William Horn

For the Scottish footballer, see Billy Horn. For the American baseball pitcher, see Will Horn. For the Canadian ice hockey coach and player, see Bill Horn.

William Austin Horn (1841–1922) was an Australian mining magnate, pastoralist, politician, author, sculptor and philanthropist. Somewhat eccentric, in 1892 he was the donor of a copy of Antonio Canova's Venus, Adelaide's then controversial first public statue, which is still on display on North Terrace, Adelaide. Horn also built Wairoa, Aldgate, known for its magnificent gardens and captured in a watercolour by William Tibbits.[1]

  1. ^ Copyright photo of a watercolour of Wairoa house and garden (Tibbits, William, 1837–1906, artist) Archived 20 March 2018 at the Wayback Machine