Bon Scott Statue

Artist: Greg James

Asset Type: Sculpture

Year of Work: 2008

Location: Fishermans Harbour

Provenance: City of Fremantle

Description: The statue commemorates Bon Scott, who succumbed to alcohol poisoning in 1980.

Born in Scotland in 1946, Ronald Belford Scott emigrated to Australia with his family in 1952. As a child he grew up in the Perth suburb of Spearwood, later moving to London in the 1970’s where his band AC/DC battled for world recognition.
His ashes are scattered at the cemetery’s Garden of Remembrance where fans leave whisky on his birthday and the anniversary of his death.

Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)