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People of River: Wooditjup Bilya River

Image source Margaret River Art Trails

Artist: Miranda Aitken, Diane Hunter

Asset Type: Sculpture, Print, Poetry

Year of Work: 2014, reworked in 2020

Location: Margaret River HEART, Wallcliffe Road

Provenance: Shire of Augusta Margaret River

Description: This vibrant piece incorporates the contemplative words of local poet Miranda Aitken with the artwork background a print of an oil painting by Diane Hunter.

It is a lyric poem uniting all who have stood still by the Wooditjup Bilya (Margaret River) and its importance to the Wadandi people.

The artwork contains colours of the local environment – greens and blues with dashes of yellow.  The panels allow light to shine through evoking watery elements and movement.

In 2014 the poem was originally printed on a painted background into a single rectangle of digiglass and located at the corner of Bussell Highway and Churchill Avenue. In 2020, following the redevelopment of the Cultural Centre into Nala Bardip Mia – Margaret River HEART, the piece was reworked into five Perspex panels and relocated to the Margaret River HEART gardens.

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Zygomaturus Trilobus Sculpture

Image source Margaret River Art Trails

Artist: Alan Meyburgh

Asset Type: Sculpture

Year of Work: 2014

Location: Turnbridge Street. Outside the Margaret River visitor centre.

Provenance: Shire of Augusta Margaret River

Description: One of the largest marsupials to ever live, Zygomaturus Trilobus roamed the forests and swamps throughout the region for millions of years before disappearing about 45,000 years ago. 

More than 20 Zygomaturus fossils were found in Mammoth Cave, 20 minutes’ drive from Margaret River town.

Weighing between 500 and 1000kg, this life size sculpture shows the scale of this long-extinct creature.

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