Subterranean Marron
Image source Taj Kempe
Artist: Jackson Harvey, Ed Riley
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2020
Location: Pump house, corner of Medic St and Harvey St, Collie
Provenance: Shire of Collie
Description: Subterranean Marron tells the story of a colony of marron that was bred deep beneath the earth during Collie’s days of underground coal mining.
To develop this piece, Jackson Harvey reached out to local conservationist, Ed Riley, to learn more about the relationship between the local community and the smooth marron (Cherax cainaii), a species endemic to Collie and the South West. Ed has years of experience working with the Department of Fisheries and was all too happy to share his knowledge of this local marron species with Jackson.
Through conversations with Ed, Jackson learnt about a period in Collie’s early underground coal mining days, when miners successfully bred marron in the depths of the mines, far from their natural habitats. As a consequence of being bred in the dark, these crustaceans developed blindness.
Subterranean Marron seeks to tell the story of these underground marron, taken from their river habitats and bred beneath the earth.
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.
Eastern Osprey Mural
Image source Shire of Dardanup
Artist: Jackson Harvey
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2019
Location: Eaton Drive, Shire of Dardanup
Provenance: Shire of Dardanup
Description: Aerosol on metal.
The Eastern Osprey is a medium-sized bird of prey that feeds mainly on fish and hunts in the rivers and estuarine waters around Eaton. It has dark brown feathers with pale white/cream feathers underneath that you can see when they fly above. The birds often undertake complex aerial displays where two birds will soar together in a series of patterns, or where one will follow the other weaving in and around an aerial course. These displays often occur near osprey nests, which are large structures made of sticks, driftwood and seaweed like the one located near the Eaton Foreshore along the Collie riverbank. The nests are used year after year so can reach up to two metres across and two metres tall.
Red Capped Parrot
Image source Shire of Dardanup
Artist: Jackson Harvey
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2020
Location: Between Council Drive and Cowin Gardens, Shire of Dardanup
Provenance: Shire of Dardanup
Scarlet Robin
Image source Shire of Dardanup
Artist: Jackson Harvey
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2019
Location: Russell Road, Shire of Dardanup
Provenance: Shire of Dardanup
Description: The Scarlet Robin is a small red-breasted medium-sized bird that is found throughout South Western Australia. It has a plump and compact appearance and as with many robins, the male is physically quite different from the female. Males have a black head, neck and upper wings, with a conspicuous white patch above the bill (frontal patch). His breast is scarlet red and the lower underparts are white. The wings are barred white and the outer tail is also white. Females differ markedly from males, being brown above with a whitish frontal patch and an orange-red breast, brown wings and white underneath.