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Images- Central Business District Obelisk |
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location |
Elizabeth Street, opposite Bathurst Street. |
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date |
1857. |
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style |
Victorian Egyptian |
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construction |
A stuccoed sewer vent in the form of an Egyptian sacred object. |
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Monument |
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The obelisk on Elizabeth Street is one of the earliest monuments recording the
beneficence of a Sydney mayor. It was erected in 1857 and unveiled by the Mayor George Thornton. The monument
is actually a sewer vent. It became a joke around town and led to it being
dubbed ‘Thornton’s Scent Bottle’. The classical landscaping and min-obelisks at its base have unfortunately been lost. |
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