Bayside Street and Public Art
Bayside Art's strategic plan is to work with the community to develop and produce arts and culture programs that are meaningful to the community.
The range of street and public art includes:
Boon Wurrung Blossom by Ellen Jose (2008)
'Blossom - the flower of a plant especially one producing an edible fruit' The edible fruit of the Boon Wurrung Blossom is reconciliation between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians. The bluestone is laid on crushed yellow ochre sandstone, with the base encircled by indigenous flowering plants. Each rock represents one of the six clans that made up the Boon Wurrung: Yallukit Wiliam, Ngaruk Wiliam, Mayune Baluk, Boon Wurrung Balug, Yownegerra and Yatiock Balluk.
For thousands of years; Boon Wurrung women and children congregated in this area during special periods in spring and summer. The area was rich in seafood and had fresh water wells dotted around it. Among the Banksia trees that provided shelter, grew indigenous plants and flowers from which the women made garlands to wear in their hair.
In a culture based on an oral tradition, the transfer of knowledge from one generation to the next was instrumental to the survival of the clans that made up the Boon Wurrung nation. Ricketts Point, as it is now known, was special to the Boon Wurrung; it continues to be a special place for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians today.
Boon Wurrung Blossom acknowledges the original inhabitants of this land, especially the women and children. It reminds us of the important role reconciliation plays in connecting all those Australians from different cultures from around the world who have made the Boon Wurrung's land their home, together with the first inhabitants of this land - The Boon Wurrung.
Location: Near Beaumaris Life Saving Club, 243 Beach Road, Beaumaris
Terracotta Mural (1980)
Location: Beaumaris Community Centre, 96 Reserve Road, Beaumaris (located to the back of the library)
Ceramic Terracota Tiles (1990)
Location: Beaumaris Community Centre, 96 Reserve Road, Beaumaris (located outside the library)
Earthenware Mosaic Tiles by Anne Riggs (1999)
Mosaic tiles on the walking and bike path.
Location: Near corner of Beach Road and Cromer Road, Beaumaris. Located on the walking and bike path next to 'Beaumaris Motor Yacht Squadron' sign.
Moysey Monument (1962)
James Bickford Moysey was one of the first white settlers in the area in 1845, who along with several other local settlers had Welsh roots, and he gave the name 'Beaumaris' to his pastoral run after the Welsh Town of Beaumaris (Welsh: Biwmares). Moysey eventually purchased 32 hectares for his farm. The monument on the foreshore is located opposite the Hotel where Moysey had built a house. The home, a wattle and daub structure with thatched roof, was destroyed in a bushfire shortly afterwards. So was a successor built on the same spot.
Location: Around the area opposite 472 Beach Road, Beaumaris.
The Beacon by Faustas Sadauskas (2003)
Beacon is made of carved black marble. The Melbourne based artist Faustas Sadauskas has included an inscription (in Lithuanian) of a verse sung by those who sailed to Australia seeking freedom following Russian occupation of their homeland following World War II. Translated it reads: Faustas Sadauskas created Beacon two thousand (and) four years. Let the Blowing Wind Who Taketh the Ship Away Take Me Away.
Location: 298 Beach Road, Black Rock (opposite the clock on the grass)
The Ancient Yarra River with Bunjil's Eggs by Glenn Romanis (2008)
This sculpture was inspired by Carolyn Briggs's story (Elder of the Boon wurrung) 'the time of chaos'. It depicts the ancient Yarra River, where it originally flowed 10,000 years ago and six eggs. The eggs represent the six traditional groups of the Boon wurrung people. The sculpture is encompassed in the shape of Bunjil's eye, which represents his ever watchful gaze. This installation is oriented geographically to how Port Phillip Bay is today.
Location: Red Bluff Cliff Lookout, near corner of Beach Road and Eliza Street, Black Rock
Summertime by Anne Ross (2017)
A bronzed sculpture of a dog with its ears back wearing sunglasses and sitting beside a tree which is located next to the Brighton Dog Beach.
Location: Near the Brighton Dog Beach at the end of Sandown Street, Brighton.
Swimming Between Buoys by Velislav Georgiev, Annee Miron and Victoria Roxburgh (2002)
Sculpture.
