List of public art in Canberra

This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory.

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.

List

Year Name Image Artist Location Medium Notes Ref
1961 Ethos Tom Bass Civic Square

35°16′53″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2813°S 149.1311°E / -35.2813; 149.1311

Copper The winged female figure symbolises the civic pride of Canberra residents. The fabric of her robe is decorated with emblems and figures representing the community. [1]
1964 Father and Son John Dowie Garema Place

35°16′42″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2783°S 149.1317°E / -35.2783; 149.1317

Dedicated to Sir John Downer.
1967 Play Sculpture David Tolley Commonwealth Park

35°17′21″S 149°08′10″E / 35.2891°S 149.1362°E / -35.2891; 149.1362

Precast concrete with a painted fibreglass finish Consists of seven separate forms arranged to function as both play equipment and as seating [2]
1967 Untitled Bert Flugelman In front of Bruce Hall, Australian National University

35°16′28″S 149°07′01″E / 35.2745°S 149.1169°E / -35.2745; 149.1169

Copper sheeted upright set on mosaic tile basin This fountain is a thoughtful and well-integrated study of the spiralling and radiating movements of water and light. [3]
1968 Two Figures Barbara Hepworth Out front of National Capital Exhibition

35°17′24″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2901°S 149.1312°E / -35.2901; 149.1312

Bronze [4]
1968-1973 Lintel Sculpture Tom Bass Above the front entrance of the National Library of Australia

35°17′48″S 149°07′48″E / 35.2968°S 149.1300°E / -35.2968; 149.1300

Copper It is based on allegorical symbols based on ancient Sumerian and Akkadian seals dating back to 3000 BC. [5]
1970 Sculptured Form Margel Hinder Woden Town Centre

35°20′40″S 149°05′09″E / 35.3445°S 149.0857°E / -35.3445; 149.0857

Aluminium Winner of a competition that invited artists to represent the "metamorphosis of a typical natural Australian environment into complex development for urban use" [6][7]
1970 Virginia Clement Meadmore National Gallery of Australia

35°20′40″S 149°05′09″E / 35.3445°S 149.0857°E / -35.3445; 149.0857

Weathering steel 365 h x 1402 w x 609 d cm, 8164 kg

Cross section 152.25 h cm

[8]
1973 Dreaming Milan Vojsk Between Reserve Bank of Australia and Canberra City Police Station

35°16′50″S 149°07′36″E / 35.2805°S 149.1268°E / -35.2805; 149.1268

Cast bronze figure on natural rock in rectangular pool [9]
1977 Seated Lady Herman Hohaus Commonwealth Park

35°17′18″S 149°08′02″E / 35.2884°S 149.1340°E / -35.2884; 149.1340

From 1978 to about 2000 this sculpture was located at the government offices canteen in Woden, and then moved to Commonwealth Park. [10][11]
1978 Seqvanae Michael Kitching Canberra City Community Health Centre

35°16′41″S 149°07′39″E / 35.2780°S 149.1276°E / -35.2780; 149.1276

Polished stainless steel and red fibreglass Contains symbolic references to health and medicine [12]
1980 Japanese Cherry Tree Grove

Canberra City Community Health Centre

35°17′26″S 149°07′43″E / 35.2906°S 149.1287°E / -35.2906; 149.1287

A gift from the people of Japan presented during a visit in 1980 by Japanese Prime Minister Masayoshi Ōhira. [10]
1981 Wind Sculpture Ernst Fries Intersection of Akuna Street and City Walk

35°16′41″S 149°07′39″E / 35.2780°S 149.1276°E / -35.2780; 149.1276

Stainless steel and painted steel [13]
1981 Eternity John Robinson Petrie Plaza

35°16′48″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2799°S 149.1310°E / -35.2799; 149.1310

Polished bronze ring and black painted steel Cast in Italy and donated anonymously to the people of Canberra in 1981 [14]
1982 Gymnast John Robinson
1983 Edmund Barton Statue Marc Clark Southwest of Edmund Barton Building

35°18′17″S 149°08′03″E / 35.3046°S 149.1343°E / -35.3046; 149.1343

[15]
1985 Holodomor memorial Yurii Denysenko Ukrainian Orthodox Centre

35°16′27″S 149°07′38″E / 35.2741°S 149.1271°E / -35.2741; 149.1271

[16]
1986 Head Bruce Armstrong National Gallery of Australia

35°18′01″S 149°08′10″E / 35.3003°S 149.1362°E / -35.3003; 149.1362

Carved red gum

155.5 h x 90.5 w x 239.5 d cm

[17]
1988 Armillary sphere sundial Hendrik Forster Northwest corner terrace to Parliament Drive

