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.

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

References

  • Phillips, Jock. "Bergamini, Carlo Giuseppe 1868–1934". 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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