Frank Rusconi

Frank Rusconi (20 August 1874 – 21 May 1964) was, together with his brother, Joseph, quarry owner and monumental of Gundagai, New South Wales, Australia.

He was born at Araluen near Braidwood, New South Wales, the son of a Swiss goldminer and monumental mason. After his mother's death, the family returned to Switzerland while Frank was a child. At age 15, he was apprenticed first in Italy and then Switzerland in the marble trade.

Rusconi returned to New South Wales in 1901. He worked with his brother and father near Orange, New South Wales in a marble quarry they had discovered and developed.

He settled at Gundagai in 1905. He died nearly 60 years later in nearby Cootamundra having been an active member of the Gundagai community since settling there.

Notable works are:

A monument for a child at Galong

Monument at Gundagai

Cenotaph at Gundagai, designed and built by Rusconi

The Dog on the Tuckerbox

Rusconi's "Marble masterpiece"

Detail of masterpiece

Tools used by Rusconi to carve his masterpiece, now in Gundagai Historical Museum

Rusconi's house in Gundagai, 'Araluen' on Sheridan Street near the cenotaph

Rusconi's own grave at Gundagai cemetery

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