Australian Pelican Mural

Image source Shire of Dardanup

Artist: Jackson Harvey

Asset Type: Mural

Year of Work: 2019

Location: Between Eaton Drive and Gascoyne Circle, Shire of Dardanup

Provenance: Shire of Dardanup

Description: The Australian Pelican is a large white bird with black wings and a pink bill. The Australian Pelican's bill is close to a metre in size varying from 40 cm in females to 50 cm long in males. Pelicans have huge wingspans of around 2.3 m - 2.5 m. You will not see baby pelicans on the coast as the adults fly large distances to breed in inland lakes in the goldfields during the wet season, or on secluded islands. Wild birds can live up to 25 years or even more.