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	Charles Summers - River God Fountain - Fitzroy Gardens Near Albert Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B6777	The River God Fountain is of State Significance. It is a rare example of Charles Summer's use of cast stone in sculpture, and one of the few surviving public works by the most important sculptor working in the mid nineteenth century in Victoria. It is also significant as being the first and principal fountain erected in the newly developed Fitzroy Gardens. It also has historic significance as celebrating the establishment of the first reticulated water supply to Melbourne from the ... more	B6777	State

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Charles Summers - River God Fountain - Fitzroy Gardens

Near Albert Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B6777

The River God Fountain is of State Significance. It is a rare example of Charles Summer's use of cast stone in sculpture, and one of the few surviving public works by the most important sculptor working in the mid nineteenth century in Victoria. It is also significant as being the first and principal fountain erected in the newly developed Fitzroy Gardens. It also has historic significance as celebrating the establishment of the first reticulated water supply to Melbourne from the ... more

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