Next week it will be Tony Abbott as the latest addition to the Botanical Gardens and another famous soldier will soon grace Sturt Street, but how well do you know the extensive range of sculpture across the city.
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On the eve of two new high profile additions to Ballarat's public sculpture collection, The Courier takes a look at the beautiful, bold and sometimes bizarre statues across our city in this special gallery.
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One memorial planned for Sturt celebrates a Ballarat refugee advocate and former soldier Major George Treloar who settled 100,000 desperate immigrants in Greece, will soon be built on Sturt Street.
Another new sculpture whose subject had an altogether different approach to refugees, former prime minister Tony Abbott will be the latest addition to the Prime Ministers walk in the Botanical Gardens.
Mr Abbott will unveil his bust at a formal ceremony on Monday.
Ballarat City Council has also contributed $50,000 to the statue of First World War soldier and League of Nations refugee worker Major George Treloar.
The George Treloar Memorial Committee, made up of descendants of the refugees Major Treloar helped resettle in Greece, has also raised $68,000.
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