Taurudicus

Taurudicus is the name of the bull that has been standing out the front of the Animal Industries building at the head of the Central Walkway since 1967. Created by Queensland sculptor Len Shillam and partly funded by the UQ Gatton Past Students Association (which at the time was named the Queensland Agricultural College Old Boys Association), he is quite the literal load of bull weighing in at five tones. Built to approximately 130% life size, he is made of concrete and marble chips.

Taurudicus is symbolic of the scientific advances that took place in the Queensland Beef Industry before 1967, those that have occurred since and those that will take place in the future. Representing a hybrid beef bull, he displays the characteristics of a number of different breeds culminating in a new breed modified by technology and scientific progress.

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