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Prince Family : 12-04-2014
Prince Family : 12-04-2014

Photographs supplied by Sandra Brown
The sculpture commemorates the significant contribution the Prince Family made to the Kingston community in employing people and for their civic service.

Location

Address:Warrigal Road & Princes Court, Parkdale, 3195
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.986562
Long: 145.070654
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Sculpture
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Industry
Artist:Anton Hasell (sculptor)

Dedication

Actual Monument Dedication Date:Monday 3rd September, 2001
Front Inscription

John Prince, a British merchant seaman, arrived in Australia in the late 1800s and went to establish what was to become a substantial enterprise.

It was a small cottage on this site in 1905 that the fledling laundry was born.

The determination of John Prince and a further three family generations transformed a local washing and ironing service into a state-of-the-art laundering and dry cleaning company.

This sculpture is a monument to the significant contribution that the Prince family made to the Kingston community over the generations both in employing local people for their civic service.

This plaque was unveiled by the Mayor of Kingston, Cr. Elizabeth Larking 

3rd September, 2011

Sculptor Anton Hassell

 

Source: MA
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