This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
The list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space; it does not include artwork on display inside museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals and mosaics.
Year | Name | Image | Artist | Location | Notes | Ref |
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Late 1800s | Atlas | Unknown | 406 Collins Street | Bronze | [1] | |
C. 1850 | Boy on a Turtle | Unknown | Fitzroy Gardens | Bronze
100 cm (height) |
[2] | |
1862 | River God Fountain | Charles Summers | Fitzroy Gardens | Stone, cement
1000 cm (overall height approx.) |
[3] | |
1863 | Grey Street Fountain | Unknown | Fitzroy Gardens | Cement
400 cm (height approx.) |
[4] | |
1864 | Bandstand | George Dodd | Fitzroy Gardens | Concrete, cast iron, roof tiles
7 x 5 x 6 m (H x W x D) |
[5] | |
1865 | Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills | Charles Summers | City Square, Melbourne | Bronze, granite
800 x 300 x 300 cm (overall) |
[6] | |
1877 | Henderson Drinking Fountain | Walter MacFarlane and Company Saracen Foundry, Glasgow | Out front of North Melbourne Town Hall | Cast iron
150 cm (height approx.) |
[7] | |
1880 | Exhibition Fountain
(or Hochgurtel Fountain) |
Joseph Hochgurtel | Carlton Gardens south of the Royal Exhibition Building | Portland cement, stone, iron
1037 x 1830 cm |
[8] | |
1881 | John Batman Memorial | J.W. Brown | Queen Victoria Market | Bluestone
450 x 100 x 100 cm (H x W x D) |
[9] | |
1887 | Charles George Gordon | Hamo Thornycroft | Gordon Reserve | Limestone, Harcourt granite, bronze
330 cm (overall height) |
[10] | |
1887 | Redmond Barry | James Gilbert & Percival Ball | Out of the ground outside the State Library Victoria | [11] | ||
1888 | Westgarth Drinking Fountain | Alexander McDonald & Co | Carlton Gardens | Aberdeen pink granite, bronze
300 cm (overall height) |
[12] | |
1888 | Unknown | Charles William Scurry | McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery | It was originally in Federal Coffee Palace Melbourne. | ||
1889 | Saint George and the Dragon | Joseph Edgar Boehm | Forecourt of State Library Victoria | Bronze | [13] | |
1890 | Daniel O'Connell | Thomas Brock | Outside of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne | Commissioned 1886, cast in Belgium 1888, erected 1890 | ||
1897 | Francis Ormond | Percival Ball | Melbourne RMIT University City Campus | [14] | ||
C. 1900 | Boy with Serpent Fountain (Ornamental Fountain) | Unknown | North of Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens | Cast iron, granite
250 cm (height approx.) |
[15] | |
1901 | Springthorpe Memorial | Bertram Mackennal (Sculptor)
Harold Desbrowe-Annear (Architecture of the temple) |
Boroondara General Cemetery | The memorial was built by John Springthorpe, in honour of his wife, Annie Springthorpe (née Inglis), who died in 1897 at the age of 30 while giving birth to their fourth child. | [16][17] | |
1901 | Duke & Duchess of York Memorial (AKA Temperence) | James Churchman & Sons | Victoria Square | Marble, granite, sandstone
200 cm (height approximately) |
[18] | |
1902 | Lance Corporal George Rowland Button Memorial | Whitehorse Road, Box Hill | ||||
1902 | William John Clarke | Bertram Mackennal | Treasury Gardens | Marble
461 cm (overall height). 276 cm (sculpture); 185 cm (pedestal) |
[19] | |
1903 | 8 Hours Movement | Percival Ball | 8 Hour Reserve | Granite, bronze, gold-leaf, stone
1185 cm (height). 480 x 460 cm (base) |
[20] | |
1903 | Robert Burns | George Anderson Lawson | Treasury Gardens | Bronze, granite
584 x 79 x 79 cm (overall). 300 cm (granite pedestal) |
[21] | |
1904 | South African War Memorial | Joseph Hamilton | Queen Victoria Gardens | Sandstone, bluestone
1200 x 500 cm (overall approximately) |
[22] | |
1907 | Queen Victoria | James White | Queen Victoria Gardens | White Carrara marble, Harcourt granite, NSW marble
1100 cm (overall height) |
[23] | |
1907 | Joan of Arc | Emmanuel Frémiet | State Library Victoria | Bronze | ||
1908 | Edmund Gerald FitzGibbon | James White | Intersection of St Kilda Road and Linlithgow Avenue | Harcourt granite, bronze
274.3 cm (Total height) |
[24] | |
1911 | Marquess of Linlithgow | William Birnie Rhind | Junction of St Kilda Road & Linlithgow Avenue | Bronze, granite
778 cm (overall height). 350 cm (sculpture); 428 cm (pedestal) |
[25] | |
1913 | Janet Lady Clarke Memorial Sculpture | Herbert Black | Queen Victoria Gardens | White marble, concrete, stamped copper
600 cm (overall height) |
[26] | |
1913 | Henry Hawkins Skinner | James White | South Melbourne | [27] | ||
1914 | Statue of James Cook, St Kilda | John Tweed | Royal Yacht Squadron Catani Gardens, St Kilda | [28][29] | ||
1915 | Thomas Wilkinson Memorial | Brunswick | ||||
1916 | George Hawkins Ievers Memorial Drinking Fountain | Charles Douglas Richardson | Intersection of Gatehouse Street and Royal Parade | Granite, bluestone, marble
400 x 100 x 100 cm (H x W x D) |
[30] | |
1918 | Our Lady of Victories | Vincenzo Cadorin | Basilica, Camberwell | Height: 14 feet (430 cm)
Material: wood, copper sheathed and plated with gold leaf |
