Creating and installing King Edward VII’s statute took eight months longer than the period of his reign

The shining steel and simple form of Knot typifies the work of sculptor Herbert (Bert) Flugelman.

A statue to honour Matthew Flinders, the first explorer to circumnavigate Australia, was a long time coming in Adelaide

One of many around the world, this statue of Scottish poet Robert Burns was unveiled in 1894

The bust of Sir Lawrence Bragg commemorates a South Australian Nobel Laureate

The bust of Sir Mark Oliphant on North Terrace honours an eminent scientist and the state’s first South Australian-born governor.

The bronze bust of Sir Mellis Napier, sculpted by eminent South Australian artist John Dowie, commemorates his distinguished community service, including to the law and legal profession in South Australia

A statue of Sir Samuel Way reflects his towering presence in legal, political and cultural circles in the last decades of the nineteenth century.

The bronze figure of Sir Walter Watson Hughes by Francis Williamson stands on a massive block of red granite.

The mounted trooper reining in his horse commemorates South Australians who served in the South African War (1899-1902).

A startled Venus caused consternation as Adelaide’s first public statue in 1892