Download or read book Melbourne's Monuments written by Ronald T. Ridley and published by Melbourne University Publish. This book was released on 1996 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A guide to the public statuary of Melbourne, based on two walks around the inner city. Many public monuments are often just accepted as part of the scene, but each statue or memorial has a story to tell whether about the sculptor, or the person or event it commemorates, and all of them represent a small piece of Melbourne history.