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1920 | Edward VII | Bertram Mackennal | Queen Victoria Gardens | Bronze, basalt, granite
427 x 472 x 229 cm (pedestal and statue). 200 x 2183 x 750 cm (semi-circular entrance) |
[31] | |
1925 | Water Nymph | Paul Raphael Montford | Queen Victoria Gardens | Bronze
120 cm (overall height) |
[32] | |
1925 | Parkville Diggers Memorial (WWI Memorial) | Peter Morgan Jageurs | Royal Parade | Marble, granite, bluestone
550 cm (height) |
[33] | |
1925 | Matthew Flinders | Charles Web Gilbert | St Paul's Cathedral37°49′1.21″S 144°58′2.21″E / 37.8170028°S 144.9672806°E | Bronze, granite
596 cm (overall height). 359 cm (sculpture); 237 cm (base) |
[34] | |
1926 | A Tribute To Our War Horses | Near Shrine of Remembrance | [35] | |||
1926 | Edith Cavell | Margaret Baskerville | Kings Domain | Marble, granite, bronze
382 cm (overall height). 82 cm (bust); 300 cm (pedestal) |
[36] | |
1926 | Peter Pan | Paul Raphael Montford | Melbourne Zoo | Bronze
150 cm (height approx.) |
[37] | |
1928 | Farnex Hercules | Unknown | Queen Victoria Gardens | Marble, granite
246 cm (overall height). 80 cm (bust); 300 cm (pillar) |
[38] | |
1928 | Farnex Hercules | Unknown | Queen Victoria Gardens | Marble, granite
246 cm (overall height). 80 cm (bust); 300 cm (pillar) |
[39] | |
1930 | The Court Favourite | Paul Raphael Montford | Flagstaff Gardens | Bronze, granite
304 cm (overall height). 160 cm (sculpture); 144cm (base) |
[40] | |
1932 | Carlo Catani | Paul Raphael Montford | St Kilda | [41][42] | ||
1932 | Adam Lindsay Gordon | Paul Raphael Montford | Spring Street | Bronze statue on sandstone pedestal
289 cm (overall height). 147 cm (sculpture); 142 cm (pedestal) |
[43] | |
1933 | Statue of Meditation | Robert Delandre | Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens
37°48′50.3046″S 144°58′42.8718″E / 37.813973500°S 144.978575500°E |
Marble
166 x 196 cm (H x W) |
[44] | |
1934 | Pioneer Women’s Memorial | Hugh Linaker | Kings Domain | It is a small garden in Kings Domain. It was dedicated by the women's Centenary Council through public subscription on the 100th anniversary of the foundation of the state. | [45] | |
1934 | Macpherson Robertson Fountain | Paul Raphael Montford | South-west corner of the Shrine of Remembrance | Granite, bronze, concrete
2100 cm (diameter) |
[46] | |
1935 | Harry Malcolm Rogers Memorial | Bridges Reserve | The fountain is a large tall central column supported by four smaller columns with griffins. | [47] | ||
1935 | The Man with the Donkey | Wallace Anderson | Shrine of Remembrance | Bronze
78 × 66 × 42 cm. Memorial to John Simpson Kirkpatrick |
[48] | |
1935 | John Wesley | Paul Raphael Montford | Wesley Uniting Church | [49] | ||
1936 | Domed Drinking Fountain | Unknown | Queen Victoria Gardens | Marble and granite
230 cm height |
[50] | |
1936 | Boy and Pelican | William Leslie Bowles | Fitzroy Gardens | Pyrmont sandstone
258 cm (overall height). 128 x 95 x 51 cm (sculpture); 130 x 131 x 56 cm (base) |
[51] | |
1936 | Mermaid and Fish | William Leslie Bowles | Fitzroy Gardens | Pyrmont sandstone
259 x 131 x 56 cm (H x W x D) |
[52] | |
1937 | Samuel Mauger Drinking Fountain | Unknown | 39 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne | Granite, lead lettering
120 x 160 cm (Hx W) |
[53] | |
1937 | Driver & Wipers Memorial | Charles Sargeant Jagger | Shrine of Remembrance | [54] | ||
1937 | George Higinbotham | Paul Raphael Montford | Old Treasury Building | [55] | ||
1940 | Diana and the Hounds | Leslie Bowles | Fitzroy Gardens
37°48′51.486″S 144°58′42.516″E / 37.81430167°S 144.97847667°E |
Bronze, granite, concrete
317 x 90 x 148 cm |
[56] | |
1948 | Model Tudor Village | Edgar Wilson | Fitzroy Gardens | Cement, paint
Dimensions variable |
[57] | |
1950 | John Monash | Leslie Bowles | Birdwood Avenue, Kings Domain | Bronze
276 x 161 x 371 cm |
[58] | |
1952 | King George V | Leslie Bowles | Kings Domain, near Sidney Myer Music Bowl Reserve | Bronze, sandstone, granite, bluestone
3.66 m (sculpture); 16.80 m (column) |
[59] | |
1954 | Hand of God | Carl Miles | Southwest of Sidney Myer Music Bowl | Bronze
The original was made for the Swedish city of Eskilstuna, and today it can also be seen in other places around the world, including Melbourne. |
[60] | |
1956 | Olympic Pylon | Arthur Boyd | On the side of the Holden Centre in Swan Street | Victorian Heritage Register number H1977 | [61] | |
1959 | The Trial of Socrates | Tom Bass | University of Melbourne | |||
1959 | The Royal Society of Victoria Centenary Monument-Front.jpg | Royal Society of Victoria | This glacial boulder brought from Mawson, Antarctica. | [62] | ||
1960 | Thomas Blamey | Raymond Boultwood Ewers | Kings Domain | Bronze, granite
368 cm (overall height) |
[63][64] | |
1963 | Children's Tree | Tom Bass | Junction of Elizabeth Street and Collins Street | Bronze | ||
1964 | Untitled | Norma Redpath | McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery | |||
1964 | Flight Arrested | Inge King | McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery | Welded steel. 242 x 255 x 218 cm.
