CATANI GARDENS, ST KILDA, VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA Captain Cook Statue
Description: The address is Fitzroy Street & Jacka Boulevard, Catani Gardens, St Kilda 3182, Victoria, Australia Standing on a granite base, the statue is a replica of the one at Whitby, England by Sir John Tweed, R.A. Victorian Heritage Register (VHR) Number H1805. Heritage Listing – National Trust History: Donated by Mr Andrew Stenhouse, a retired contractor who lived at Beaconsfield Parade, St Kilda, he was interested in the reclamation of the foreshore in front of his dwelling . The monument cost £1500, and was probably the first major memorial to Captain Cook in Victoria. The statue was unveiled on Monday December 7th, 1914 by the Governor of Victoria, Sir Arthur Stanley. Gathered were Commonwealth and State notables and hundreds of St Kilda residents. Inscriptions: On the Base:
Front Inscription:
(Back Inscription)
CAP. JAS COOK
P. FLOWERS
E. TERRELL
Z. HICKS
T. REARDON
T. JORDAN
JOHN GORE
J. RAMSAY
T. MATTHEW
R. MOLYNEUX
W. DAWSON
D. ROBERTS
R. PICKERSGILL
F. HAITE
T. JONES
C. CLERKE
S. JONES
F. WILKINSON
J. NICHOLSON
MARINES
J. BOOTIE
F. SUTHERLAND
J. EDGECOMBE
J. MONKHOUSE
T. SIMMONDS
J. TRUSS
P. SAUNDERS
R. HUGHES
T. ROSSITER
I. SMITH
S. MOODY
W. JUDGE
W. HARVEY
I. JOHNSON
D. PRESTON
JOS. MAGRA
W. COLLETT
W. WILTSHIRE
I. MANLEY
A. WOLFE
W. GREENSLADE
W. MONKHOUSE
M. COX
S. GIBSON
W. PERRY
C. WILLIAMS
T. DUNSTER
S. FORWOOD
A. SIMPSON
C. WEBB
R. ORTON
T. KNIGHT
J. BOWLES
J. GATHRAY
H. STEVENS
R. PAUL
J. SATTERLY
J. THOMPSON
A. PONTO
CIVILIANS
S. EVANS
J. DOZEY
J. BANKS
A. WEIR
J. TUNLEY
C. SOLANDER
T. HARDMAN
M. LITTLEBOY
C. GREEN
J. READING
J. GOODJOHN
J. REYNOLDS
B. JORDAN
J. WOODWORTH
S. PARKINSON
J. RAVENHILL
A. BUCHAN
G. NOWELL
W. PECKOVER
A. SPORING
I. PARKER
R. LITTLEBOY
J. ROBERTS
R. ANDERSON
H. JEFFS
P. BRISCOE
J. GRAY
J. THURMOND
T. RICHMOND
R. TAYLOR
R. STAINSBY
G. JORDON
R. HUTCHINS
W. HOWSON
J. CHILDS
N. MOREY
Latitude/Longitude: -37.863953S 144.971553E References: Cook’s Log, page 751, vol. 13, no. 4 (1990) Cook’s Log, page 16, vol. 34, no. 3 (2011) Website: monumentaustralia.org.au/themes/landscape/discovery/display/33522-captain-james-cook Website: vhd.heritagecouncil.vic.gov.au/places/66406/download-report
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