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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)

Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)

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City of South Perth Reece Harley City of South Perth Reece Harley

Entry Statement Sculptures

Artist: Tony Pankiw

Asset Type: Sculpture, Community collaboration

Year of Work: 2008

Location: Manning Road, Waterford - Median Strip, West of Centenary Avenue

Provenance: City of South Perth

Description: This project was collaboration with Clontarf Aboriginal College, the Noongar community of the South Perth region, Curtin University and the City of South Perth.

Image source City of South Perth

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