Drinking Fountain, Errol Street, North Melbourne, Late 1960's-Early 1970's
1960's - 1970s
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Total copies: 1
Title:
Drinking Fountain, Errol Street, North Melbourne, Late 1960's-Early 1970's
Date of work:
1960's - 1970s
Search dates:
01 Jan 1960 - 31 Dec 1973
Reference number:
Errol Street 16
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materials
Part of:
Sub-collection: North Melbourne and West Melbourne (HC_NORTH)
Access restrictions:
Unrestrictedlibrary owns image (image on public access)
Use restrictions:
Unrestricted
General notes:
Image held by North Melbourne Library.Detail of the Henderson Fountain in Errol Street. A classic Volkswagen Kombi Microbus can be seen in the background, parked in front of the old Commonwealth bank. This particular photograph highlights a period in which the fountain's bowl was a modern Danks bubbler, which greatly differed from the original design.In 1877, Thomas Henderson presented the fountain to the people of Hotham (now North Melbourne) to mark the end of his term as mayor. Designed by Walter MacFarlane and cast by his prominent Glaswegian Saracen Foundry, it has an imposing circular canopy richly decorated with cast-iron lacework. The fountain was originally sited in the roadway at the intersection of Errol and Queensberry Streets, but was moved in 1889 to allow for the construction of the new cable-tram tracks. In 1917, it was moved to the footpath, but without its bluestone steps and iron railings. In 1972, a vehicle collided with the fountain, damaging its wonderful canopy. Consequently, the following year it was moved to its current and safer location outside the Town Hall. Prior to the mid-1960s, the fountain's drinking spout was replaced with a modern Danks 'bubbler', but in 2001 a duplicate of the original was created - including the small figure of a kangaroo - based on MacFarlane's original drawings and on moulds from similar fountains.
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Record types:
Images, maps and artefacts
Record number:
752591
| Type | Reference No. | Extent | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Original | Errol Street 16 | 1 PH | Single Item (May not be issued, may be reproduced) |