Stone Circle
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Toogarr (Jerry) Morrison
Asset Type: Sculpture, Plaque
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Western end of Victoria Gardens, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Lake Jualbup
Artist: Shane Pickett
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Lake Jualbup
Asset Type: Painting
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image courtesy of Subiaco
War Memorial
Image source City of Joondalup
Artist: Smith Sculptors (Charles Smith, Joan Walsh-Smith)
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Central Park, Joondalup
Provenance: City of Joondalup
Wall Relief - Casaurina Drv
Image Source City of Bunbury
Artist: Julie Parsons
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Bunbury Port Authority, Casaurina Drive, Bunbury
Asset Type: Public Art
Provenance: City of Bunbury
Wall Relief - Marlston Drive
Image Source City of Bunbury
Artist: Russel Sheridan and Jan James
Asset Type: Sculpture, Pottery, Mosaic
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Marlston Drive, Bunbury
Provenance: City of Bunbury
Artist: Alison Cameron-Brown
Artist: Alison Cameron-Brown
Artist: Alison Cameron-Brown and Julie Parsons
Wall Relief - Marlston Hill
Image Source City of Bunbury
Artist: Alison Cameron-Brown and Julie Parsons
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Marlston Hill Lookout, Bunbury
Asset Type: Public Art
Provenance: City of Bunbury
Henry Saw Roasted Coffee Plaque
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Adrian Jones
Asset Type: Mosaic, Plaque
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Hay Street Mall, Northern side, Entrance to Plaza Arcade
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: Plaque reads: HENRY SAW Roasted COFFEE here - first time in the Colony 1852
Going Home
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Anne Neil
Asset Type: Sculpture, Metalwork
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Traffic island at intersection of St Georges Terrace and Mount Street, Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: These seven kangaroo silhouettes are captured in mid-flight, carrying briefcases. The concept of the artwork is derived from people working on the Terrace and returning home. The kangaroos, once abundant in the area, are seen racing back to King’s Park after a hard day at work. The briefcases draw attention to contemporary life on the Terrace and brings a touch of humour to Perth’s premier business avenue.
Unidentified Photographer
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Anne Neil
Asset Type: Sculpture, Metalwork
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Traffic island at intersection of St Georges Terrace, Elder Street and Malcolm Street, Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: A life-size bronze figure looks back through time at an image of the Barracks before it was demolished to make way for the new freeway extension. Holding a Box Brownie camera and a handful of photographic plates, the Unidentified Photographer beckons the public to look inside his camera. Inside the Gladstone bag are bronze models of various trade tools of the professionals who once worked on the Terrace.
Mardalup Park Entrance Sign
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Unknown
Asset Type: Sculpture, Public amenity
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Brown Street entrance to Mardalup Park, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Steel Magnolias
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Jon Denaro
Asset Type: Sculpture, Metalwork
Year of Work: 1996
Location: North Eastern end of Mardalup Park, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Concrete Poem
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Robert Finlayson
Asset Type: Sclpture, Public amenity
Year of Work: 1996
Location: South Eastern corner of Mardalup Park, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Victoria Gardens Shelter
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Ralph Drexel
Asset Type: Public amenity
Year of Work: 1996
Location: North Western corner of Victoria Gardens, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Regeneration
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Joanna Lefroy Capelle
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Niches under Northern edge of Victoria Gardens, on Southern pier of Inlet to Claisebrook Cove
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: Twenty meters long by five meters high, the Niche Wall Mural by Joanna Lefroy Capelle is a narrative of East Perth history.
According to the plaque it traces the “evolution of this area from its origins in the Bibbulmun nation to the arrival of Europeans, industrial and horticultural growth, the phase of dormancy and finally renewal as a place of community and harmony for the human spirit”. In the absence of other more detailed information about East Perth’s history, the mural simplifies this story. Regardless of intentions, the artwork implies Darwinist “evolution” of the suburb. Aboriginal connections to the area are relegated to a “bygone” past. Some have claimed that the representation is “grotesque” and offensive.
The placement of the mural on a limestone wall (built to disguise the sewage pipes behind it), along with the abandoned blankets which regularly appear in front of the mural, suggest the harmony mentioned in the plaque is, in fact, a façade.
Charnock Woman
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Sandra Hill, Miv Egan, Jenny Dawson
Asset Type: Mosaic
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Eastern Observatory, Victoria Gardens, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
The East Perth foreshore was a meeting and camping place for the Noongar people. This colourful ceramic mosaic tells the Noongar Dreaming Story of a giant evilspirit woman, known as the Charnock woman, who stole children. The story can be read on the accompanying wall plaque.
Illa Kuri Sacred Dreaming Path
Image Source: Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Toogarr Morrison
Asset Type: Sculpture, Plaque, Monument
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Swan River Foreshore, North Eastern corner of Victoria Gardens, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Yoondoorup Boorna
Artist: Alma Toomath
Asset Type: Plaque, Prose
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Swan River Foreshore, North Eastern corner of Victoria Gardens, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: This old river gum, removed as part of the redevelopment of the East Perth area, was treated and returned to the site at the request of the Noongar people. Its burnt and split trunk was used as a hiding place for goods and messages by those who once camped here. In 2014 the tree saddle was destroyed by fire leaving only the log and plaque.
Inscription:
YOONDOORUP BOORNA
Claisebrook Tree
This tree has been used in many ways
by the Bibbulmun people at this location
on the border of the Derbal Yaragan
Swan River it is hereby recognised
for harmony and friendship.
Kangaroos (Phase 1)
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Joan Walsh-Smith & Charles Smith
Asset Type: Sculpture, Metalwork
Year of Work: 1996
Location: St Georges Terrace, Southern side, near Stirling Gardens
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: These life size bronze kangaroos are a realistic representation of how kangaroos might behave in the bush. You can imagine the mob being startled from its quiet feeding by the sound of traffic and bounding away, led by the large male. The sight of the kangaroos bounding at full speed along the pavement of St George’s Terrace makes a surprising contrast to the backdrop of the CBD.
Ooshta Plaque
Image source AHC McDonald
Artist: Adrian Jones
Asset Type: Plaque, Metalwork
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Hay Street Mall, Southern side, West of Barrack Street
Provenance: City of Perth