Situated directly in front of the historic Independent Church of Prahran sits this drinking fountain that pays tribute to a local hero. Erected in 1907 and officially unveiled by the Mayor of Prahran in an official public ceremony, this fine basalt, granite, and marble monument is dedicated to the life and services of Dr. James Kerr Ramsay. Ramsay was born in Scotland and graduated with a medical degree from the esteemed Glasgow University in 1863. It was in Koroit, a small rural town in western Victoria, that he found his first…
