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List of public art in Tasmania

This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Tasmania, 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.

List

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Year Subject Image Artist Location Notes Ref
1865 Fountain and statue of John Franklin   Franklin Square

42°53′00″S 147°19′49″E / 42.883247°S 147.330191°E / -42.883247; 147.330191

[1][2]
C. 1884   Richard Patterson St David's Park

42°53′07″S 147°19′44″E / 42.885325°S 147.328804°E / -42.885325; 147.328804

One of the lion gate posts at the entrance to St David's Park. [3]
1885 Charles Meredith Monument Fountain   Queens Domain

42°52′34″S 147°20′01″E / 42.876017°S 147.333619°E / -42.876017; 147.333619

[4]
1889 Statue of William Crowther   Mario Raggi Franklin Square

42°53′00″S 147°19′47″E / 42.8833892°S 147.3297775°E / -42.8833892; 147.3297775

[5][6]
1902, 1925, and after 1945 Ross War Memorial   Ross

42°01′52″S 147°29′32″E / 42.030995°S 147.492118°E / -42.030995; 147.492118

A memorial to Albert Fitzallen and World War I and II [7]
1902 and 1904 Launceston Boer War Memorial   City Park, Launceston

41°25′59″S 147°08′32″E / 41.433010101318°S 147.14215087891°E / -41.433010101318; 147.14215087891

South African War Memorial

The stone was laid in 1902, the memorial unveiled in 1904.

[8]
1913 Anniversary Arch   Amos Vimpany Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

42°51′54″S 147°19′48″E / 42.864902°S 147.329899°E / -42.864902; 147.329899

Originally, it was created for the entrance of the Australian Mutual Provident Society's building in Elizabeth Street, at the site of NAB House. After the building was demolished, it was donated to the gardens in 1968 to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the gardens. [9]
1920   Queenstown

42°04′46″S 145°33′19″E / 42.079402°S 145.555158°E / -42.079402; 145.555158

War memorial [10][11]
1922 Statue of Edward VII   Franklin Square

42°53′00″S 147°19′48″E / 42.883217°S 147.329873°E / -42.883217; 147.329873

[12][1]
1924 For God and Country   Close to The Queen Victoria Art Gallery, Launceston

41°26′19″S 147°08′00″E / 41.438625°S 147.133355°E / -41.438625; 147.133355

Launceston Cenotaph [13][14][15]
1924 War memorial Ulverstone   Ulverstone

41°09′28″S 146°10′33″E / 41.157677400005°S 146.175794°E / -41.157677400005; 146.175794

[16]
1925 Hobart Cenotaph   Queens Domain

42°52′38″S 147°20′09″E / 42.877356°S 147.335758°E / -42.877356; 147.335758

A war memorial [17]
1927   Stanley

40°45′42″S 145°17′46″E / 40.761703°S 145.29615°E / -40.761703; 145.29615

War memorial [18][19]
1935 Alfred B Biggs' Observatory Monument   Royal Park, Launceston

41°26′19″S 147°07′55″E / 41.4385391610°S 147.132066567°E / -41.4385391610; 147.132066567

A bronze plaque on a granite plinth [20][21]
1948 Albert Ogilvie   Stanley Hammond Parliament House Gardens

42°53′09″S 147°19′51″E / 42.885963°S 147.330895°E / -42.885963; 147.330895

[22]
1961 Fern Tree Bower   Wellington Park

42°55′04″S 147°14′51″E / 42.917778°S 147.2475°E / -42.917778; 147.2475

Memorial stones commemorate Mayor Henry Cook and the Hobart Town Corporation Waterworks.
1968 Spring Landscape   Stephen Walker
1972 French Memorial Fountain   Stephen Walker Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens

42°51′55″S 147°20′01″E / 42.865168°S 147.33358°E / -42.865168; 147.33358

It is made of Huon Pine, and representing the bow and sails of a French ship.
1978 Launceston Quadrant Mall Well   Quadrant Mall, Launceston

41°26′14″S 147°08′22″E / 41.4372363818°S 147.139467250°E / -41.4372363818; 147.139467250

1979 Journey to Southland   Stephen Walker Salamanca Square Fountain

42°53′15″S 147°19′58″E / 42.887373°S 147.332639°E / -42.887373; 147.332639

Circular concrete fountain containing various bronze sculptural forms.

