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Resilience

Image source Shire of Mundaring

Artist: Glen Henderson, Hugh Burges

Asset Type: Sculpture

Year of Work: 2024

Location: Unknown

Provenance: Shire of Mundaring

Description: After the fire one of the first things to recover were the grass trees which started resprouting within weeks. Their resilience in such a hostile environment inspired this creation of grass tree's ability to be able grow nearly anywhere.

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A Little Magic

Image source Shire of Mundaring

Artist: Darryn Walker

Asset Type: Sculpture

Year of Work: 2022

Location: Wooroloo Jump Track

Provenance: Shire of Mundaring

Description: The chain bike is to represent the fire taking the glamour away from everything and down to its bare skeleton for all to see while non-welded chain holding everything together represents a bit of magic from all the sprouting greenery that came to life just after the fire; ready for the rebuild of everything.

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Squawky Hollow

Image source Shire of Mundaring

Artist: Leigh Shersby

Asset Type: Sculpture

Year of Work: 2024

Location: Bendigo Community Bank Mundaring

Provenance: Shire of Mundaring

Description: In the southwest of Western Australia there are three species of threatened black cockatoos: Baudin’s cockatoo (Zanda baudinii), Carnaby’s cockatoo (Zanda latirostris) and forest red-tailed black cockatoo (Calyptorhynchus banksii naso). 

Squawky Hollow portrays a forest red-tailed black cockatoo family and reveals feathers emerging from the tree trunk to symbolise the consequential and imperative relationship these birds have with the eucalyptus tree. A birds wings provide flight and transit, the eucalyptus tree provides a food source and shelter for nesting….survival and well-being!

These majestic birds nest in the natural hollows of mature Eucalyptus trees which take more than 120 years to develop hollows that are of a suitable size.When bushfires and tree clearing decimate the natural habitat of the land these birds lose vital food sources and mature tree havens which are essential to facilitate breeding, nesting and population growth.

For these vulnerable and threatened bird species to rise out of the ashes they need our attention, consideration and help.The Black Cockatoos are the spirit of our sky and forests and their future is in our hands if we dare to care enough to make a difference to ensure their survival in an ever changing and challenging environment.

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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.

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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.

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Carnaby Black Cockatoo

Image source Shire of Dardanup

Artist: Brenton See

Asset Type: Mural

Year of Work: 2019

Location: Russel Road, Shire of Dardanup

Provenance: Shire of Dardanup

Description: Carnaby's black cockatoo, also known as the short-billed black cockatoo, is a large black bird with a white facial patch on each ‘cheek’, and a fan of white feathers under the tail. They are only found in Western Australia from Kalbarri to Cape Arid. This species is classified as Endangered, due mostly to the loss and fragmentation of their preferred habitat, which is heathland plants like banksia and hakea flowers, and fruit and nuts from larger eucalypt trees.

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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.

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Spotted Pardalote

Image source Shire of Dardanup

Artist: Brenton See

Asset Type: Mural

Year of Work: 2019

Location: Ferguson Road, Shire of Dardanup

Provenance: Shire of Dardanup

Description: The Spotted Pardalote is one of Australia’s smallest birds at eight to ten centimetres in length. The wings, tail and head of the male are black and covered with small, distinct white spots. As well as spots, the males sport white and yellow flashes of colour near their eyebrows, rump and a bright yellow throat/chest, so despite their small size are very pretty. Females have similar markings but slightly more dull in colour.

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