Location: At the Brighton Baths, 251 Esplanade, Brighton
The Barraimal (Emu) Constellation Sculpture by Glenn Romanis (2006)
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The barraimal was a funny bird - too big to fly, with short useless wings. But apart from its funny appearance, the old man barraimal had been cursed - it was up to him to take over the role of the female. He sat on her nest until the young chicks hatched - and then had to look after them as the female barraimal continued to frolic with her friends.
The sculpture depicts Barraimal (Emu) as a constellation and how it is seen using the constellations of the Southern cross, (Crux), the Pointer, Scorpio, Sagittarius and using the Colsack Nebula (the dark shadows under the milky way) to create its head, neck and back. Scorpio shapes the body and Sagittarius the nest and eggs. In this work, Carolyn Briggs (Elder of the Boon wurrung) is cross-referenced with scientific knowledge and the seasonal visibility of the constellation in the sky (only visible at the time when the male emu is sitting on a clutch of eggs - traditionally, the male was not hunted at this time). The constellation is seasonally visible, June, July or August.
Location: North Road Reserve foreshore between Chatsworth Avenue and Glyndon Avenue, Brighton (to the left of the North Road boat ramp).
Genesis by Slavko Tumbas (1999)
The sculpture commemorates the creation of the the City of Bayside.
Location: Cnr Boxshall Street and Carpenter Street, Brighton (near the Brighton Municipal Office and Brighton Library)
Earthenware Mural by Alnis Ansons (c. 1960)
Location: Brighton Council Chambers, 15 Boxshall Street, Brighton
Glassmaking Mural by David and Ruth Turner Waynne Raysen (1988)
Location: Brighton Council Chambers, 15 Boxshall Street, Brighton
The Cloud by Charles Douglas Richardson
A bronze casting of Richardson's female figure, The Cloud, was set into a formal water garden beside the former Brighton Town Hall in the 1980s.
Location: Brighton Municipal Offices Outdoor, 14 Wilson Street, Brighton (garden near Brighton Library)
Ocean View by Basil Burns
Acrylic mural.
Location: Brighton Library, 14 Wilson Street, Brighton (inside the library, on the courtyard wall outside)
Sir Thomas Bent Statue by Margaret Baskerville (1913)
Margaret Baskerville's 2.9m high bronze statue of former Victorian Premier and Brighton Mayor Sir Thomas Bent (1838-1909) was unveiled on Nepean Highway in 1913. The statue is historically significant as the first large public commission given to a woman sculptor in Victoria.
An infamous politician in his time, Bent's tenures in the Victorian Parliament and Brighton Council were punctuated by scandal and allegations of corruption; critics declared he was "Bent by name. Bent by nature". Bent saw nothing wrong in using political power for personal profit, and having invested heavily in real estate he used his public position and local knowledge for personal gain (Donald Trump in a previous life?)
Nevertheless, he remained popular in his hometown, with the Brighton public raising the funds needed to pay for the statue.
Location: Cnr Nepean Highway and Bay Street, Brighton
Hurlingham Park Memorial Plaque
Location: Hurlingham Park (opposite building near 531 Nepean Highway, Brighton East)
Ceramic Mosaic by Colleen Cassar
Location: Could be Brighton Beach Oval, near the corner of South Road and Mair Street or could be the Park at the corner of South Road and Creswick Street, Brighton East
Quartet by Gurney Junee (artist), sculpted by David Glyn Davis (2002)
Sculpture
Location: Landcox Park, opposite Tara Institute, 1 Mavis Avenue, Brighton East
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle or Regret by Basil Burn
Acrylic Illustration
Location: Bayside Depot Waste Transfer & Recycling Centre, 144 Talinga Road, Cheltenham
Artist's Corner by Chrys Philips (1998)
Stoneware Mosaic
Location: Pennydale Park, 28 Olympic Avenue, Cheltenham ??
Pair of acrylic sports murals
Location: Elsternwick Park, Bent Avenue, Brighton
The Elster Creek Pavements Ceramic Mosaics by Tony Hutchison & Hedley Potts (1999)
There are 10 mosaics.
