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The Big Merino is a 15.2 metres (50 ft) tall concrete statue of a merino ram located in Goulburn, New South Wales, Australia. It is the tallest statue in Australia and Oceania It was modelled after Rambo, a stud ram that lived on a local property. [1] The Big Merino was built near the Hume Highway in 1985. [2]
This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
A selection of Australia's big things. The big things of Australia are large structures, some of which are novelty architecture and some sculptures.In Australia, big things have come to be seen as a uniquely Australian phenomenon, although they emerged at the same time as the so-called Roadside Giants (fibreglass sculptures of things) of the United States.
Known locally as Larry the Lobster, [1] the sculpture of a spiny lobster stands 17 metres tall, and is regarded as one of the most impressive of Australia's Big Things. [2] Designed and built by Paul Kelly for Ian Backler and Rob Moyse, it is made of steel and fibreglass and was intended to attract attention to the restaurant and visitor centre ...
Statues of Martin and Anna Bates are shown with museum volunteer Sheila Reidel. During the Civil War in 1861, Martin joined the 5th Kentucky Infantry at the age of 16 as a private in the ...
Dallas Zoo's giraffe statue; Statue of Don Juan de Oñate called The Equestrian in El Paso, Texas - At 36 feet (11 m) tall, it is purported by the sculptor to be the largest bronze equestrian statue in the world. Statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas - At 66 feet (20 m) tall, it is the tallest statue of any American political figure.
Mount Augustus is located roughly 1,000 km north of Perth, in the Mount Augustus National Park in Western Australia. The name is also given to the neighbouring pastoral lease, Mount Augustus Station. The local Wadjari people call it Burringurrah, after a Dreamtime figure, a young boy who was speared and turned into a rock. [1]
The Sydney Harbour Bridge is one of Australia's most well recognised monuments, with over 10 million people visiting the site a year. [55] The Bridge finished construction and subsequently opened in 1932, [ 56 ] and on 19 March 2007 was added onto the Australian National Heritage Listing. [ 57 ]