Burge Gargolyes

Burge Gargolyes

This installation of bronzes honours six eminent women and men who have made significant contributions to Trinity College, the University of Melbourne, and the wider community. Sculptor, Peter Corlett.

Bronze "Gargoyle" sculptures on the eastern side of the Evan Burge Building.

George William Rusden

(1819 - 1903)

Historian, Educationist, Civil Servant and Benefactor of Trinity

Peter Corlett in his studio with the drawings, photographs and clay model for the bronze cast.

Photographs of G. W. Rusden taken in the early 1880s.
	Letter from Rusden in London to Alexander Leeper, College Warden, 19 November 1891 re Rusden's donation of his books and correspondence to the College

Valentine Alexa Leeper

(1900 - 2001)

Scholar, Teacher, Benefactor and Fellow of Trinity College


Valentine Leeper, aged twenty, daughter of the First Warden of Trinity College	Valentine Leeper, aged 100 years at her birthday celebration at Trinity College, wearing her stole that signifies her as a Fellow of the College
	Valentine Leeper listed as a candidate for a degree of Bachelor of Arts 1922.

Photographs of Valentine Leeper used by the artist in scultping the bronze.

Professor Geoffrey Winthrop Leeper

(1903 - 1986)

Scientist and Environmentalist, Founding Professor of Agricultural Chemistry, University of Melbourne, and Benefactor of Trinity


Author and editor of many books on science and the environment, all held in the Trinitiana collection in the Leeper Library.

Dame Margaret Blackwood

(1909 - 1986)

Botanist and Geneticist, Deputy Chancellor of The University of Melbourne, Chair of Janet Clarke Hall College Council, and Fellow of Trinity

		Margaret Blackwood becomes a Fellow of Trinity College in 1982.

Photographs of Dame Margaret Blackwood used by the artist in sculpting the bronze.

Professor Alan George Lewers Shaw

(1916 - )

Historian, Student, Tutor, Dean, Benefactor and Fellow of Trinity


Dean of Trinty College in 1950	Author and editor of many books on Australian history, all held in the Trinitiana collection in the Leeper Library.

With his wife, the artist, Peggy Perrins Shaw, at the unveilling of the bronze.

Photographs of A. G. L. Shaw used by the artist in sculpting the bronze.

David Bayford Wells

(1942 - 1996)

Member of Trinity College Council and Foundation Executive, and Benefactor of Trinity


	Trinity College Rugby Team 1961, first row, first on the left.

Photographs of David Wells used by the artist in sculpting the bronze.

The bronzes can be found on the east side of the Evan Burge building, Trinity College, facing into the University of Melboune.