Gundagai - a Dog, a Road and a Sculptor

As I travel, I look out for the stories and symbols that shape us Aussies.  Observers say that during the first few years of our lives as we learn to talk, to read, to share in the common story of our people, we’re quietly absorbing a worldview.
 
Normally we’re not conscious of it. It’s like the lenses of our glasses, it is not something we look at, but something through which we look in order to see the world. On the road to Gundagai, I discovered a faithful hound, a popular song and an inspirational sculptor that had all played a part in telling us about ourselves.

​The sculptor of the famous Dog on the Tuckerbox, Frank Rusconi, also left another impressive legacy for Gundagai in the form of a unique 1.2 metre 'Marble Masterpiece' to showcase the diversity and beauty of NSW marble. Built from 20,948 individual pieces cut, turned and polished by hand over a 28-year period, incredibly, no plans or drawings have ever been found. It seems to have been a labour of love driven by his faith and imagination.