Gallery of log for Water Fountain

01-May-11
Princess Square Fountain in Pricess Square, Launceston, Tasmania.

It is an internationally significant fountain which was produced in the 1850s by the Val d-Osne Foundry in France, and statue a of Dr William Russ Pugh, the first to use general anaesthetic in the Southern Hemisphere for a surgical operation.

Princes Square was set aside as a park in 1826 but wasn't developed as a park until the late 1850s. It features many trees dating back to the 1800s, some planted by members of the Royal family, and still retains its original layout.

Prince's Square was originally a brickfield and the site of past military drills and rowdy political meetings.