Kangaroos (Phase 2)
Artist: Joan Walsh-Smith, Charles Smith
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 1998
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.
Gumnut Babies
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Claire Bailey, Indra Geidans
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 2001
Location: Western edge of Stirling Gardens
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: The bronze Gumnut Babies are based on the characters Snuggle Pot and Cuddle Pie created by May Gibbs in the 1930s. May Gibbs, a popular author of children’s books, attributed the creation of the Gumnut Babies to her memories of Western Australia’s wild flowers. Her aim was to encourage a love of the Australian bush in children.
Smoke Stack Wind Vane
Artist: Stuart Green
Asset Type: Sculpture, Metalwork
Year of Work: 1994
Location: Eastern entrance to Claisebrook Station
Provenance: City of Perth
Small Figurative Bronze Lizard
Image source Frances Andrijich
Artist: Greg James
Asset Type: Sculpture, Metalwork
Year of Work: 1994
Location: Eastern Entrance to Central Courtyard, Macey Place Pocket Park, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
The Red Surveyor
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Jon Tarry
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 1994
Location: Boans Place, intersection of Glyde and Brook Streets, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Mardalup Park Entrance Sign
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Unknown
Asset Type: Public amenity
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Brown Street entrance to Mardalup Park, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
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Sea Queen and Standing Figure
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Tony Jones
Asset Type: Public amenity
Year of Work: 1995
Location: Henry Lawson Walk, Northern Pier, Claisebrook Cove, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Sculptured Seating
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Mark Cox
Asset Type: Public amentiy
Year of Work: 1994
Location: Henry Lawson Walk, Claisebrook Cove, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Channel Markers
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Malcolm McGregor
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 1995
Location: Situated one on either side of the inlet to Claisebrook Cove, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Steel Magnolias
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Jon Denaro
Asset Type: Sculpture
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: 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
Heritage Map
Image source Google Maps
Artist: Malcolm McGregor
Asset Type: Sculpture, Print
Year of Work: 2001
Location: Intersection of Royal Street and Regal Place, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: The Heritage Map is made from granite. It shows the old East Perth with descriptions and other historical information.
The Weeping Wall
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Nola Farman, Marcelle George
Asset Type: Sculpture, Water feature, Plaque
Year of Work: 1998
Location: The Greenway, beneath Brook Street, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Description: The curved limestone retaining wall not only ensures that a mature tree remains part of the new landscape, but also that the water artificially seeping through it reinforces the power and presence of water in this area of Perth.
The text talks about the abundance of food found in the Claisebrook wetland and how it was cooked in the past
The Source
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Nola Farman
Asset Type: Sculpture, Water feature
Year of Work: 1998
Location: The Greenway, South Eastern corner of intersection of Royal Street and Fielder Street, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Trafalgar Road Culvert
Image Source: Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Artist: Nola Farman, Marcelle George
Asset Type: Sculpture, Prose
Year of Work: 1998
Location: Midway along southern side of Victoria Gardens, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth
Diver and Dogs
Image source Google Maps
Artist: Russell Sheridan
Asset Type: Public amenity
Year of Work: 1998
Location: Old Belvidere Promenade, East Perth
Provenance: City of Perth