35°16′48″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2799°S 149.1310°E / -35.2799; 149.1310

Sand-cast and polished bronze on a large granite base A gift from the Country Women's Association to the nation for the opening of Parliament House [18]
1988 Eglė the Queen of Serpents Ieva Pocius Glebe Park

35°16′53″S 149°08′10″E / 35.2815°S 149.1361°E / -35.2815; 149.1361

Bronze Refers to a Lithuanian folk tale about Eglė the Queen of Serpents [19]
1988 Illumicube Kerry Simpson Canberra Centre entrance through Ainslie Avenue

35°16′46″S 149°08′07″E / 35.2795°S 149.1352°E / -35.2795; 149.1352

Glass and programmable LED lighting Made from 570 glass bricks [20]
1989 Resting Place of the Dragonfly Mary Kayser Commonwealth Park

35°17′19″S 149°08′02″E / 35.2887°S 149.1340°E / -35.2887; 149.1340

Painted steel Originally exhibited as part of the 1989 Floriade Sculpture Project [21]
1995 Two Piece Reclining Figure No. 9 Henry Moore East corner of the National Library of Australia

35°17′47″S 149°07′51″E / 35.2965°S 149.1308°E / -35.2965; 149.1308

One of nine two-piece sculptures Moore created, starting in 1959 [22][23]
2000 Lola Black Lola Pink Stephanie Burns East entrance of the Canberra Museum and Gallery

35°16′51″S 149°07′50″E / 35.2808°S 149.1306°E / -35.2808; 149.1306

Bronze [24]
2000 Shevchenko's Visions Anatoly Valiev Ukrainian Orthodox Centre

35°16′27″S 149°07′37″E / 35.2742°S 149.1270°E / -35.2742; 149.1270

In honour of Ukrainian writer, poet and artist Taras Shevchenko. Presented to the Ukrainian community in Australia by the city of Kyiv. [25]
2000 Korean War Memorial Anzac Parade

35°17′21″S 149°08′30″E / 35.2892°S 149.1417°E / -35.2892; 149.1417

Commemorates the Australians who served and who died in the Korean War [26]
2001 Cushion Matthew Harding Garema Place

35°16′51″S 149°07′50″E / 35.2808°S 149.1306°E / -35.2808; 149.1306

Stainless steel, polished granite "wedge" plinth, steel inlayed poetry pages A lounging large stainless steel cushion. A poem by Marion Halligan lies on scattered pages on the granite plinth below the cushion to form a tribute to Garema Place. [27]
2001 Casuarina Pods Matthew Harding City Walk, Canberra

35°16′55″S 149°08′01″E / 35.2819°S 149.1335°E / -35.2819; 149.1335

Bronze [28]
2001 Ainslie's Sheep Les Kossatz City Walk, Canberra

35°16′47″S 149°07′56″E / 35.2798°S 149.1322°E / -35.2798; 149.1322

Cast aluminium [29]
2001 Circuitry Fiona Hooton Junction of Alinga Street and Mort Street

35°16′42″S 149°07′49″E / 35.2782°S 149.1304°E / -35.2782; 149.1304

Painted steel [30]
2002 Diamonds Neil Dawson National Gallery of Australia

35°18′00″S 149°08′10″E / 35.2999°S 149.1362°E / -35.2999; 149.1362

Aluminium extrusion, mesh painted with synthetic polymer automotive paints, stainless steel fittings, cables [31]
2002 Vortex David Jensz New Acton Precinct

35°17′05″S 149°07′27″E / 35.2846°S 149.1242°E / -35.2846; 149.1242

Corrugated iron 190 X 210 X 235 cm [32]
2005 Red and Blue

Inge King National Gallery of Australia

35°16′45″S 149°07′39″E / 35.2792°S 149.1276°E / -35.2792; 149.1276

Polychrome steel [33]
2006 ACT Memorial Matthew Harding Ainslie Place

35°16′51″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2808°S 149.1316°E / -35.2808; 149.1316

Dedicated in 2006 [34]
2006 Fractal Weave David Jensz Canberra Theatre Centre

35°16′52″S 149°07′50″E / 35.2812°S 149.1306°E / -35.2812; 149.1306

Two woven curved forms in copper piping and sits on a granite plinth [35][36]
2007 Resilience Ante Dabro Intersection of Binara St and City Walk

