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Australia’s first public sculpture: Richard Bourke

Governor Bourke's statue, Domain 1871, by Charles Pickering, courtesy Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW (SPF/1056) The State Library of NSW recently announced work is  underway to conserve and restore Australia's first public sculpture, the Sir Richard Bourke statue that is located…