Location: Easter Canal Path, 160 Head Street, Brighton
Twenty Seven Stories
Location: Elwood Canal Walking Precinct, 43 Goldsmith Street, Elwood
The Swimmer by Jeffery Wilkinson
Sculpture
Location: Foreshore opposite 25 Beach Road, Hampton
Ceramic Mosaic by Colleen Cassar (Hampton Street Traders Association) (1998)
There are two ceramics.
Location: 303 Hampton Street, Hampton
Ceramic Mosaic by Colleen Cassar (Hampton Street Traders Association) (1998)
Location: 12 Railway Walk North, Hampton
Ceramic Mosaics by Colleen Cassar (Hampton Street Traders Association) (1998)
There are four ceramics.
Location: Cnr Small Street and Hampton Street, Hampton
Ceramic Mosaic by Colleen Cassar (Hampton Street Traders Association) (1998)
Location: Cnr Thomas Street and Hampton Street, Hampton
Ceramic Mosaic by Colleen Cassar (Hampton Street Traders Association) (1998)
Location: 444 Hampton Street, Hampton (outside Post Office)
The Late Edition by William Eicholtz (2016)
A bundle of newspapers surrounded by seating.
Location: Cnr Thomas Street and Hampton Street, Hampton
Bicentennial Sculpture by Peter Stitt (1988)
Location: Triangle Gardens, Cnr Beach Road and Hampton Street, Hampton
Ceramic Mosaics by Colleen Cassar (Hampton Street Traders Association) (1998)
Two ceramics.
Location: Cnr Crisp Street and Hampton Street, Hampton
Vietnam War Memorial Cross by Han Zabelski (c. 2002)
Location: Basterfield Park, 2B Dane Road, Hampton East (located in lake on tennis court side)
Oil illustrations on Street Light Pole by Deborah Yanz-Boal (1997)
Location: 274 Highett Road, Highett
Oil illustrations on Street Light Pole by Deborah Yanz-Boal (1997)
Location: 324 Highett Road, Highett
Oil illustrations on Street Light Pole by Deborah Yanz-Boal (1997)
Location: Cnr Highett Road and View Street, Highett
Oil illustrations on Street Light Pole by Deborah Yanz-Boal (1997)
Location: 310 Highett Road, Highett (outside Highett Library)
Oil illustrations on Street Light Pole by Deborah Yanz-Boal & John Healy (1997)
Location: 1110 Nepean Highway, Highett
Oil illustrations on Street Light Pole by Deborah Yanz-Boal (1997)
Location: 535 Highett Road, Highett
The Swimmer by Guy and Lenore Boyd (1988)
Sculpture
Location: Cnr Royal Avenue and Bluff Road, Sandringham
Ceramic Mosaic
Location: Cnr Beach Road and Hampton Street, Sandringham (outside gates of Trevor Barker Beach Oval)
Earthenware Mosaic Tiles by Anne Riggs (1999)
Location: In the Sandringham Beach Park, opposite to 83 Beach Road, Sandringham. Mosaic tiles are located on walking and bike paths and are signage for the costal art trail.
Winhover by Lenton Parr (2001)
These abstract ribbon-like steel sculptures which Lenton Parr created in the latter part of his career were described by the artist as three-dimensional calligraphy. In Windhover, a dramatic stainless steel sculpture, there is a representation of cloud, wind and waves. The sculpture's vertical lines and arcs are evocative of the yachts often seen sailing out on the Bay.
Lenton describes 'Windhover' as an abstract sculpture which "for me embodies some spirit of the locality, a suggestion of aspirational ideals and of flight against the wind". The title derives from a poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889).
The sculpture is located on the Sandringham foreshore where is near to where Parr lived.
Location: Sandringham Foreshore reserve opposite the corner of Beach Road and The Crescent. Close to Sandringham rotunda and Sandringham Lifesaving club.
Alan Marshall by George Luke (c. 1980?)
Sculpture
Location: Sandringham Library, 2-8 Waltham Street, Sandringham
Earthenware Mosaics by Sandringham Primary and Secondary College (1999)
There are 6 mosaics.
Location: From Sandringham Lifesaving Club (opposite of 115 Beach Road, Sandringham) to Green Point SLC (opposite 30 Esplanade, Brighton).
Half Moon Bay by Elizabeth Presa (1997)
Location: Bayside City Council Corporate Centre, 76 Royal Avenue, Sandringham
