Lady Clarke memorial, Alexandra Gardens
c1920
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Title:
Lady Clarke memorial, Alexandra Gardens
Date of work:
c1920
Reference number:
Melbourne 62
Level of description:
Item from Collection: Heritage Collection (HC)
Type of materials:
Graphic materials
Access restrictions:
UnrestrictedOpen access
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General notes:
Lady Clarke memorial is in Queen Victoria Gardens, not Alexandra Gardens as in the title.Designed by Herbert BlackConcrete and stamped copper rotunda, 1913, Queen Victoria GardensIn 1873, Janet Snodgrass married wealthy pastoralist William Clarke, who was made Australia’s first baronet in 1882. The Clarkes were generous philanthropists, with sympathy for a great many causes. Their wealth and social standing made them influential, and they used this to their advantage to raise awareness of and funds for various local causes.Lady Clarke sat on many committees, including the Women’s National League, Women’s Hospital Committee and the Talbot Colony for Epileptics. She was particularly active in supporting education. While Lady Clarke became the inaugural president of the National Council of Women of Victoria in 1902 and of the Australian Women’s National League in 1904, she was not a supporter women’s suffrage.Lady Clarke died in 1909, and upon her death a memorial fund was established. Herbert Black’s design for a Grecian-style, white marble rotunda won the public competition. It can accommodate 100 musicians and offers a quiet place to contemplate the view across Queen Victoria Gardens. In part, the inscription on the rotunda reads: ‘A tribute to the memory of a high example / of beneficence and public spirit’.https://www.monumentaustralia.org/themes/people/humanitarian/display/32386-lady-janet-clarke-
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Record types:
Images, maps and artefacts
Record number:
1787213
| Type | Reference No. | Extent | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Copy | Melbourne 62 | 1 JPEG : 10362 KB | Single Item (May not be issued, may not be reproduced) |