Busten af H.C. Andersen i Sydney Australien. Foto Lars Bjørnsten
Den originale engelske tekst på plinten i Observatory Hill Park i Sydney. Plinten med H.C. Andersens buste bærer desuden følgende indskrift:
Hans Christian Andersen (1805-1875)
This bust was unveiled on the 7th og March 2005 by HRH Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark and HRH Crown Princess Mary of Denmark in the presence of The Lord Mayer of Sydney Clover Moore MP to celebrate the bicentenary of Hans Christian Andersen’s birth.
” If ever a man preached justice and mercy
and love of humanity, it was he
he wrote for the man in the child
as no one else has ever done…
Dame Mary Gillmore”
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