Dog on the Tuckerbox, Monument in Gundagai, Australia

The Dog on the Tuckerbox is a dark bronze sculpture of a seated dog on a green rectangular box bearing the white letters "TUCKER BOX". The box sits on a light grey stone pedestal that widens toward its base, set on a paler stone footing. Curved raised letters on the pedestal read "PIONEER MONUMENT" above "GUNDAGAI", and a dark plaque records the unveiling by Prime Minister J.A. Lyons on 28-11-1932.

Gundagai stonemason Frank Rusconi proposed a monument to the dog legend in 1928, and the community took up the plan in 1932. The dog was modelled by Rusconi and cast at Oliver's Foundry in Sydney, with the base made by pattern maker Richard Fowler. Prime Minister Joseph Lyons unveiled it on 28 November 1932 during Back to Gundagai week, at the Five Mile site chosen over the Nine Mile Peg for its closeness to the Hume Highway.

The monument draws on the 1857 poem "Bullocky Bill" by "Bowyang Yorke", in which a bullock driver's dog sits on his tuckerbox five miles from Gundagai. Jack Moses's 1920s poem, with the dog guarding the box, inspired the statue, and Jack O'Hagan's 1937 song spread the story. A festival has been held here each year since 1992.

The area around the monument is freely accessible and has parking spaces right next to the sculpture. Restrooms and picnic tables are nearby, making it easy for travelers to take a break here.

The monument's copyright was vested in the Gundagai Hospital, which for years drew income from royalties paid by firms using the image. A wishing well at the base was planned to collect money for the Gundagai District Hospital.