3. Earth Statue Sculptor: George H Allen, Hawkesbury River freestone, granite plinth

Frank Pinkerton Bequest Statue
In the western median strip at the intersection of Sturt and Raglan Streets a large grey stone sculpture on a granite base was erected in November 1952. The sculptor from Melbourne has created a female figure as the centrepiece, with two reliefs figures at the front and rear depicting a miner and a farmer.

The symbolism is described on the plaque.

CENTRAL FIGURE EARTH EMERGING FROM RELIEF FIGURES REPRESENTING THE INDUSTRIES OF MINING AND AGRICULTURE.

Frank Pinkerton was born in Ballarat in 1858, the eldest son of William Pinkerton (pioneer mining investor) and Martha ms KENNY. He attended Ballarat College and in 1885 was admitted to practise as a solicitor as a member of the firm Salter & Pinkerton (est 1856). From 1899 he practised on his own account and was solicitor to various Ballarat institutions. He was a Life Governor of the Ballarat Benevolent Asylum. He died in 1931 and is buried in the Ballarat Old Cemetery with his parents, two maiden sisters and a brother.