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Fisherman's Memorial

Artist: Greg James and Jon Tarry

Asset Type: Sculpture

Year of Work: 2003

Location: Fishermans Harbour, near Cicerellos Shed

Provenance: City of Fremantle

Description: Much of Fremantle’s charm is drawn from its aquacultural and maritime heritage. Projecting from Fishermans Harbour, twelve timber columns on the jetty carry the names of the 608 fishermen who pioneered the fishing industry in Fremantle. At either end of the jetty two hard-laboured fishermen are captured in bronze.

Image source Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)

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Statue of John Curtin

Artist: Joan Walsh-Smith and Charles Smith

Asset Type: Memorial/ Permanent

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)

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Kookaburra

Artist: Susan Flavell

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

Asset Type: Sculpture

Provenance: City of Subiaco

Image courtesy of Subiaco

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Art Deco Cinema Artworks Projectors

Artist: Peter Dailey

Year of Work: 2003

Location: Como - Intersection Preston Street and Mary Street (SE)

Description: The cameras and canisters make an excellent contribution to the cultural life of the area by reflecting the significant history of the cinema and activities that have taken place around the vicinity from the past to the present. The artwork is interactive and encourages pedestrians to rotate the films and projector reels to see the historical and contemporary etchings of Como. Images include visions of the river, jetty, trams maps, street theatre and alfresco dining, capturing the identity of the street.

Asset Type: Sculpture

Provenance: City of South Perth

Image Source City of South Perth

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Talking Heads

Image Source: Eugene Scrivener (Museum of Perth)

Artist: Andrew Miller

Asset Type: Public Art

Year of Work: 2003

Location: Small Reserve, North Eastern Corner, Hay and Thomas Street intersection

Provenance: City of Perth

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