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Frederick Jowett Memorial Drinking Fountain : 09-March-2013
Frederick Jowett Memorial Drinking Fountain : 09-March-2013

Photographs supplied by Graeme Saunders

The fountain commemorates Town Clerk, Frederick Jowett.

Frederick Jowett served 34 years on the Shire Council. He made one mistake of opening an account in 1886 and forgot it until auditors discovered it in 1903, but the investigation stated this as "gross carelessness rather than intent to defraud".

When Frederick Jowett died in 1921, the council granted his wife an annuity of 500 pounds, arranged for W.H. Hughes PM to dedicate the YMCA bandstand and commissioned the Jowett Memorial Drinking Fountain. Council required that the fountain would `admit a head between the pillars thereof` and the designers only just fulfilled this specification. Four pillars stand around the fountain, mounted on a base and bearing a dome all in granite.

Location

Address:Hawthorn & Glen Eira Roads , City Hall, Caulfield, 3162
State:VIC
Area:AUS
GPS Coordinates:Lat: -37.880716
Long: 145.023027
Note: GPS Coordinates are approximate.
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Details

Monument Type:Fountain
Monument Theme:People
Sub-Theme:Government - Local
Actual Event Start Date:
Approx. Event Start Date:1887
Actual Event End Date:
Approx. Event End Date:1921
Designer:
Artist:
Monument Manufacturer:H. B. Corben & Sons (Clifton Hill, VIC)
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Dedication

Approx. Monument Dedication Date:
Front Inscription

Erected to commemorate the faithful services of Frederick Jowett

Town Clerk

1887 - 1921

Left Side Inscription
Back Inscription
Right Side Inscription
Inscription in Proximity
Source: MA,RUMV
Monument details supplied by Monument Australia - www.monumentaustralia.org.au