Statue of John Curtin
Artist: Joan Walsh-Smith and Charles Smith
Asset Type: Sculpture, Memorial
Year of Work: 2003
Location: John Curtin Place, Kings Square. Town Hall end of High Street Mall
Provenance: City of Fremantle
Description: Perhaps the most iconic of Australia’s prime ministers, John Curtin is bound to ordinary Australians by his working class roots and trade union advocacy, but most importantly as Australia’s war-time voice. Although Victorian by birth, Curtin made Western Australia his home in 1917 where he became an editor for a union press.
He joined federal parliament in 1928 as the elected Member of Fremantle. He became leader of the Labor Party in 1935 and prime minister in 1941 in the midst of war with Germany and Italy, with troops deployed in fronts in the middle-east and Europe. Weeks after his succession Australia was pulled into a war in the Pacific.
Curtin’s decisions strengthened relations with the United States, as their interests were directly threatened by Japan who had attacked ports in Australian and allied ports around the pacific.
Curtin died in office only weeks before the formal ending of the war in the Pacific. As Western Australia’s first and only prime minister, John Curtin is commemorated at King’s Square in Fremantle.
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
Pietro Porcelli Sculpture
Artist: Greg James
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 1993
Location: King’s Square, Fremantle
Provenance: City of Fremantle
Description: Pietro Porcelli was an Italian-born sculptor responsible for a number of commemorative statues and monuments in Perth and Fremantle, including the bronze likenesses of Alexander Forrest in Stirling Gardens and C.Y. O’Connor at Fremantle Port.
Greg James was sought out by friends of the deceased sculptor to help commemorate his contributions to Fremantle and the Italian community. His memorial is located in the northern corner of King Square.
Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)
The Great Wall of Fine China
Artist: Darren Hutchens, Dan Duggan, Lawry Halden, Too Much Colour
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2012
Location: Hay Street Underpass
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Lives connected stories reflected from the present together all are honoured, reconnected
Artist: Swerve Art Group (Michelle Hovane, Sharyn Egan, Melanie Evans, Frances Italiano), Charmaine Cole
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2004
Location: Nash Street and footpath rail underpass, Subiaco
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Lords Sports Club Artwork
Artist: Steve Tepper
Asset Type: Architectural sculpture
Year of Work: 2003
Location: North wall, Lords Sports Club, Hay St, Subiaco
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Lake Jualbup
Artist: Shane Pickett
Asset Type: Painting, Public amenity
Year of Work: 1996
Location: Lake Jualbup
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Clock Tower
Artist: Rodney Glick, Kevin Draper, Marco Marcon
Asset Type: Public amenity
Year of Work: 1999
Location: Subiaco Train Station
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Roberts Road Artworks
Artist: Penny Bovell
Asset Type: Mosaic, Prose
Year of Work: 1999
Location: Pavement on Roberts Rd
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Sadlier Park Seating and artworks
Artist: Ngardarb Francine Riches,Tony Riches
Asset Type: Public amenity
Year of Work: 2001
Location: Cliff Sadlier Memorial Park, Daglish
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Neap Tide
Artist: Mary Knott
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 2001
Location: Market Square Park, Haydn Bunton Drive, Roberts Road
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Subiaco Square Pavement
Artist: Malcolm McGregor
Asset Type: Mosaic
Year of Work: 1998
Location: Subiaco Square
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Subiaco Centenial Tiles
Artist: Jenny Dawson, Sandra Hill, Local Student Artists
Asset Type: Mosaic, Community collaboration
Year of Work: 1997
Location: Closed end of Park St at the Rokeby Rd junction, pedestrian area next to the post office on Rokeby Rd.
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image courtesy of Subiaco
Grass Roots
Artist: Gina Moore
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2001
Location: Gate 9, Subiaco Oval
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Barking Gecko Australian Zodiac
Artist: Trish Burvill, Jason Hirst, Barking Gecko, local school children
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 2000
Location: Subiaco Arts Centre
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image source City of Subiaco
Kookaburra
Artist: Susan Flavell
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 2003
Location: At the end of Laurino Tce on Rossello Lane at the top of the stairs to Subiaco Common, Subi Centro, Subiaco
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Image courtesy of Subiaco
Elements
Image source City of Subiaco
Artist: Clients and Staff of the Tom Dadour Centre
Asset Type: Mosaic, Community collaboration
Year of Work: 2007
Location: Tom Dadour Centre, Bagot Rd, Subiaco
Provenance: City of Subiaco
The Meaning of Matter
Image source City of Subiaco
Artist: Anne Neil
Asset Type: Sculpture
Year of Work: 2003
Location: Corner of Price and Tighe Streets, Subiaco
Provenance: City of Subiaco
High Voltage
Image source City of Subiaco
Artist: Jeremy Kirwan Ward
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2012
Location: Corner Bagot Rd and Rokeby Rd, Subiaco
Provenance: City of Subiaco
Cascade Bridge
Image source City of Canning
Artist: Mark Datodi, Steve Tepper
Asset Type: Public amenity
Year of Work: 2007
Location: 1317 Albany Highway, Cannington
Provenance: City of Canning
Como Hotel Mural
Artist: Sioux Tempestt
Asset Type: Mural
Year of Work: 2020
Location: Como Hotel, South Perth - Cnr South Terrace and Canning Highway
Provenance: City of South Perth
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Image source City of South Perth