35°16′57″S 149°08′02″E / 35.2824°S 149.1338°E / -35.2824; 149.1338

Bronze [37]
2007 Gather Matthew Tobin Intersection of Bougainville Street and Flinders Way, Griffith

35°19′16″S 149°08′01″E / 35.3211°S 149.1336°E / -35.3211; 149.1336

Bronze and mosaic tile These sculptures appear as a group of surreal vegetative forms crowned with oversized seed pods (referencing nearby Liquidambar trees). [38]
2007 Relic Rick Amor Intersection of Childers Street and University Avenue

35°16′44″S 149°07′26″E / 35.2789°S 149.1238°E / -35.2789; 149.1238

Bronze It is a bronze sentinel, an ancient figure borne from distant memory, standing at a nexus of both time and place. [39]
2007 Sculpture No 23 (The Parcel) Alex Seton Corner of West Row and Alinga Street

35°16′42″S 149°07′39″E / 35.2784°S 149.1276°E / -35.2784; 149.1276

Western Australian jade green marble, white marble and resin inlay It is a carved illusion where an everyday object is transformed into and object of art. [40]
2008 Choice of Passage Phil Price Waldorf Arcade, London Circuit

35°16′55″S 149°07′56″E / 35.2820°S 149.1321°E / -35.2820; 149.1321

Polyurethane painted fabricated steel It uses abstract forms to create a sense of balance and poise. [41]
2008 The Big Little Man Dean Bowen Petrie Plaza

35°16′47″S 149°07′53″E / 35.2797°S 149.1315°E / -35.2797; 149.1315

Bronze It provokes interaction and discussion. [42]
2008 Untitled Jean-Pierre Rives 7 London Circuit

35°16′54″S 149°07′30″E / 35.2816°S 149.1251°E / -35.2816; 149.1251

Painted steel Donated to the ACT Public Art Collection by Leighton Properties [43]
2008 Rain Pools Stephen Newton East side of Clare Holland House

35°18′15″S 149°09′08″E / 35.3043°S 149.1522°E / -35.3043; 149.1522

Carved granite It is a series of granite discs that respond to the tranquillity of Lake Burley Griffin. They symbolise circles of support and the bonds of a common humanity. [44]
2008 Dinornis Maximus Phil Price Yarra Glen, Curtin

35°20′00″S 149°05′10″E / 35.3334°S 149.0862°E / -35.3334; 149.0862

Wind kinetic sculpture

11 metre tall

It uses fully-sealed rolling bearing systems designed for longevity and environmental resilience to create "a wind powered ballet in the sky". [45][46]
2009 On the Staircase Keld Moseholm Gorman Arts Centre courtyard

35°16′54″S 149°07′30″E / 35.2816°S 149.1251°E / -35.2816; 149.1251

Bronze, copper It has a philosophical aspect by reflecting on the effect of reading on the spirit - 'the more I read the smaller I feel'. [47][48]
2009 Icarus Jan Brown Garema Place

35°16′46″S 149°07′56″E / 35.2794°S 149.1322°E / -35.2794; 149.1322

Bronze Four bronze figures are inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Icarus. [49]
2009 Vessel of (Horti)cultural Plenty Warren Langley Intersection of Rimmer Street and Marcus Clarke Street

35°16′37″S 149°07′34″E / 35.2769°S 149.1262°E / -35.2769; 149.1262

Galvanised steel, polycarbonate, LED lights The Vessel holds abstracted flowers that are illuminated at night and move with the breeze. [50]
2009 DNA Jonathon Leahey Alexandrina Drive, Yarralumla

35°17′57″S 149°06′37″E / 35.2991°S 149.1103°E / -35.2991; 149.1103

Corten steel, stainless steel It consists of 27 interconnected cubes. [51]
2009 Genesis Ante Dabro 25 Brindabella Circuit, Brindabella Business Park

35°18′55″S 149°11′20″E / 35.3152°S 149.1890°E / -35.3152; 149.1890

The artist describes it as “a symphony of forms and echoes the beginning of time, sensing the site called for a composition of two”. [52]
2009 Young Eagle Qian Jian Hua intersection of Bunda Street and Garema Place

