Carlo Bergamini (sculptor)

Carlo Giuseppe Bergamin (19 January 1868 – 16 July 1934) was a sculptor and monumental mason born in Carrara, in Italy, who later migrated to New Zealand. He is known there as the designer of a number of well-regarded war memorials, in New Zealand, relating to the Boer War.[1]

Dunedin's Boer War memorial, designed by Bergamini and erected in 1906

References

Phillips, Jock. "Bergamini, Carlo Giuseppe". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 June 2011.

Riverton memorial to the New Zealand dead in the South African War

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