It is the earliest of three Inge King works at the McClelland Gallery Sculpture Park. |
[65] | |
1964 | Miraggio (also known as Seated Figure) | Pino Conte | Sidney Myer Music Bowl | Bronze
274 cm (height) Donated by an anonymous ‘Lover of Italy’ to Sidney Myer Music Bowl. |
[66] | |
1965 | Edward George Honey Memorial | Unknown | Kings Domain, near
Shrine of Remembrance 37°49′47″S 144°58′28″E / 37.8297536°S 144.9744181°E |
Stone, bronze, aluminium
110 cm (overall height) |
[67] | |
1965 | John F. Kennedy | Raymond B. Ewers | Treasury Gardens | Bronze, granite
150 cm (granite boulder height); 49 x 28 cm (bas relief) (H x W x D) |
[68][69] | |
1968 | Desert Arch | Norma Redpath | McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery | |||
1970 | Sofia | Herman Hohaus | La Trobe University Sculpture Park | Cast bronze | [70][71] | |
1970 | Water Children | John Edward Robinson | Queen Victoria Gardens | Bronze
2 figures, 70 x 160 cm |
[72] | |
1973 | Phoenix | Yrsa von Leistner | Queen Victoria Gardens | Cast bronze, welded copper sheet
326 cm (overall height) |
[73] | |
1973 | The Genie | Tom Bass | Queen Victoria Gardens | Bronze
185 x 180 x 175 cm |
[74] | |
1973 | Portal | Marc Clark | Eest of Sidney Myer Music Bowl | Painted steel
Originally made in 1973, remade in 2024 |
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1974 | Mary Gilbert | Ailsa O'Connor | Conservatory, Fitzroy Gardens | Cement fondu
81 x 53 x 36 cm |
[75] | |
1974 | Pathfinder | John Edward Robinson | Queen Victoria Gardens | Bronze
260 cm (diagonal line) |
[76] | |
1976 | Dialogue of Circles | Inge King | In the Moat, near the Moat Theatre, directly north of the Union, in La Trobe University | [77] | ||
1976 | Forward Surge | Inge King | Arts Centre Melbourne | 50mm mild steel
It got painted in 1981 516 x 1514 x 1368cm Commissioned by the William Angliss Art Fund |
[78] | |
1977 | Dante's Divine Comedy | Bart Sanciolo | La Trobe University Sculpture Park | 10 metres high, freestanding bronze | [79][71] | |
1978 | The Four Seasons | Leonard French | La Trobe University Sculpture Park | Stained glass | [80][71] | |
1978 | Rock Fall | Diego Latella | La Trobe University Sculpture Park | Steel | [71] | |
1978-79 | People’s Path | Ian Sprague et al. | Fitzroy Gardens | Clay
Dimensions variable |
[81] | |
1979 | John Batman | Stanley Hammond | Former National Mutual plaza, Collins Street | [82] | ||
1980 | Vault | Ron Robertson-Swann | 37°49′33.87″S 144°58′3.82″E / 37.8260750°S 144.9677278°E | Painted steel
615 x 1184 x 1003 cm |
[83] | |
1980 | Sun Ribbon | Inge King | University of Melbourne | The sculpture is made from 19mm thick steel. It was installed on Union Lawn in 1982. | [84] | |
1981 | Dervish | Clement Meadmore | 37°49′11.5″S 144°58′1.7″E / 37.819861°S 144.967139°E | |||
1981 | Stages 1, 2, 3 | Ronald Upton | Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen | Ferrocement | ||
1981 | Coles Fountain | Robert Woodward | Parliament Gardens, North of Parliament House | Stainless steel, bluestone
340 x 1000 cm |
[85] | |
1981 | Walker Fountain | Digregorio Mobelt & Associates | Kings Domain | Concrete
1700 cm (diameter) |
[86] | |
1981 | Grotto Waterfall | City of Melbourne | Kings Domain | Basalt, cement
Dimensions variable |
[87] | |
1984 | Jabaroo | Inge King | McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery | [88] | ||
1984 | Basket and Wave | Dennis Oppenheim | Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen | Steel, concrete, synthetic polymer paint | ||
1985 | Landscape Caryatide | Norma Redpath | McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery | Ceramic, steel, concrete
924.5 x 992.5 x 351.5cm |
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1986 | White Horse | White Horse Hotel | The statue of the white horse on the porch of the White Horse Hotel was a land mark in Box Hill. This replica of the statue was erected on the median strip in Whitehorse Road in 1986. The original horse is kept in the Box Hill Town Hall. | [89] | ||
1987
– 1989 |
Angel | Deborah Halpern | Birrarung Marr | |||
1987 | Scales | Peter Rosman | Heide Museum of Modern Art, Bulleen | Mixed media, ferrocement | ||
1988 | Shadow Form III | Robert Juniper | 140 William Street | The steel sculpture represents a clump of steel plants. The concrete plinth is a handy seat for office workers. | [90] | |
1988 | Dragonfly | Tom Merrifield | Pavlova Walk, Arts Centre Melbourne | [91] | ||
1989 | Shell Mace | Charles O Perry | Northwest intersection of Flinders Street and Spring Street | Aluminum | [92] | |
