Bank Street Memorial Fountain - South Melbourne (VIC)

5 /5 Adam G: The Bank Street Memorial Fountain, also referred to as the South Melbourne Boer War Memorial Fountain, was erected in 1905 to commemorate the Jubilee of the City of South Melbourne (then named town of Emerald Hill), and in honour of the 140 South Melbourne soldiers who fought in the South African Boer war and the 8 who died. The fountain is set on a basalt podium with a combination of grey and pink granite. The fountain set within four granite columns that support a freely designed classical canopy and the fountain itself made out of brass. The memorial is surrounded by a fence of wrought iron posts with chains strung between them. The memorial fountain is listed in the Victorian Heritage Register.