Mitchell Shire Street and Public Art
There are some sculptures and street art scattered about the Mitchell Shire.
Beveridge
Ned Kelly by Ray McLean
The story of the Kelly Gang, and its dramatic culmination in the siege of Glenrowan in June 1880, is one of the best-known episodes in Australian history.
Born in Beveridge in 1854, Ned was the son of Ellen Quinn and John 'Red' Kelly, an ex-convict from Ireland. Ned was not born into poverty; John had earned enough on the gold fields to buy a small farm and build a home.
Ned attended school at the bluestone Catholic Church where he learnt to read and write and was a bright, active student.
Frederick Hopkins, a fellow pupil, says that Ned: '....was a tall and active lad and excelled all others at school games'. The good times did not last. John began to drink heavily, the family's home was mortgaged and the Kelly's moved to Avenel in 1864. The house that 'Red' built stands on the corner of Kelly and Stewart Streets.
Location: Beveridge Reserve, 110 Lithgow Street, Beveridge
Broadford
Broadford Mural by Blender Balts
Location: Cnr Powlett Street and High Street, Broadford
RSL Ceramic Walls
Location: Memorial Park, High Street, Broadford
Indigenuity Mosaic by Mary Ann Long
Location: Broadford Living and Learning Centre, 158 High Street, Broadford
Kilmore
Kilmore Racecourse Tree Stump Sculptures
The first stump is a horse and jockey. The second stump has people in period clothing barracking for the horse. The third stump is a Scar Tree inspired carving, featuring native animals. The first two carvings are in the north west corner of the racecourse and the third carving is in the north east corner.
Kilmore Racecourse Metal Sculptures
Location: 59 East Street, Kilmore
Community Bank Walking Trail Troll Bridge
Location: Along the Community Bank Walking Trail which starts at 59 East Street, Kilmore
Reflections of Kilmore by Marina Villani & Mosaic Artisans Group
Location: Kilmore Soldiers Memorial Hall, 14 Sydney Street, Kilmore. This mural is inside the building but within the foyer and can be seen from the street through the glass doors.
Horse Sculpture by Sean Diamond
The sculpture signifies the importance of horses in Kilmore's pioneering history in transport, agriculture and leisure.
Location: Kilmore Creek Heritage Art Walk, Sam Gabrielle Reserve, Rutledge Street, Kilmore
Mosaic Garden Art
This mosaic garden was conceived by the students of the town, both local and from away. A mosaic-style composition depicts the sun's rays shining down on the township.
Location: Kilmore Creek Heritage Art Walk, Sam Gabrielle Reserve, Rutledge Street, Kilmore
RSL Mural on building
Location: 1 Powlett Street, Kilmore
Seymour
Seymour 150th Mural by Di Laverie-Grant (1993, updated 2019 & 2021)
Location: Goulburn Park, Progress Street, Seymour
Seymour Police Sculpture
Location: Outside Seymour Police Station, 58 Tallarook St, Seymour
Seymour Train Station Sculpture
Location: Seymour Train Station, Station Street, Seymour
Here Comes the Judge by Steve Wolfe
Location: Next to the Visitor Information Centre, 47 Emily Street, Seymour
Anzac Avenue Rail Underpass Murals by Danny Awes
Location: Anzac Avenue Rail Underpass, Seymour
Koala & Cockatoo Sculpture
Location: Lions Park, Beside Goulburn River, New Crossing, Seymour
Tallarook
Wattle Bird Mural
Location: Main Street, Tallarook
We Scar Many Trees< by Mick Harding (2022)
We, the Taungurung people of this Biik (Country), have been removing the bark from trees to use for various purposes - such as baby carriers, food collection vessels, bark canoes and thatching for our dwellings - for at least 2000 generations.
These carvings symbolise our relationship to the Warring (Goulburn River) and its associated rivers, creeks and Ngarrak (Mountains). These symbols we carve, have been used to articulate our relationship to our Ancestors and Country, as Kulin people for thousands of years.
Along the length of the Great Victorian Rail Trail (GVRT), we have removed the bark from healthy eucalypts, and then carved a message in the sapwood. Each tree we have scarred has marks at the top that represent how our old people cut and scarred their bodies. This is how they demonstrated their relationships to one another. Underneath these marks, are the designs that tell different aspects of our connection to our Biik and each other.
The bark we have removed will be used for different purposes. I will dry and mark the inside of the bark with different motifs to tell stories about our relationship to our Ancestors and Country.
Location: Multiple locations, Art on the Great Victorian Rail Trail. More information about scar trees and their locations
Tooborac
Emus by Steve Wolfe
Location: Northern Highway, Tooborac
Tooborac Recreation Reserve Toilet Block Muurals by by Eric Sesto 2022
Location: Tooborac Recreation Reserve, Northern Highway, Tooborac
Trawool
Nook Sculpture by Donna Marcus (2022)
'Things is crook in Tallarook', an Australian colloquialism, speaks to a time when ?making-do? with great ingenuity and resourcefulness was a necessity.
Nook takes as its starting point the ubiquitous blue and white bowls and mugs, used by itinerant workers and swaggies who built the railway, or wandered along its thoroughfare.
Inspired by the making of cotton-reel bush furniture, fabricated ?bowls? are joined to shape the sentinel forms.
In material, form and pattern, Nook recalls the domestic and the industrial, the railway signage and the metal kitchenware both finished in vitreous enamel by the same Victorian company that has operated continuously since the 1890s.
Nook marks a new beginning, the start of the trail and a restful corner to contemplate earlier paths.
Location: Site A, Art on the Great Victorian Rail Trail, Trawool
Traces Sculpture by Yu-Fang Chi (2022)
Traces explores the forms of native plants, flora, and the environmental impact on this land.
Inspired by the impression of natural elements and local plants, the work responds to the simple, organic shape of a seed as the key, to reveal the idea of growing and transition.
The multiple forms and meanings of plants are essential in the work, which reflects the precious source of lifecycle in nature, as well as transformation through time and season.
Location: Site B, Art on the Great Victorian Rail Trail, Trawool
Wallan
Wallan Eye by Paul Robinson with assistance from students of Wallan Primary School
Location: Near south west corner of Hadfield Park, Cnr Northern Highway & Watson Street, Wallan
Wandong
Stockman by Steve Wolfe with assistance from students of Seymour Technical College & Seymour Special School
Location: Entrance to LB Davern Reserve, 12 Dry Creek Crescent, Wandong
Wombat Carving
Location: Along the Pickett Walk, 3315 Epping-Kilmore Road, Wandong
Ceramic Picnic Table Top by Marina Villani & Mosaic Artisans Group
Location: Lions Park, Epping-Kilmore Road, Wandong
