Albert Park, Auckland
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Albert Park is a public park in central Auckland, bounded by Wellesley Street East, Princes Street, Bowen Avenue and Kitchener Street. From the entrance at the corner of Bowen Ave and Kitchener St, se
The band rotunda near the south end of the park
Fountain area viewed from north-west
The statue of Queen Victoria
View from Princes Street
A statue of Queen Victoria was erected at Albert Park, Auckland, in 1899. The second monument to Queen Victoria in New Zealand, the bronze statue was funded by public donations encouraged by Auckland
Albert Park, Auckland
…statues of dolphins ridden by cherubs blowing horns that spout water. The fountain is surmounted by Aphrodite that also has a horn spouting water. The statue of Queen Victoria was one of several similar sculptures installed by municipal authorities throughout the British Empire following the monarch's Diamond Jubilee in 1897…
The Queen Victoria Statue in 2009
The statue covered with mourning wreaths following Victoria's death in early 1901.
Victoria's Golden Jubilee portrait served as a base for Williamson's statues of the monarch.