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Asteroid

Image courtesy of Subiaco

Artist: Rick Vermey

Year of Work: 2001

Location: Junction of Broadway and the Avenue boarder of Nedlands and Subiaco

Asset Type: Artwork

Provenance: Subiaco

Decommissioned Status: This artwork now falls into the boundary of City of Nedlands.

Description: ‘The artwork commemorates the presence of individuals who affected Nedlands’ origins along its foreshores and elsewhere. It features a large copper-coloured star form, six metres in the air, symbolising both astronomical navigation and points on the compass.’ (text courtesy of City of Nedlands Public Art information sheet) To acknowledge Meg Sheen, a past Councillor of both the City of Nedlands and Subiaco and the organiser of many arts and cultural events.