1845
Etymology Named after James Stirling
Operated by City of Perth
Status Open
1890s postcard showing Supreme Court Gardens with the Old Treasury Buildings (then the General Post Office) in the background

Stirling Gardens, adjacent to, and sometimes confused with, the Supreme Court Gardens, is a small public park in Perth, Western Australia. Located on the corner of St Georges Terrace, Perth and Barrack Street, west of the Government House and north of the Supreme Court buildings, it contains a group of significant sculpture items.

The statue of Alexander Forrest the brother of Sir John Forrest was constructed by Pietro Porcelli. It was first made in Guildford clay, then in plaster of Paris - sent to Italy to cast it in wax and finally in bronze. It was unveiled by Premier Walter James on 28 August 1903. It was moved to its current location in 1916 [1][2]

Originally established by the Perth Vineyard Society in 1845 with Government approval, the Gardens were leased to Henry Laroche Cole for a ten-year period in 1846, and were eventually returned to Government control at the end of that period.[3] It is one of a series of landscape features that is classified by the National Trust [4]

See also

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Notes

  1. ↑ "THE ALEXANDER FORREST STATUE.". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 29 September 1916. p. 2. Retrieved 21 March 2012. 
  2. ↑ "Alexander Forrest.". Western Mail (Perth, WA : 1885 - 1954) (Perth, WA: National Library of Australia). 25 August 1949. p. 13. Retrieved 21 March 2012. 
  3. ↑ Summers, Lise, From wasteland to parkland (Thesis, 2007, University of Melbourne) 
  4. ↑ Eringa, Karel (1998), Windows on the past : windows to the future : 46 landscapes classified by the National Trust, Environment Centre of W.A, retrieved 21 March 2012  page 77

References

  • Austen, Tom; St. George Books (1988), The streets of old Perth, Saint George Books, ISBN 978-0-86778-038-3 
  • Considine and Griffiths Architects (1997), Stirling Gardens, Perth : conservation plan, Considine and Griffiths, retrieved 21 March 2012 
  • Richards, Oline (1982), "A fairer Athens and a freer Rome: historic public gardens in Perth, WA", Heritage (Australian Heritage Society) 1 (1): 66–69, ISSN 0155-2716 

External links

  • 1959 aerial photographs looking north and east across Stirling Gardens, State Library of Western Australia
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