Driver and Wipers

These imposing statues, owned by the National Gallery of Victoria, were transferred from the forecourt of the State Library of Victoria to the Shrine Reserve in April 1998.

The statues, by sculptor Charles Sargeant Jagger, are replicas of Jagger's original bronze sculptures: The Driver from the Royal Artillery Memorial in Cheshire.


Wipers

Driver



‘Wipers’ is the English translation of Ypres, the battlefields of France which claimed the lives of thousands of Australians during World War 1.

Comments

  1. LifeRamblingsJuly 6, 2010 at 7:33 AM

    those are wonderful sculptures.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 6, 2010 at 8:26 AM

    I was wondering why they called the guy with holding the gun wipers. Thanks for the info.

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  3. ReanaclaireJuly 6, 2010 at 10:02 AM

    i was thinking of car wipers.. :p

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  4. manglishJuly 6, 2010 at 11:21 AM

    hahahahah i tot u were going to write abt msian drivers and their wipers

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  5. Rose worldJuly 6, 2010 at 3:28 PM

    Why wipers? what they did during wars?

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  6. [SK]July 6, 2010 at 7:08 PM

    thanks for the info, now i know why he is called the "wipers"..

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  7. DoanLegacyJuly 7, 2010 at 9:14 AM

    Great shots!

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  8. SJB aka SUELYN J-B.July 9, 2010 at 3:58 AM

    Interesting.

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