1991 | Island Sculpture | Inge King | McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery | |||
1992 | Larry La Trobe | Pamela Irving | Corner of Collins Street and Swanston Street | Bronze, 70 cm hight
Recast in 1996. |
[93] | |
1992 | Ophelia | Deborah Halpern | Southbank Promenade | Ceramic tiles, steel, concrete.
It was chosen as ‘the Face of Melbourne’ by Tourism Victoria in 1996. |
[94] | |
1992 | Fortuna | Peter Corlett | Corner Queen Street and Flanklin Street | Concreate, 6 metres Hight | ||
1993 | Architectural Fragment | Petrus Spronk | Swanston Street | Made from Port Fairy bluestone, it is rising out of the ground outside the State Library Victoria | [95][96] | |
1993 | Three Businessmen Who Brought Their Own Lunch: Batman, Swanston And Hoddle | Alison Weaver and Paul Quinn | Corner of Bourke Street and Swanston Street | Three whimsical, life-size bronze sculptures | [97][90] | |
1993 | Industrial Flowers | Akira Takizawa | Newport Park, Newport | Steel | [98] | |
1993 | A History Apparatus - Vessel, Craft and Beacon | Chris Reynolds | Corner of Russel Street and Bourke Street | Steel, fibreglass, bitumen, concrete, bluestone
450 x 2400 x 300 cm It sits above the first women's public toilet built in Melbourne in 1902 |
[99] | |
1993 | Weathervanes | Daniel Jenkins | Intersection of Swanston Street and Bourke Street | Copper, gold leaf
4 sculptures. 150 cm (bird, width); 150 cm (horse, width); 120 cm (fish, width); 120 cm (pig, width). |
[100] | |
1993 | Mother and Daughter | Mary Perrott Stimson | Intersection of Wellington Parade and Hoddle Street, Richmond | Bronze and rendered brick | [101] | |
1993
– 2021 |
Tennis champion busts | Mostly Barbara McLean | Australian Tennis Hall of Fame | [102][103] | ||
1994 | Public Purse | Simon Perry | North West end of the Bourke Street Mall, outside of H&M/the GPO Building. | It is one of the biggest things in Australia. | [106] | |
1994 | Time and Tide | Akio Makigawa | Junction of Swanston Street and Little Collins Street | Bluestone, white marble, bronze, stainless steel, concrete, fibre optics
800 x 2000 cm |
[107] | |
1994 | Resting Place | Bronwyn Snow | Corner of Swanston Street and Little Lonsdale Street | Steel, wood (Jarrah)
330 x 260 x 190 cm |
[108] | |
1994 | Maltese War Memorial | Max Chester | Kings Domain | Timber
600 x 400 x 500 cm |
[109] | |
1994 | Passage | Mark Stoner | Queen Victoria Market, corner of Therry and Queen Streets | Bluestone
300 cm (height approx.) It is to commemorates the Old Melbourne General Cemetery which was located on this site between 1837 and 1917. |
[110] | |
1994 | Bunyip | Rob Brooks | Outside the State Library Victoria | |||
1995 | Shearwater | Inge King | Southbank Promenade | Steel, paint
780 x 670 x 350cm. Originally commissioned by ESSO Mobil Australia. |
[111] | |
1995 | Wind Contrivance | Pauline Fraser | Therry Street | Bronze, redgum, harcourt granite
274 x 150 x 65 cm |
[112] | |
1995 | Within Three Worlds | Loretta Quinn | Princes Park, Parkville | Bronze
60 cm (boats, length); 100 cm (child, height) |
[113] | |
1995 | Dragoljub Mihailovic | Serbian National Centre, Carrum Downs | [114] | |||
1995 | Edward Dunlop | Peter Corlett | Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne | Bronze, granite
260 x 80.3 x 50.5 cm A second edition of this statue (number 2 of 2) stands to the east side of the entrance to the Australian War Memorial. It was acquired by the Memorial in 1995. |
[115] | |
1996 | Running Man | Rick Amor | Heide Museum of Modern Art | Bronze
170 x 50 x 183 cm |
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1996 | Rhythms of the Metropolis | Andrew Rogers | 200 Queen Street | Bronze | [116] | |
1996 | The Echo | Edward Ginger | Junction of Swanston Street and Little Bourke Street | Mild steel plate, polyurethane paint
450 x 200 x 190 cm |
[117] | |
1996 | Ceremony and Vehicle for Conveying Spirit | Maurie Hughes | Junction of Russel Street and Little Collins Street | Silicon bronze, galvanized and mild steel
460 x 90 cm (urn); 267 cm (archway, height); 270 cm (sentinels, height) |
[118] | |
1997 | Guardians | Simon Rigg | Southbank Promenade, outside of Crown Melbourne | Marble and clad with ceramic tiles. | [119] | |
1997 | Constellation | Geoffrey Bartlett and Bruce Armstrong | Southbank | Timber, copper, stainless steel
five elements, each approximately 500 x 250 x 400 cm It captures the natural suggestions of clouds, the billowing of sails, rigging, the movement of wind vanes and the associations of ships' figureheads. |
[120][121] | |
1997 | Stone House | Andy Goldsworthy | Herring Island | Dunkeld sandstone | ||