35°16′42″S 149°07′57″E / 35.2784°S 149.1325°E / -35.2784; 149.1325

Bronze It evokes the strength, optimism and freedom of youth - a spirit that can be embraced at any age. [53]
2010 Windstone - A Trail of a Cloud Koichi Ishino Glebe park

35°16′52″S 149°08′05″E / 35.2811°S 149.1348°E / -35.2811; 149.1348

Stainless steel, granite The solidity and surface detail of natural granite is a sharp contrast to the ethereal, mirrored surface of stainless steel. [54]
2010 Cupressus sempervirens Paul Jamieson The lane on the west of New Acton Precinct

35°17′04″S 149°07′28″E / 35.2844°S 149.1244°E / -35.2844; 149.1244

2010 Life Cycle David Jensz Intersection of Bunda Street and Petrie Plaza

35°16′44″S 149°08′00″E / 35.2790°S 149.1332°E / -35.2790; 149.1332

Stainless steel, stone Mixture of stone and steel create a form that is both supple and organic. The double spiral of tightly packed stones is a visual metaphor for a life crammed full of experience. [55][56]
2010 Eran Gloria Thapich National Gallery of Australia

35°18′04″S 149°08′08″E / 35.3011°S 149.1355°E / -35.3011; 149.1355

Aluminium 2.7 meters height [57]
2010 Within without James Turrell National Gallery of Australia

35°18′06″S 149°08′11″E / 35.3016°S 149.1365°E / -35.3016; 149.1365

This Skyspace is a viewing chamber that affects the way we perceive the sky. [58]
2010 Ebb and Flow Matthew Harding Corner of Bunda Street and Genge Street

35°16′39″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2776°S 149.1317°E / -35.2776; 149.1317

Stainless steel It draws in and reflects back the movement and colour of one of Canberra's busiest urban streets. The sculpture appears to be made of liquid and light. [59]
2010 Toku Shinki Kato Lennox Gardens

35°17′53″S 149°07′18″E / 35.2981°S 149.1216°E / -35.2981; 149.1216

Steel, granite, mirror Toku was commissioned to celebrate the 1300th anniversary of Japan’s ancient capital. [60]
2010 Saltimbanque Tim Kyle Kendall Lane, New Acton Precinct

35°17′06″S 149°07′26″E / 35.2850°S 149.1240°E / -35.2850; 149.1240

2011 Modern Man Tim Kyle New Acton Precinct

35°17′05″S 149°07′30″E / 35.2847°S 149.1251°E / -35.2847; 149.1251

2011 Statues of Prime Minister John Curtin and Treasurer Ben Chifley Peter Corlett Intersection of Walpole Crescent and Queen Victoria Terrace

35°18′18″S 149°07′57″E / 35.3049°S 149.1326°E / -35.3049; 149.1326

Bronze [61]
2011 Lady With Flowers Dean Bowen Flemington Road, Gungahlin

35°12′01″S 149°08′57″E / 35.2002°S 149.14911°E / -35.2002; 149.14911

Bronze [62]
2011 A is for Alexander B is for Bunyip C is for Canberra Anne Ross Flemington Road, Gungahlin

35°11′07″S 149°07′54″E / 35.1853°S 149.1318°E / -35.1853; 149.1318

Bronze, Stainless Steel, Glass, Light Inspired by the popular 1972 children's book, The Monster that Ate Canberra by Michael Salmon [63]
2011 The Big Powerful Owl Bruce Armstrong Intersection of Benjamin Way and Belconnen Way

35°14′51″S 149°04′03″E / 35.2475°S 149.0675°E / -35.2475; 149.0675

Cast composite, steel, hardwood, paint It honours the Powerful owl, Ninox strenua, which is the largest owl species in Australasia. [64]
2011 Two to Tango Michael Le Grand Shakespeare Square, London Circuit

35°16′51″S 149°07′33″E / 35.2807°S 149.1257°E / -35.2807; 149.1257

Painted steel It refers to couples or plant shoots reflecting the growth and rise of the city centre and its changing demographic. [65]
2011 bush pack (nil tenure) Amanda Stuart City Walk, Canberra

35°16′44″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2789°S 149.1316°E / -35.2789; 149.1316

Bronze Seven dogs in three groups run down City Walk in the direction of the Civic carousel. The artwork is of an intimate pedestrian scale. [66]
2011 Fenix 2 N/A Latin American Plaza, Childers Street

