- Location
- Williamsburg, VA
- Name
- Chris
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Sculptures and Statues
- Thread starter Herman
- Start date
- Location
- Cambridgeshire, UK.
- Name
- Charles
Golden!!!
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Name
- Keith
- Location
- Williamsburg, VA
- Name
- Chris
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
Pensioner Guards by Andrew Priest, on Flickr
Lake Koojee Village at Cockburn Sound was established between 1876 and 1885. The cottages, on 20 acre lots were planned to house twenty families of the Enrolled Pensioner Force, all of whom were veterans of the British Army and had served in various campaigns. These ex-soldiers volunteered to act as guards on the ships transporting convicts to Western Australia.
More than 2000 men and their families from the United Kingdom and Ireland arrived on 36 ships between 1850 and 1868. For their services they were allotted a plot of land in various Pensioner Villages from Greenough to Albany. Their duties included acting as guards at convict depots and road gangs, performing guard duties at Government House, the Ammunition Magazine, and to be available when called. Many worked in the general work force including warders at Fremantle prison and in the Police and Water Police forces.
The Pensioner Force was disbanded in 1880, but continued to serve as the Enrolled Guard until 1887. Descendants of the original grantees still reside in the Coogee area.
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
Reach by Andrew Priest, on Flickr
‘First the sun must hit the ocean so the ocean turns to clouds’
Santi Ikto is the first of two of Thomas Dambo’s artworks which form the Giants of Mandurah, that we visited today. In total, there are six artworks forming the collection.
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
Hand of Santi Ikto by Andrew Priest, on Flickr
‘First the sun must hit the ocean so the ocean turns to clouds’
Santi Ikto is the first of two of Thomas Dambo’s artworks which form the Giants of Mandurah, that we visited today. In total, there are six artworks forming the collection.
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
Looking by Andrew Priest, on Flickr
‘Then the wind must move the clouds to land, collect them in a crowd’
Seba’s Song is the second of two of Thomas Dambo’s artworks which form the Giants of Mandurah, that we visited today. In total, there are six artworks forming the collection.
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
Collect by Andrew Priest, on Flickr
‘Then the wind must move the clouds to land, collect them in a crowd’
Seba’s Song is the second of two of Thomas Dambo’s artworks which form the Giants of Mandurah, that we visited today. In total, there are six artworks forming the collection.
Irene McC
Legend
- Location
- CPT, South Africa
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
Whale Tail Sculpture – Esperance by Andrew Priest, on Flickr
The Whale Tail sculpture on the foreshore at Esperance, Western Australia was installed in 2014. It is a collaborative artwork by Esperance-based artists Cindy Poole and Jason Woolridge.
The ‘Whale Tail’ sculpture represents the Southern Right whales that travel along the Esperance coastline during winter and celebrates the connection Esperance has to the ocean.
The mainframe, constructed of industrial steel by local company Jatek Engineering, represents the local port and the original Tanker Jetty, with the timber sections representing a boat hull.
The three glass panels across the top reflect the evening colours and sunsets, and the blue section down the middle represents the blue of the ocean.
Irene McC
Legend
- Location
- CPT, South Africa
- Location
- Beaumaris, Melbourne, Australia
- Name
- John ...
That's pretty much how I feel ATM, Irene.
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Name
- Keith
- Location
- Seattle, WA, USA
- Name
- Keith
- Location
- Fremantle, Western Australia
- Name
- Andrew
