Great Petition
Great Petition is a sculpture located in Burston Reserve, near the Victorian State Parliament Building, in Melbourne, Australia. The sculpture was commissioned by the State Government of Victoria and the City of Melbourne, designed by artists Susan Hewitt and Penelope Lee, and constructed by brecknock Consulting.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Work of art
- Artwork type: sculpture
- Description: sculpture in Merbourne, Australia
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include St Patrick’s Cathedral and Parliament House.
St Patrick’s Cathedral
Church
Photo: Donaldytong, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Cathedral Church and Minor Basilica of Saint Patrick is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne in Victoria, Australia, and seat of its archbishop, currently Peter Comensoli. St Patrick’s Cathedral is situated 180 metres northeast of Great Petition.
Parliament House
Government office
Photo: Elekhh, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Parliament House is the meeting place of the Parliament of Victoria, one of the eight parliaments of the Australian states and territories. Located on Spring Street on the edge of the Hoddle Grid, the grand colonnaded front dominates the vista up Bourke Street. Parliament House is situated 130 metres west of Great Petition.
Royal Exhibition Building
The Royal Exhibition Building is a UNESCO World Heritage-listed building in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, built in 1879–1880 as part of the international exhibition movement, which presented over 50 exhibitions between 1851 and 1915 around the globe. Royal Exhibition Building is situated 1 km northwest of Great Petition.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Chinatown and Jolimont.
Chinatown
Neighborhood
Photo: Sgroey, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Chinatown is an ethnic enclave in the central business district of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Centred at the eastern end of Little Bourke Street, it extends between the corners of Swanston and Spring streets, and consists of numerous laneways, alleys and arcades.
Jolimont
Neighborhood
Jolimont is an unbounded neighbourhood of the suburb of East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Situated to the south east of the city's primary axis, Jolimont features parks, business precincts and a limited amount of residential accommodation.
Melbourne
Photo: Scott Cresswell, CC BY 2.0.
Melbourne is Australia's cultural capital and second biggest city, with Victorian-era architecture, extensive shopping, museums, galleries, theatres, and large parks and gardens.
Great Petition
Latitude
-37.8115° or 37° 48′ 41″ southLongitude
144.97518° or 144° 58′ 31″ eastInception
December 2008Open location code
4RJ65XQG+C3OpenStreetMap ID
node 2318297625OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkOpenStreetMap attribute
artwork_type=sculptureWikidata ID
Q23073295
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