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Choragic monument of Lysicrates at Clarens, Potts Point, 1892-93

By
Laura Praeger
From the collections of the
State Library of New South Wales
[c046100002 / PXA 946]
(Mitchell Library)

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Praeger, Laura

State Library of New South Wales

Sculpture

Clarens

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Residence built by Joseph Hyde Potts in Potts Point. During James Martin's ownership, its surrounding garden was famed as one of the 'most architecturally elaborate gardens constructed in Australia'. The gardens were developed in 1853-68 and the novelist Anthony Trollope described the 'garden falling down to the sea' as a 'fairyland'. Its monument of Lysicrates was later moved to the Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney. The property was acquired by the Royal Australian Navy in 1941 and then subsequently destroyed, however, elements of the original garden have survived. The navy base HMAS Kuttabul now stands on the site, located adjacent to the Garden Island dockyard.

Monument of Lysicrates

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Large statue of Pyrmont sandstone which is an exact replica of that in ancient Athens in 334BC which was constructed as part of a dramatic prize.
Originally in the garden of James Martin's home Clarens at Potts Point, it was moved to the Botanic Garden in 1941 when the garden was requisitioned for a dry dock.