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The sundial and garden court commemorate Bob Brothers who was the inspiration for Henry Lawson`s hero in "Send Round The Hat".
Location
Address: | View Street, Rosalind Park, Bendigo, 3550 |
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State: | VIC |
Area: | AUS |
GPS Coordinates: | Lat: -36.756968 Long: 144.277717 Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate. |
Details
Monument Type: | Monument |
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Monument Theme: | People |
Sub-Theme: | Community |
Dedication
Front Inscription
Source: RUMV,VMR,RHSV, MAThis sundial and garden court is erected as a memorial and tribute to Bob Brothers, a native of this City of Bendigo.
His charity, kindness and comradeship, particularly at Bourke on the Darling River NSW, inspired Henry Lawson to characterise him in the story `Send around the Hat`. `And I wish that I could immortalise him`. Henry Lawson
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