Scenic Adelaide » Adelaide Oval http://www.scenicadelaide.com Sites & Stories of Adelaide And South Australia Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:24:42 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Statue Of Sir Ross Smith, A Famous Aussie Aviator http://www.scenicadelaide.com/2008/11/23/statue-of-sir-ross-smith-a-famous-aussie-aviator/ http://www.scenicadelaide.com/2008/11/23/statue-of-sir-ross-smith-a-famous-aussie-aviator/#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:49:19 +0000 Aussie http://www.scenicadelaide.com/?p=185

There are monuments scattered all around Adelaide and although I’ve driven past them on more than one occasion I’ve rarely taken the time to really stand back and admire them for what they represent.

I reckon this monument dedicated to aviator Sir Ross Smith to be particularly remarkable. This is a photo of the statue commemorating Sir Ross Smith, our very own local hero, in Adelaide, South Australia. It’s located just outside Adelaide Oval and I found it to be quite unique in that it also had two other statues attached to the base.

Sir Ross Smith!

This is one of them and don’t ask me what he represents because I just don’t know.
Ross Smith Base

This is the other one, a topless Angel, strange but true. I took it as a silhouette as I thought it more stunning that way.

Ross Smith Base4

And finally, the monument to Sir Ross Smith in all it’s glory.

Sir Ross Smith

For a complete biography on the man follow this link.

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