‘HARD TIMES’ FOR DICKENS’ STATUE

'HARD TIMES' FOR DICKENS' STATUE

In the 1890s it was decided to ‘dress up’ Sydney’s Centennial Park with monuments of eminent people. One choice was a full size, marble statue of novelist Charles Dickens. However, there was a major problem, as M.P Mr J.D. Fitzgerald made known in State Parliament. He demanded

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