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Sir Ross Smith Memorial Statue [B-4974], Cresswell Gardens (en:Adelaide Parklands adjacent to the Adelaide Oval)

[General description] The bronze statue of Sir Ross Smith stands on a red granite plinth which features bronze bas-relief work depicting aeroplanes and various symbols. Bronze figures stand at either side of the plinth, one being a Roman soldier. The inscription reads: 'Sir Ross Smith / Born at Semaphore Australia / December 4th 1892 / Died at Weybridge England / April 13th 1922 / Erected by the people of South Australia to commemorate the first successful flight from England to Australia November 12- December 10 / 1919 / Illi robur et aes triplex'. Sculptor was Mr. Frederick Brook Hitch who won a competition to design this statue. [On back of photograph] 'Sir Ross Smith Memorial Statue / Cresswell Gardens / 1928'
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Source http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+4974
Author Government Photolithographer (South Australia)
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Stated by owner (State Library of South Australia) to be Public Domain - refer source page http://collections.slsa.sa.gov.au/resource/B+4974
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