Public Art on Private Property Murals Acceptance Conditions
02 May 2022
The Public Art on Private Property Mural concept designs have also been accepted by Council as the final designs, subject to the following conditions:
- Flipping the cod on JC’s Cotton Café 180 degrees so that it faces Dubbo Street and the river, with the name of the fish written in Wayilwan and English;
- The words ‘Royal Mail’ and ‘Cobb and Co’ being included in the Post Office Stagecoach Mural in accordance with the original picture provided by image owner, Outback Pioneer Longreach, with a credit to be acknowledged.
2. The next Committee Meeting will determine a further location and mural theme to be used as a contingency for the Old Federal Theatre location to allow completion of the project before 30 June 2022.
3. The Collie Tennis Court Wall Mural will be amended to a scene showing Hereford cattle and Merino sheep grazing, with the Marthaguy Creek in the background; and
4. The Nevertire Park Mural will remain the same theme as its concept design, without the inclusion of rolling hills with young children, as well as a move away from abstract art to be between abstract and lifelike imagery.