1997 | Steerage | Jill Peck | Herring Island | Harcourt granite | ||
1997 | Cairn | Andy Goldworthy | Herring Island | Castlemaine slate | ||
1997 | Audience | Julie Collins | Herring Island | Bluestone | ||
1997 | A Hill, A River, Two Rocks and A Presence | John Davis | Herring Island | Timber, limestone, and sandstone | ||
1997 | Tanderrum | Ellen Jose | Herring Island | Castlemaine slate and redbox | ||
1997 | Ted Whitten | Outside of the Whitten Oval | [122] | |||
1997 | Doug Hawkins | Outside the Braybrook Hotel, Ballarat Road, Braybrook | A bronze, almost life-sized statue | [123] | ||
1998 | Ramp | Robert Jacks | Herring Island | Red gum | ||
1998 | Fossil Stones | Paul Blizzard | Along Macarthur Street
From Old Treasury Building to St Andrews Place |
18 sculptures
Dimensions variable |
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1998 | Widow and Children | Louis Laumen | Legacy Garden of Appreciation, Shrine of Remembrance | [124] | ||
1999 | Scaled Stem | Robert Bridgewater | Herring Island | Cyprus macrocarpa | ||
1999 | Neutrino | Glen Dunn | Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria | The sculpture commemorates the opening of the Observatory Gate at the Botanic Gardens in 1999. | [125] | |
1999 | Threaded Field | Simon Perry | Different places around Docklands Stadium | |||
1999 | Cow Up A Tree | John Kelly | Harbour Esplanade, Docklands | Bronze, oil-based paint
A surreal sculpture |
[126][127] | |
1999 | Unity 1998-99 | Stephen Glassborow | In front of Box Hill Town Hall, In the middle of Whitehorse Road | |||
1999 | Tilly Aston Bell | Anton
Hasell |
Kings Domain | Bronze
152 x 35 cm (Height x Width) |
[128] | |
1999 | Daniel Mannix | Nigel Boonham | Outside of St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne | Commissioned 1997, erected in March 1999 | ||
1999 | St Peter the Fisherman | Louis Laumen | St Peter's Catholic Church, Toorak | [129] | ||
1999 | Rupert Hamer | Peter Corlett | Treasury Gardens | A life-size bronze statue | [130] | |
1999 | Albert Dunstan and Henry Bolte | Peter Corlett | Treasury Gardens | A life-size bronze statue | [131][132] | |
1999 | John Cain | Peter Corlett | Treasury Gardens | A life-size bronze statue | [133] | |
2000 | Fairfield Industrial Dog Object | Ian Sinclair, Jackie Staude, David Davies and Alistair Knox | 37°46′44.5″S 145°1′4.6″E / 37.779028°S 145.017944°E | It is one of the biggest things in Australia.
The work is constructed from recycled hardwood, standing 5.5 metres tall and approximately 8 metres long. |
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2000 | Sentinel | Inge King | Located at junction of the Eastern Freeway and Doncaster Road, Doncaster | The 13-metre high and 12 tonnes weight sculpture's curved shape symbolises the two creeks of the municipality - the Mullum Mullum and the Koonung Creeks. | [134] | |
2000 | St Francis of Assisi | Louis Laumen | St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne | [129] | ||
2000 | St Catherine of Siena | Louis Laumen | St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne | [129] | ||
2001 | River Peel | Michael Bellemo & Cat MacLeod (Bellemo & Cat) | ||||
2001 | Windhover | Lenton Parr | Sandringham foreshore
(near to where Parr lived) |
Stainless steel | [135] | |
2001 | Falling Fence | John Gollings with Samantha Slicer | Herring Island | Cypress-pine | ||
2001 | Australian Hellenic Memorial | Evangelos Sakaris | Kings Domain | Granite, cast bronze, white marble
12 columns, 300 x 3600 x 3600 cm (overall approx.) |
[136] | |
2001 | Alojzije Stepinac | Mladen Mikulin | St Patrick's Cathedral, | [137] | ||
2001 | Rod Laver | Outside the Rod Laver Arena | ||||
2001 | First Australian Rules Football Game | Louis Laumen | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Dedicated to Tom Wills | [138] | |
2001 | Sidney Myer | Michael Meszaros | Sidney Myer Music Bowl | Bronze
220cm H x 300cm W x 100 cm D |
[139] | |
2002 | Federation Bells | Anton Haselt and Neil MacLachlan | Birrarung Marr | 39 brass bells
The bells were created for celebrations for the centenary of Australia's federation in 2001. |
[141][142] | |
2002 | Victoria Police Memorial | Anton Hasell and Marcus Ward | Queen Victoria Gardens | [143] | ||
2002 | Sportsmanship Melbourne | Mitch Mitchell | Olympic Park Oval | This statue depicts sportsmanship by John Landy helping his fellow runner Ron Clarke. | [144][145] | |
2003 | Shoal Fly | Michael Bellemo & Cat MacLeod (Bellemo & Cat) | Harbour Esplanade in front of Docklands Stadium | It is a sculpture group.
