Sculptors' Society of Australia

The State Library of Victoria holds Ola Cohn’s unpublished manuscript Me in the making which documents the Society’s establishing meeting.

In its next ten years until its demise because of the War, the Society promoted seven competitions for major public sculptures, of which Bowles won four,[3] Hammond two and Anderson one; none of the other members being successful.

In April 1933 the first group exhibition of sculpture to be held in Melbourne was organised by members Dutton, Bowles, Anderson, Cohn, George Allen, and Oliver.

[4] Arthur Streeton enthusiastically welcomed the exhibition and expressed surprise that Australia, which had a clear atmosphere and a suitable climate to show sculpture to its best advantage, did not make more of it.

[7] In 1935, with rules set by the Society and auspiced by the Red Cross, another competition was won by Anderson for The Man With The Donkey, installed at the Shrine of Remembrance, Melbourne.