Statuary: The Australian Mutual Provident Society Buildings, Queen Street, Brisbane

The Australian Mutual Provident Society's buildings at Brisbane have just been completed by the addition of a group of statuary, placed on the Queen-street parapet. The figures, which are in In the terracotta, are of colossal dimensions. In the centre is a female figure representing Peace and Plenty. On the right is a son of toil, representing Industry, and on the left is a widow, with her arm around the neck of a child. The group was modelled and moulded from a drawing supplied by the society's architect (Mr. John Sulman, of Sydney, formerly of Furnival's Inn, London), at the works of Messrs. Doulton and Co., of London, at a cost of £250. The execution of the work was superintended by Mr. Hennings, Mr. Sulman's London partner. The centre figure is 13 feet in height from the parapet, while the group occupies a width of 18 feet at the base. [Building News 18 January 1889 page 126]