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The Dog on the Tuckerbox is an Australian historical monument and tourist attraction, located at Snake Gully, five miles from Gundagai, New South Wales. It was sculpted by local stonemason Frank Rusconi and was unveiled by the then Prime Minister of Australia Joseph Lyons in 1932 as a tribute to pioneers.
The statue was inspired by Jack O'Hagan's song, Where the Dog Sits on the Tuckerbox (five miles from Gundagai). It was erected as part of Back to Gundagai Week and was planned to raise funds for the Gundagai District Hospital.
A dog monument was first erected at a site nine miles from Gundagai in 1926 (Scarff, 1994).
A large highway side development opened in 2006 with a KFC, Subway, McCafe, BP service station and the Tuckerbox restaurant in a food court style complex.
External link
- Dog on the Tuckerbox tribute page including the two poems that inspired the monument
References
Scarff, L (1994). The Dog on the Tuckerbox: it's story. Kangaroo Press, Kenthurst, NSW. 0864176279
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