It is not there anymore. |
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2003 | Eagle | Bruce Armstrong | Grand Hyatt Melbourne (123 Collins Street) | Until 2013 it was located on Wurundjeri Way, Docklands. Then it moved to Grand Hyatt Melbourne forefront. | [146] | |
2003 | Silence | Adrian Mauriks | NewQuay Promenade, Docklands | Fibre Glass
13 elements 460 x 1250 x 1850 cm (overall) It doesn't exit there anymore. |
[147] | |
2003 | 2002 Bali Bombings Memorial | Perry Lethlean | Lincoln Square, Swanston Street, Carlton | Granite, concrete, stainless steel
20 x 1220 x 1220 cm |
[148] | |
2003 | Island Wave | Lisa Young | Newmarket Reserve, Kensington | Mild steel, paint, concrete footing
22 fins; 270 cm (fin height); 500 cm (fin length); 34 cm (fin width); 2.5 cm; (steel thickness); 31 m (approx. overall span of sculpture) |
[149] | |
2003 | Eel Trap | Fiona Clarke (Kirrae Whurrong) and Ken McKean | Birrarung Marr | Plate steel, paint
150 x 400 x 350 cm (H x W x D) |
[150] | |
2003 | Betty Cuthbert | Louis Laumen | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [151] | ||
2003 | Ron Barassi | Louis Laumen | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [152] | ||
2003 | Don Bradman | Louis Laumen | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [153] | ||
2004 | Landmark | Charles Robb | La Trobe University | Fibreglass, polyester resin, steel, polystrene, polyurethane, sand, automotive lacquers, acrylic paint
490.0 x 130.00 x 130.0 cm |
[154] | |
2004 | Manna Gum | Simon Horsburgh | Bulleen Park (next to main oval carpark) | Made from recycled materials. Inspired by the local eucalypt blossoms and marks the start of the Bolin Bolin Cultural Landscape Trail. | [155] | |
2004 | Reed Vessel | Virginia King | Henry Doodie Park, Docklands | Materials: Vessel Hull 5mm, Vessel Cladding 2mm Marine Grade 316 Stainless Steel. Aluminium louvers, recycled plastic decking, aluminium and bronze castings.
The sculpture embraces themes of migration, the river and the sea. |
[156][157] | |
2004 | Signature Work | Emily Floyd | Harbour Esplanade, Docklands | Cast aluminium plate, polyurethane paint | [158] | |
2004 | James Joyce Seat of Learning | Rick Dalmau | Forecourt of State Library Victoria | Brick is from James Joyce home in Drumcondra, Dublin. | [159][160] | |
2004 | George Adams | Stephen Walker | St Kilda Road | [161] | ||
2004 | John Brosnan | Peter Corlett | Brunswick, Victoria | |||
2004 | Dick Reynolds | Louis Laumen | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [162] | ||
2004 | Shirley Strickland | Louis Laumen | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [163] | ||
2005 | Blowhole | Duncan Stemler | Docklands | Steel, anodized steel, gears
1500 cm height |
[164] | |
2005 | Rings of Saturn | Inge King | Heide Museum of Modern Art | Stainless steel
45.5 x 51 x 61 cm Gift of Inge King through the Heide Foundation 2006 |
[165] | |
2005 | Continuum | Michael Snape | Bourke Street, Docklands | Continuum is essentially about the dance of life, reflecting the human condition of being alive. The interconnected figures encircle each other and reach up to the sky, conveying a sense of community, cooperation and wellbeing. The artist was inspired by Docklands coming to life again, impacting on the community’s sense of self and causing “an internal shift: this is the continuum.” | ||
2005 | Lillies | Adrian Mauriks | NewQuay Promenade, Docklands | Painted epoxy resin and aluminium.
It exhibited in Contempora 2, Docklands Festival of Sculpture at New Quay |
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2005 | The Travelers | Nadim Karam & Atelier Hapsitus | Queensbridge Square, Southbank | More than 3.7 km of stainless steel (in 4455 pieces) was used to create these sculptures. The average weight of each figure is 2307 kg while the heaviest figure is 7701kg.
