Forgan Smith Building, University of Queensland

The foundation stone of the Forgan Smith Building was laid in 1937, and the building was officially opened in 1949, although not completed until 1952. Sandstone carvings are a feature of the Central Court as well as on the façade of the building around the Law and Arts Entrances. These depict historical scenes and figures, the names of great thinkers and teachers, coats of arms, grotesques and carvings of Australian flora and fauna. The chief sculptor who began to sculpt the sandstone carvings in 1939 was John Theodore Muller, working in partnership with Frederick James McGowen [ohta].