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If we have been unable to help you with your Perth accommodation visit one of these other great websites Pietro Giacomo PorcelliFremantle AttractionsCompleted in 1993 by artist Greg James the lifesize sculpture of Pietro Giacomo Porcelli is a memorial to this great Fremantle sculptor who was responsible for many significant works throughout Fremantle. Pietro Giacomo Porcelli was born in Bisceglie, Bari, Italy on January 30th 1872 and moved to Sydney with is father when he was 8 years old. After a short return to Maples in Italy to study drawing and sculpture, Porcelli returned to Australia (Fremantle) in 1898. Porcelli married Martha Massie Goodwin, a Welsh governess on 8th January 1910 and they had a daughter and a son. Porcelli used a variety of materials included stone, clay, plaster and marble. Pietro Giacomo Porcelli sculptures in Fremantle include the C.Y. O'Conner statue at Fremantle Harbour and the Explorers Monument.
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