10 different sculpture representing 10 periods Australian immigration. |
[166] | |
2005 | St Mary Mackillop | Louis Laumen | St Patrick's Cathedral, Melbourne | [129] | ||
2005 | Bill Ponsford | Louis Laumen | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [167] | ||
2005 | Leigh Matthews | Louis Laumen | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [168] | ||
2006 | Aqualung | John Meade | Captain Walk, Docklands | Glass reinforced concrete, pigment, steel
9 tonnes 30 meters |
[169] | |
2006 | The Relic | Rick Amor | McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery | Bronze, cor-ten steel
204. cm × 62 cm × 72 cm (80 in × 24 in × 28 in) There is another version of this sculpture in Canberra located near the intersection of Childers Street and University Avenue. |
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2006 | Aurora | Geoffrey Bartlett | Corner of Harbour Esplanade and Bourke Street, Docklands | Stainless Steel
12.0 x 12.0 x 12.0 m Resembling an inverted cargo net the sweeping curves and net-like construction of Aurora makes a symbolic lInk to the history of Docklands as Victoria's most important port and a place of transit for goods and people. |
[170] | |
2006 | Diver | Simon Perry and Drew Cole | Newport Lake's entrance | Bluestone | [171] | |
2006 | Wharf Lane, Docklands | 72 fish sculptures were created to represent each nation competing in the Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games. | ||||
2006 | Rings of Jupiter | Inge King | Federation Square | Stainless steel
180.0 × 210.0 × 216.0 cm |
[172] | |
2006 | Birrarung Wilam (Common Ground) | COUZENS, Vicki (Kirrae Wurrong/Gunditjmara); DARROCH, Lee (Yorta Yorta, Mutti Mutti and Trawlwoolway); HAMM, Treahna (Yorta Yorta) | ArtPlay, Birrarung Marr 'Birrarung Wilam' | Stone, wood, stainless steel, bronze, nickel, audio installation
Various sizes in a 10 x 7 m (overall approx.) area |
[173] | |
2006 | Charles La Trobe | Peter Corlett | State Library Victoria | Bronze
Gifted to the Library by the La Trobe Society |
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2006 | Nellie Melba | Peter Corlett | Coombe Yarra Valley Estate, Coldstream | Bronze
It was located in Waterfront City, Docklands. In 2022 it is moved to Coombe Yarra Valley Estate, Coldstream. |
[174][175] | |
2006 | Kylie Minogue | Peter Corlett (sculptor)-Statues
David Jack (Mural) Original art |
Waterfront City, Docklands | Bronze, dressed in a lace bodystocking and electric red heels | [176] | |
2006 | Dame Edna Everage | Peter Corlett (sculptor)-Statues
David Jack (Mural) Original art |
Docklands | Bronze | [176] | |
2006 | John Farnham | Peter Corlett (sculptor)-Statues
David Jack (Mural) Original art |
Waterfront City, Docklands | Bronze | [176] | |
2006 | Graham Kennedy | Peter Corlett (sculptor)-Statues
David Jack (Mural) Original art |
Waterfront City, Docklands | Bronze | [176] | |
2006 | Bob Rose | Mitch Mitchell | Holden Centre, Olympic Park Oval | Bronze | ||
2006 | Dennis Lillee | Louis Laumen | Melbourne Cricket Ground | Bronze | [177] | |
2007 | Requiem for a Champion | Yvonne George | Altona Coastal Park | Bronze, steel and paint | ||
2007 | Pastor Sir Douglas Nicholls and Lady Gladys Nicholls Memorial | Louis Laumen | Spring Street, Parliament Gardens, East Melbourne | Bronze
270 cm (height) |
[178][179] | |
2008 | Hotel | Callum Morton | Eastlink Motorway | |||
2008 | Great Petition | Susan Hewitt and Penelope Lee | Burston Reserve in East Melbourne | Bluestone and steel | ||
2008 | Public Art Strategy | Emily Floyd | Eastlink Motorway | |||
2008 | Red Rings | Inge King | Junction of the eastLink Trail and the Dandenong Creek Trail | The Red Rings challenges passers, by to walk through and arouse their curiosity to explore the forms. The three painted steel rings are each 2.5 metres in diameter. | ||
2008 | Orion | Michael Bellemo & Cat MacLeod (Bellemo & Cat) | 430 St Kilda Road | |||
2008 | Unfurling | Andrew Rogers | Forecourt, National Foods Building, Docklands | Bronze
Each organic form is delicately balanced on a tightly curled base that unfurls as it extends upwards and outward in a continuously rippling spiral shape. |
[180] | |
2008 | The Reuniting Family | Michael Meszaros | 525 Collins Street | It is to commemorate Italian Immigration and all migrants to Australia. | [182] | |
2008 | Mercury Rising | Matthew Harding | Slightly south of the corner of Bourke Street and Elizabeth Street | Mirror polished stainless steel (sand cast) with inlaid stainless steel contour lines.
