Dictionary of Sydney

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

The Dictionary of Sydney was archived in 2021.

Lewis Wolfe Levy Fountain

Drinking fountain in the Royal Botanic Gardens, with a red granite base with Art Nouveau bronze statue of a young girl standing amid reeds, a heron and frogs. The fountain was a gift to the people of Sydney  in 1889from the Levy family in memory of Lewis Wofle Levy (1815–85), politician and businessman. The statue, by C B Birch (1832–93), is an important example of aestheticism in Sydney.

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Constructed
1889
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