John Septimus Roe
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Greg James
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 1990
Location: North Eastern corner, intersection of Adelaide Terrace and Victoria Avenue, Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Yagan
Image source Frances Andrijich
Image source Monument Australia
Artist: Robert C. Hitchcock
Asset Type: Memorial
Year of Work: 1984
Location: Heirisson Island, Western End, South of Causeway
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: The sculpture commemorates Aboriginal tribal leader, Yagan.
Yagan was an Aboriginal patriot of the Nyungar tribe who resisted the invasion of the European settlers but was eventually captured. He was exiled to Carnac Island and treated as a prisoner of war. He escaped and returned to the mainland and there was a reward for his capture.
On July 11, 1833, with a group of Nyungar, Yagan approached two young shepherds he knew, James and William Keats, and asked them for flour. Recognising Yagan and keen for the reward, William, when he saw the chance, levelled his musket at Yagan behind his back and shot him dead. Both brothers then fled, but William was caught and speared to death. After his death, Yagan`s head was hacked off from his body and taken to English museums.
In 1894 the head was passed on to the Liverpool City Museum, where it was exhibited until 1964. It was then buried in the Everton Cemetery. In 1990 a request by the Western Australian Nyoongah community was put to the British Government to exhume the head. Permission was finally granted and 164 years after it was sent to England, Yagan`s head was brought back to Australia for burial according to Nyoongah custom.
Narrows Interchange Monument
Image Source: Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: John Oldham
Asset Type: Sculpture, Memorial, Monument, Plaque
Year of Work: 1973
Location: Narrows Interchange Park, Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Memorial to Lieu. General Sir J. J. Talbot Hobbs
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Edward Kohler
Asset Type: Sculpture, Memorial
Year of Work: 1940
Location: Western edge of Supreme Court Gardens
Provenance: City of Perth
Edith Dircksey Cowan Memorial
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Margaret Johnson
Asset Type: Architectural sculpture, Monument
Year of Work: 1934
Location: Roundabout at intersection of Malcolm Street, Faser Avenue & Kings Park Drive, West Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
International Order of Good Templars Memorial
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Unknown
Asset Type: Plaque, Memorial
Year of Work: 1922
Location: Supreme Court Gardens, behind the Law Museum
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: The text reads:
THIS
MEMORIAL WAS INVEILD
BY HIS EXCELLENCY
THE GOVERNOR
SIR FRANCIS NEWDEGATE
K.C.M.G.
ON 12th MARCH 1922
BRO. F.W. LOVELL G.C.T.
BRO. G.A. JAMIESON G. SEC.
Do you know anything more about this artwork? Please comment below or contact us on:
Alexander Forrest Monument
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Pietro Giacomo Porcelli
Asset Type: Memorial
Year of Work: 1903
Location: Outside Main Gate, North-Western entrance to Stirling Gardens
Provenance: City of Perth