It was originally located at Risdon Cove.

[23][24]
1983 Monument to early surveyors of Tasmania   Off the Lyell Highway, Bronte Park

42°10′48″S 146°30′06″E / 42.180021°S 146.50156°E / -42.180021; 146.50156

[25]
1988 Bust of Roald Amundsen   Castray Esplanade, Battery Point

42°53′10″S 147°20′06″E / 42.886201°S 147.335058°E / -42.886201; 147.335058

Outside of Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. [26]
1988 The Tasman Fountain   Stephen Walker Salamanca Place

42°53′11″S 147°19′54″E / 42.8863223°S 147.3315884°E / -42.8863223; 147.3315884

[27]
1990 Bright Prospect   Ian McKay Outside the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery on Macquarie Street

42°52′54″S 147°19′55″E / 42.8816468°S 147.3319289°E / -42.8816468; 147.3319289

Bright Steel [23]
1991 Pageant in Time   Stephen Walker Burnie City Council, Burnie

41°03′11″S 145°54′22″E / 41.053103°S 145.906196°E / -41.053103; 145.906196

1992   Stephen Walker Launceston, Tasmania

41°26′09″S 147°08′15″E / 41.4358998370°S 147.137431661°E / -41.4358998370; 147.137431661

It is to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the first publication of The Examiner magazine. [28]
1992 International Wall of Friendship    Rene Rime Collins Street

42°53′08″S 147°19′31″E / 42.8855324°S 147.325343°E / -42.8855324; 147.325343

[29][30]
1994 Huskies Memorial   Dan Tucker Out front of Mawson's Huts Replica

42°52′59″S 147°19′56″E / 42.8830191°S 147.3322631°E / -42.8830191; 147.3322631

Bronze [31]
1996 Fish out of Water   Patrick Hall Elizabeth Street Mall

42°52′55″S 147°19′42″E / 42.8818442°S 147.3283647°E / -42.8818442; 147.3283647

It's a drinking fountain. [23]
1996 Maurice the Pig   Patrick Hall Elizabeth Street Mall

42°52′55″S 147°19′42″E / 42.8818245°S 147.3282929°E / -42.8818245; 147.3282929

[23]
1996 Thompson the Dog   Patrick Hall Elizabeth Street Mall

42°52′54″S 147°19′41″E / 42.8817619°S 147.3281227°E / -42.8817619; 147.3281227

[23]
1998 and 2002 Heading South   Stephen Walker Near Macquarie Wharf

42°52′56″S 147°20′06″E / 42.882247°S 147.334998°E / -42.882247; 147.334998

Bronze

It has several components, including Seals and Penguins unveiled in 1998, and The Bernacchi Tribute unveiled in 2002.

[32]
2002 Stratose   John Smith, Penny Smith, and Milan Milojevic Liffey Falls Conservation Area, Liffey Falls
2002 Sculptures of Great Western Tiers  

 

Paul Noordanus Deloraine These are 7 sculptures from 15 different artists and scattered along the countryside mainly on the sides of Deloraine's main street. They are mounted on old oxygen cylinders. [33][34]
2006 Sculpture of Ronald Campbell Gunn   Peter Corlett City Park, Launceston

41°26′01″S 147°08′34″E / 41.433597564697°S 147.14280700684°E / -41.433597564697; 147.14280700684

Bronze [35][36]
2007 Earth Drill   David Hamilton Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston

41°26′14″S 147°08′02″E / 41.4372511318°S 147.133855454°E / -41.4372511318; 147.133855454

Painted steel [37]
2013 Statue of Eliza Forlong   Peter Corlett Valentine Park, Campbell Town

