The statue of David Syme at the front of the Chirnside Park Shopping Centre in the Yarra Ranges. The sculpture is by world renown artists Gillie and Marc I am a long-time admirer of a statue of David Syme that is situated in the Yarra Ranges [1] . It has always featured at the beginning of my talk A Monumental Egyptian Tomb In Melbourne , and is referenced in the first and last chapters of my forthcoming book about David Syme and his tomb, The King Of Melbourne . Commissione