May 2005

The base of the obelisk, flanked y two splendid urns,  bears an inscription to the founder of Princes Park, Richard Vaughn Yates.

TO THE MEMORY
OF
RICHARD VAUGHAN YATES
THE ENLIGHTENED & PHILANTHROPIC
FOUNDER
OF
PRINCES PARK
ERECTED BY PUBLIC SUBSCRIPTION
1858

Many thanks yet again to Marky for the pictures, information and even typing out the difficult-to-read inscrption.