35°16′38″S 149°07′32″E / 35.2773°S 149.1255°E / -35.2773; 149.1255

Stainless steel Replica of the capsule that rescued 33 trapped miners from the San Jose mine in the Atacama Desert, Chile in October 2010. [67]
2011 Folding Ground Across the In Between (Pink sculpture)

Sky Shard Above the In Between (Blue sculpture)


Jon Tarry Intersection of Moore Street and Rudd Street

35°16′37″S 149°07′40″E / 35.2770°S 149.1279°E / -35.2770; 149.1279 (Pink sculpture)
35°16′36″S 149°07′41″E / 35.2768°S 149.1281°E / -35.2768; 149.1281 (Blue sculpture)

Steel and paint [68]
2012 Robert Menzies statue Peter Corlett Commonwealth Park

35°17′25″S 149°08′04″E / 35.2904°S 149.1344°E / -35.2904; 149.1344

Bronze [69]
2012 Perception and Reality 1 Andrew Rogers Canberra Airport

35°16′52″S 149°14′57″E / 35.2811°S 149.2491°E / -35.2811; 149.2491

Bronze Australia’s largest cast figurative bronze sculpture [70][71]
2012 The Other Side of Midnight Anne Ross City Walk

35°16′50″S 149°07′58″E / 35.2806°S 149.1327°E / -35.2806; 149.1327

Bronze, stainless steel [72]
2012 Chalchiuhtlicue Jesús Mayagoitia Latin American Plaza, Childers Street

35°16′38″S 149°07′32″E / 35.2773°S 149.1255°E / -35.2773; 149.1255

Steel Inspired by the pre-Hispanic stone sculpture of the same name, found at the archaeological site of Teotihuacan, Mexico. [73]
2012 Droplet Stuart Green 23 Furzer Street, Phillip

35°20′32″S 149°05′03″E / 35.3421°S 149.0841°E / -35.3421; 149.0841

Electro-polished 316 grade stainless steel [74][75]
2012 Poets' Corner Cathy Weiszmann Glebe Park

35°16′53″S 149°08′09″E / 35.2815°S 149.1358°E / -35.2815; 149.1358

Bronze and Granite Three bronze busts depicting Canberra-focused Australian poets Judith Wright, A. D. Hope and David Campbell [76]
2012 Dream Lens for the Future Keizo Ushio Vibe Hotel Canberra

35°18′32″S 149°11′16″E / 35.3090°S 149.1878°E / -35.3090; 149.1878

Japanese Granite Carved from a single piece of stone [77]
2012 Journeys Phil Price Entrance to the Canberra Airport

35°18′31″S 149°11′12″E / 35.3087°S 149.1868°E / -35.3087; 149.1868

Wind-activated kinetic sculpture that has 22 moving joints [78][79]
2012 Longitude Matthew Harding Veterans Park

35°16′37″S 149°07′49″E / 35.2769°S 149.1302°E / -35.2769; 149.1302

Granite The artist takes up the concept of emotional separation that service personnel and their families experience during periods of active duty [80]
2012-2014 Big Snake Phil Price Legislative Plaza

35°16′55″S 149°07′54″E / 35.2819°S 149.1316°E / -35.2819; 149.1316

Wind-activated kinetic sculpture.

The identical sculptures have been placed in various places in the world.[81]

[82]
2013 Patria es Humanidad (Our Country is Humanity) Nelson Dominguez Cedeño (with the support of local artist Geoff Farquhar-Still) Latin American Plaza, Childers Street

35°16′40″S 149°07′34″E / 35.2777°S 149.1262°E / -35.2777; 149.1262

Steel, gravel, stone Donated by Cuba [83]
2014 Canberra Centenary Column Geoff Farquhar-Still City Hill

35°16′53″S 149°07′45″E / 35.2814°S 149.1292°E / -35.2814; 149.1292

Stainless steel, granite, glass tiles Inspired by the Canberra Commencement Column [84]
2014 The Encounter Hugo Morales Latin American Plaza, Childers Street

35°16′39″S 149°07′34″E / 35.2776°S 149.1260°E / -35.2776; 149.1260

Steel Donated by the Government of Uruguay and the people of Soriano Province [85]
2020 Undergrazing Sian Watson Hobart Place

35°16′46″S 149°07′34″E / 35.279543°S 149.126064°E / -35.279543; 149.126064

Bronze Inspired by the artist’s long-standing relationship with animals and the landscape [86][87]
2020 Windswept
April Pine Constitution Place

35°16′59″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2831°S 149.1311°E / -35.2831; 149.1311

