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Sullivan RSPCA Memorial

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Updated: March 20, 2024 01:45 AM

Sullivan RSPCA Memorial is located in Sydney (City in Australia), Australia. It's address is Unnamed Road, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia.

Unnamed Road, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia

455G+XM Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

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Where is Sullivan RSPCA Memorial?

Sullivan RSPCA Memorial is located at: Unnamed Road, Camperdown NSW 2050, Australia.

What are the coordinates of Sullivan RSPCA Memorial?

Coordinates: -33.8900396, 151.1766789

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Mr Andrew May
2019-03-10 07:26:37 GMT

James Sullivan

A drinking trough commemorates James Sullivan who lost his life when trying to save his employer`s horses from death by fire.

A fire broke out in a carrier`s firm in a now non-existent lane behind the Camperdown Children`s Hospital. A groom, Sullivan, saved some of the horses but was burned to death with those he could not save. The RSPCA were responsible for erecting the trough.

"To honor James Sullivan who lost his life on July 24, 1924, when trying to save his employer's horses from death by fire." Such was the inscription of a memorial trachyte trough which was unveiled yesterday afternoon by the Deputy Mayor in the absence of the Lord Mayor (Ald. P. C. Stokes), at the corner of Parramatta-road and Pyrmont Bridge road, Camperdown. Provision has been made, not only for horses, but for dogs and drivers, while there is also a special tap for the use of motorists, to prevent the trough water from being defiled with oil. The appeal made by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, resulted in £285 being collected. The cost of the memorial was something over £200. It is proposed to apply the balance, with any additional amount that may be required for another trough, to be erected on a site yet to be selected.
Sunday Times (Sydney), 19 April 1925.

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