To get the correct proportions, Guy tied up a goat in his backyard and then got his brother Joe Lynch to model for the torso. Originally it was sculpted in plaster by Guy Lynch and exhibited in 1924 in the Young Australian Artists’ exhibition in the Anthony Hordern and Sons Fine Art Gallery. Eyes half shut, he leans back on his podium like he’s just told a joke. A small bronze statue with big hairy goat legs and the torso of a man with a very cheeky smile on his face.
In air, the Cross hangs upside-down in water.Īs you walk along the edge of the Royal Botanical Gardens near the Man O’War steps you might stumble upon The Satyr. Pour to one rip of darkness, the Harbour floats Five bellsĬoldly rung out in a machine’s voice.
Listen to the audio of Minna and Tess on 2SER hereįerry the falls of moonshine down. Today on 2SER Breakfast, historian Minna Muhlen-Schulte and Tess talked about the story behind Kenneth Slessor’s moving and influential poem, Five Bells. Life’s Tragedy: announcement of Joe Lynch’s death in Smith’s Weekly,, via Trove
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