Physical description
Undated photograph.
The Wilkinson Memorial Drinking Fountain, was designed and constructed in 1876 by Walter Macfarlane and is situated facing Nelson Place in what is now the Commonwealth Reserve.
The fountain is included in the Hobsons Bay Heritage Study Amended 2017 - Volume 3 as noted as follows:
The Wilkinson Memorial Drinking Fountain was inaugurated on 17 October 1876 by the Bishop of Ballarat, Dr Thornton, in the presence of the Mayor of Williamstown, ministers of all denominations and over 2000 people. It had been paid for by public subscription to commemorate the Reverend George Wilkinson, the local Anglican minister who had died the previous year.
