Shire of Manjimup Reece Harley Shire of Manjimup Reece Harley

Manjimup Town Entrance Archway

Image source Wendy Hudson

Artist: Unknown

Asset Type: Sculpture, Architectural artwork

Year of Work: 1958

Location: 48 S Western Hwy, Manjimup WA

Provenance: Shire of Manjimup

Description: In June 1958, the Manjimup Timber Week Committee was formed to organise celebrations in Manjimup. On 14 August 1958, the Committee requested that a permanent timber archway be constructed to commemorate the timber industry and act as a gateway to the Southern Forest Region. The Manjimup Roads Board passed the motion, but requested that approvals be sought from the Minister’s department and that the relevant resources be sourced to erect the structure. On 11 September 1958, a meeting of the Manjimup Roads Board noted that correspondence received from the Department of Local Government stated that any structure built over the road would be an unauthorised obstruction. The Board sought legal advice from Young and Young Solicitor and subsequently increased their Public Liability Insurance. Permission to erect the structure was then granted. It is unclear when exactly Manjimup Town Entrance Statement was constructed, but it is likely to have been erected between 11 September and 10 October 1958, just prior to the official Timber Week celebration. On 10 October 1958, permission was given to erect street lighting to the archway. Aerial imagery shows that the archway has not been altered since its construction other than small letters being added atop of the logs, which spell the name of the town. In 2012, aerial imagery also shows that the northern archway was one of two, with another located to the south, along Mottram St/South-West Hwy, in exactly the same form as the northern archway. By 2014, this archway had been removed due to a collision with a truck and was not rebuilt. This southern archway is not likely to have been associated with the archway constructed before Timber Week as the Manjimup Roads Board minutes specifically mention an archway to the northern entrance. No other references to the southern archway were found and its construction date is unknown. The upper-most horizontal logs are not original. It is not clear when these were replaced, but this work was completed by the Rotary Club of Manjimup, whose contribution is shown by the erection of a plaque on the structure

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Town of Bassendean Reece Harley Town of Bassendean Reece Harley

Journeys

Image source Town of Bassendean

Artist: Arif Satar, Audrey Fernandes-Satar

Asset Type: Sculpture, Architectural artwork

Year of Work: 2004

Location: Bassendean Railway Station

Provenance: Town of Bassendean

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City of South Perth Reece Harley City of South Perth Reece Harley

Untitled by Kyle Hughes-Odgers

Artist: Kyle Hughes-Odgers

Asset Type: Integrated Work

Year of Work: 2020

Location: 26-28a Charles Street

Provenance: City of South Perth

Description: These artworks explore the core conceptual themes and narrative around ideas of connection, through people and place. Pattern, shapes and form inspired by mapping and path making. The forms represent destinations. The natural environment and built environment interacting and converging. These destinations, some of which are isolated and others densely configured, can be interpreted as physical or methaporical destinations. The pattern can epitomize geographical connections and locations on a map; the idea of stepping stones, a physical progression to another point. Points between structures, landmarks, the river and the land, the hills, the roads, the ferry and the freeway. This pattern represents formed pathways and mapped movements over time, both minor and major connections.

Image Source City of South Perth

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