Weathered steel It depicts the architect of the Constitution of Australia – Andrew Inglis Clark, who was a founding father and co-author of the Australian Constitution. [88]
2021 John Gorton statue Lis Johnson South of John Gorton Building

35°18′09″S 149°08′01″E / 35.3026°S 149.1336°E / -35.3026; 149.1336

Bronze [89]
2022 Big Swoop Yanni Pounartzis Petrie Plaza

35°16′43″S 149°07′55″E / 35.2786°S 149.1319°E / -35.2786; 149.1319

Fibreglass with steel structure Has been commemorated on stamps and coins [90][91]
2022 Duyfken Willem Janszoon Commemorative Park

35°19′50″S 149°07′48″E / 35.3305°S 149.1301°E / -35.3305; 149.1301

2022 Christ child and Saint Christopher St Christopher's Cathedral, Manuka

35°19′07″S 149°07′57″E / 35.3185°S 149.1324°E / -35.3185; 149.1324

Bronze [92]
2024 Ouroboros Lindy Lee National Gallery of Australia

35°18′05″S 149°08′07″E / 35.3013°S 149.1353°E / -35.3013; 149.1353

Recycled stainless steel Commissioned to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the museum [93]
Introspection Ante Dabro Canberra Airport Bronze [94]
Between Innings Gary Lee Price Theatre end of Lyric Lane, Constitution Place

35°16′57″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2824°S 149.1310°E / -35.2824; 149.1310

Bronze Sourced from the United States [95]
Journeys of the Imagination Gary Lee Price 25 Catalina Drive, Majura Park

35°17′56″S 149°11′18″E / 35.2988°S 149.1882°E / -35.2988; 149.1882

Bronze [96]
Flight Keizo Ushio Vibe Hotel Canberra

35°18′32″S 149°11′16″E / 35.3090°S 149.1878°E / -35.3090; 149.1878

[97]
Uluru Line National Museum of Australia

35°17′34″S 149°07′13″E / 35.2928°S 149.1202°E / -35.2928; 149.1202

[98]
Dance of the Secateurs Bruce Radke Commonwealth Park

35°17′18″S 149°07′58″E / 35.2884°S 149.1329°E / -35.2884; 149.1329

Winner of the 1988 Canberra Floriade sculpture award [99]
Kangaroo and Joey Jan Brown Commonwealth Park

35°17′16″S 149°07′56″E / 35.2877°S 149.1322°E / -35.2877; 149.1322

[100]
Skylark Sian Watson East Hotel, Kingston

35°19′09″S 149°08′14″E / 35.3193°S 149.1373°E / -35.3193; 149.1373

steel, cement, sealant, paint 237 x 90 x 40 cm [101]
Zugzwang Philip Spelman Commonwealth Park

35°17′19″S 149°07′57″E / 35.2885°S 149.1324°E / -35.2885; 149.1324

It recalls the carts that carried people to the guillotine during the French Revolution and is named Zugzwang, a chess term that refers to forcing a player into an unwanted move. [102]
Torsional Wave Questacon

35°17′56″S 149°07′52″E / 35.2990°S 149.1312°E / -35.2990; 149.1312

Wind-activated kinetic sculpture. It consists of 25 horizontal bars, suspended vertically by means of a central tensile strap which is, in turn, attached to two parallel columns of spheres. [103]
Ithaca Anne Ferguson The lane on the west of New Acton

35°17′04″S 149°07′27″E / 35.2845°S 149.1243°E / -35.2845; 149.1243

Canberra's Basketball Tree Petrie Plaza

35°17′05″S 149°07′28″E / 35.2847°S 149.1244°E / -35.2847; 149.1244

Time Thief (center to left) & Bowerbird (right corner) Robin Blau New Acton Precinct

35°16′47″S 149°07′53″E / 35.2797°S 149.1313°E / -35.2797; 149.1313

The Astronomer Tim Wetherell Questacon

35°17′54″S 149°07′55″E / 35.2982°S 149.1319°E / -35.2982; 149.1319

Made from the ruins of the Mount Stromlo Observatory, which was destroyed by the 2003 Canberra bushfires [104]
Albert Einstein Questacon

35°17′55″S 149°07′53″E / 35.2987°S 149.1314°E / -35.2987; 149.1314

Unknown 240 Bunda Street

35°20′45″S 149°12′22″E / 35.3457°S 149.2060°E / -35.3457; 149.2060

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