The Captain Cook Statue - Hyde Park - Sydney - NSW
The Captain Cook Statue Is In The South Of Hyde Park
The Sculpture Stands On A Moruya Granite Pedestool.
This Work Was Commissioned On The 26th September 1874 & Was unveiled To The Public On The 25th February 1879
It Was Made By Thomas Woolner (1825 - 1892). He Was Born In Hadleigh, Suffolk, & Studied At The Royal Academy. He Travelled To Australia in 1852, & Went On To Have Limited Success On The Voctorian Goldfields.
The Day Of The Sculpture's Unveilling Was Declared A Public Holiday In Honour Of Cook & The Monument. It Was Estimated That 12,000 Joined The Procession To Hyde Park & 60,000 People Attended.
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW : 1842 - 1954), Tuesday 25 February 1879, page 7
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