18. Queen Victoria Statue 1900 Bertram Mackennal, Marble

Queen Victoria Statue
This statue of Queen Victoria by B. Mackennal was erected in Queen Victoria Square directly opposite the front door of the Town Hall. It was unveiled 24th May 1900. The foundation stone was laid in the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Year.

East is: 1837 The Accession (Men in frock coats telling her the news.)
South is: 1838 The Coronation (The Queen seated with the orb and sceptre.)
West is: 1900 Australian Commonwealth (Signing the constitution.)
North is: 1897 The Diamond Jubilee (The Queen in her open carriage.)

Ballarat Centenary (1935) p63 "On May 28th (in fact 24th) 1900, the Lieut-Governor of Victoria, Sir John Madden, before a crowd of 20,000 spectators, unveiled the statue of Queen Victoria, in the Square named in honour of the first lady of the Empire. The crowd cheered loudly when the curtain was drawn and showed the marble representation of the Monarch who was loved and revered by all."

"The handsome Statue of Her Most Gracious Majesty, Queen Victoria, which now adorns the Central block of Sturt Street, opposite the City Hall, was formally handed over to the Mayor on behalf of the Citizens, on 24th May last, by Mr Alex. Bell, Chairman of the Statue Committee. On the same day it was unveiled by His Excellency the Lieut.-Governor, Sir John Madden, CJ, KCMG, in the presence of an immense concourse of Citizens, Members of the Ministry, and other distinguished visitors. The Statue, which is a noble ornament to the City, is the work of Mr Bertram Mackennal, a Victorian-born sculptor.
On the occasion of the unveiling of the Queen's Statue, the Lieut.-Governor also named the block 'Queen Victoria Square'."
(Mayoral Report 1900)