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3 unusual facts about Thomas Brock


Alice Mary Longfellow

Alice commissioned the bust's artist, Thomas Brock, to make an exact replica of the bust, completed in 1885, which still stands in the Longfellow House library today.

Queens Gardens, Brisbane

A statue of Queen Victoria, based on an original in Portsmouth and created by English sculptor Thomas Brock, was unveiled in 1906 in the gardens in front of the Lands Administration Building.

Sir William Barber, 1st Baronet

Designed by Thomas Brock it was unveiled on 10 January 1901, twelve days before the death of the Queen.



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