41°55′42″S 147°29′38″E / 41.928252°S 147.493932°E / -41.928252; 147.493932

[38]
2014 Happy Birthday Mr President xo   Gillie and Marc Salamanca Square, Battery Point

42°53′14″S 147°19′56″E / 42.887299°S 147.332259°E / -42.887299; 147.332259

Bronze [39]
2017 Two Islands   Nigel Helyer Franklin Square

42°53′01″S 147°19′49″E / 42.883536°S 147.330322°E / -42.883536; 147.330322

Timber, steel, lighting and sound technology [40]
2017 Footsteps Towards Freedom   Rowan Gillespie Hunter Street, Macquarie Wharf

42°52′54.74640″S 147°20′8.68200″E / 42.8818740000°S 147.3357450000°E / -42.8818740000; 147.3357450000

It is made of four sculptures commemorate the convict women and their children who were transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). [41]
2021 From the Shadows   Out front of Cascades Female Factory

42°53′39″S 147°17′58″E / 42.8942431°S 147.2993476°E / -42.8942431; 147.2993476

Martha Gregory's statue represents all convict women, especially convict mothers. [42]
St David`s Park Memorial WallsPrint Page   St David's Park

42°53′11″S 147°19′45″E / 42.8863378°S 147.3291665°E / -42.8863378; 147.3291665

This memorial walls are made up of many of the original headstones from the park’s previous life as the Hobart colony’s first cemetery. [43]
1833   Battery Point

42°53′12″S 147°20′05″E / 42.886687°S 147.334659°E / -42.886687; 147.334659

Shoulder-high steel gabions filled with sandstone.

It is a part of the Battery Point Sculpture Trail.

[44][45]
Seahorse   Mures Lower Deck restaurant, Hobart

42°52′56″S 147°20′01″E / 42.882191°S 147.333741°E / -42.882191; 147.333741

It is the restaurant's ornament.
Progress   Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston

41°26′15″S 147°08′00″E / 41.4373950591°S 147.133344925°E / -41.4373950591; 147.133344925

Big Platypus   Australian Axeman's Hall of Fame, Latrobe

41°13′52″S 146°24′07″E / 41.2311513°S 146.4019454°E / -41.2311513; 146.4019454

[46]
Guard Dog   Eaglehawk Neck [47][48]
Children of the World   Keith Smith Penguin General Cemetery 4.5 metes height.

The Penguin community fund-raised to purchase this art piece to celebrate the lives of its many unnamed children.

[49][50][51]
Lascar Monument to Port Arthur massacre   Tarleton Street, Port Arthur

43°08′47″S 147°51′05″E / 43.1464049°S 147.851494°E / -43.1464049; 147.851494

Crest of the Van Diemen's Land Company   Current location of the Metro Cinemas

41°03′06″S 145°54′10″E / 41.0516724°S 145.9027757°E / -41.0516724; 145.9027757

It was originally located on Van Diemen's Land Company building near the Port of Burnie.

Today is displayed outside of the Burnie Regional Museum.

[52]
Burnie Water Sculpture   West Beach in Burnie

41°02′57″S 145°54′20″E / 41.049181°S 145.905563°E / -41.049181; 145.905563

[53]
World Globe   Shropshire Park, Ulverstone

41°09′10″S 146°10′11″E / 41.1527316°S 146.16984220001°E / -41.1527316; 146.16984220001

The globe becomes a visual aid for the written material at the park explaining all the battles that took place for those interested.
Whale   Recherche Bay, Cockle Creek Bronze [54][55]
  Macquarie Street

42°53′06″S 147°19′39″E / 42.8850393°S 147.327409°E / -42.8850393; 147.327409

  Port Latta

40°51′05″S 145°22′43″E / 40.851506°S 145.378475°E / -40.851506; 145.378475

  Penguin General Cemetery

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