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01-November-2013
01-November-2013

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The cast-iron fountain commemorates Dinny O’Hearn, an Irish-Australian literary critic and man of letters who had a long association with the nearby University of Melbourne.

O’Hearn and much of Melbourne’s literary establishment of his generation has also enjoyed a long association with Jimmy Watson’s, the wine bar outside of which the fountain is sited. O’Hearn died in 1993, at the age of 56.

 

Location

Address:Lygon Street, Median strip, near Jimmy Watson`s Bar, Carlton, 3053
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.797716
Long: 144.967436
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Fountain
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Arts

Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:1981
Front Inscription

In memory of D. J. O`Hearn   14.3.37 - 15.7.93

`Dinny` 

Erected by his friends and the City of Melbourne

Source: MA
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