3 elements with variable dimensions, Medium: 2000 x 1000 x 450hmm Small: 600 x 500 x 300hmm |
[183] | |
2008 | Michael Meszaros | Women’s Hospital footpath sculpture, Parkville | Bronze
230cm (H) x 300cm (W) |
[184] | ||
2008 | Once Upon a Slime | Helen Bodycomb | ArtPlay, Birrarung Marr | Glass, ceramic, stone mosaic, polystyrene
Dimensions variable |
[185] | |
2008 | Cobbers | Peter Corlett | 37°49′56″S 144°58′21″E / 37.83228°S 144.972523°E | [186] | ||
2009 | Serpent II | Bert Flugelman | Foyer, 28 Freshwater Place | Stainless steel | ||
2009 | Interlocked II | Inge King | 37°49′06″S 144°58′18″E / 37.8184103°S 144.9716086°E | Four interlocked rings
Private collection |
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2009 | Leonidas I | Brunswick, Victoria | It symbolizes the friendship and connection between Greece and Australia. | [187] | ||
2010 | Centenary of First Powered Controlled Sustained Circuit Flight in Australia | Diggers Rest, Victoria | Sculpture commemorating Harry Houdini and the first powered flight in Australia | [188] | ||
2010 | Spun Chair | Thomas Heatherwick | Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia, Flinders Street | Designed in 2010 by Thomas Heatherwick. Manufactured in 2016 by Magis, Torre di Mosto, Italy | ||
2011 | The River Runs Through | Mark Stoner | Australian Warf, Docklands | Pre-cast concrete, brick and plantings
Dimensions variable |
[189] | |
2012 | Mr Lizard and Gumnut Baby | Smiley Williams | Forecourt of State Library Victoria | Bronze
Based on Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May Gibbs |
[190] | |
2011 | Shane Warne | Louis Laumen | Outside Melbourne Cricket Ground | [191] | ||
2013 | Raising the Rattler Pole - the Last of the Connies | David Michael Bell | Corner of Spencer Street and Flinders Street | It is a 1:1-scale replica and tilted at 10 degrees and finished in a bluestone effect.
The Rattler is a reproduction of Tram 1040, the 40th and last tram built at the Preston Tram Works to service Bourke Street in 1956. |
[192] | |
2013 | Fruition | Matthew Harding | Royal Park, Parkville | Corten steel
Two sculptures, 650 cm (axis length); 420 cm (sculpture, axis length) |
[193] | |
2013 | Ferdinand von Mueller | Marc Clark | National Herbarium of Victoria | [194] | ||
2013 | John Coleman | Lis Johnson | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [195] | ||
2013 | Frog | John Olsen | Queen Victoria Gardens | Bronze
200 cm (height) |
[196] | |
2014 | Apparatus for Transtemporal Occurrence of Impending Space | Russell Anderson | Lower pontoon, North Bank Wharf | Stainless steel, bronze, copper, electro-mechanical components | [197] | |
2014 | Run for Your Life | Gillie and Marc | La Trobe University Sculpture Park | Bronze
Dimensions variable |
[79] | |
2014 | Shadow Trees | Sally Smart | Corner of Bourke Street and Collins Street, Docklands | Painted and fabricated mild steel
1200 cm (height) |
[198] | |
2014 | Wulunj (Digging Stick) | Glenn Romanis, Brodie Hill | 720 Bourke St, Docklands | Australian Hardwood, Salvaged Pier Pylon, Basalt. | [199] | |
2014 | Jim Stynes | Lis Johnson | Melbourne Cricket Ground | [200] | ||
2015 | Australian Turkish Friendship Memorial | Matthew Harding | Kings Domain | 3.8m height | [201][202] | |
2016 | Comfort woman | 37°54′36″S 145°06′09″E / 37.910064°S 145.102449°E | This statue is a copy of the one outside the Japanese Embassy in South Korea. | |||
2017 | Summertime | Anne Ross | Brighton Dog Beach, Brighton | Bronze
It is a tribute to the local dog beach. |
[203] | |
2017 | Kevin Bartlett | Lis Johnson | Yarra Park | Bronze | [204] | |
2018 | Taken Not Given | Anne Ross | St Andrew’s Reserve | Cast bronze, silver nitrate patina
180 cm (woman height); 110 cm (young girl height); 54 cm (infant boy height); 30 x 120 x 180 cm (plinth) |
[205] | |
2022 | Resting Light | Donal Molly-Drum | Box Hill Town Hall | |||
2023 | Zelda D’Aprano | Jennifer Mann | Outside Trades Hall Victoria | Bronze | [206] | |
Construct V | Adrian Mauriks | Chadstone Shopping Centre | ||||
Construct II | Adrian Mauriks | |||||
Orchid | Robyn Latham | Greensborough railway station | ||||
Paul Raphael Montford | Shrine of Remembrance | Four large buttress statues of the Shrine representing
Peace and Goodwill, Patriotism Justice Sacrifice |
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Tianjin Garden Chinese Lion Guardians | Unknown | Cohen Place, Little Bourke Street | Sichuan white marble
180 cm (lion, height) |
[207] | ||
Makybe Diva | Glenferrie Road, Hawthorn | |||||
Melbourne Graffiti | ||||||
Unknown | Outside BaroqHouse, Drewery Lane | |||||
Unknown | 990 La Trobe St, Docklands | |||||
Unknown | End of Victoria Harbour Promenade, Docklands | |||||
Unknown | 1 Queensberry St, Carlton | |||||
2005 | Poise | Warren Langley | Next to Docklands Stadium | |||
Unknown | 450 St Kilda Road |
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