OLYMPIC SWIMMING STADIUM

10-30 OLYMPIC BOULEVARD MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The design of this building was the winner of one of three international competitions held in 1952 to provide stadia for the 1956 Olympic games. Architects Kevin Borland, Peter Mcintyre, John…

FORWARD SURGE

100 ST KILDA ROAD SOUTHBANK, MELBOURNE CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

History Summary Forward Surge was installed on the Victorian Arts Centre Lawn in 1981. Sculptor Inge King made the maquette before receiving the commission to enlarge it from the architect,…

ETA FACTORY

254 BALLARAT ROAD BRAYBROOK, MARIBYRNONG CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The ETA Factory was designed in c1957, and constructed in two stages as the new manufacturing plant for ETA Foods. The building was completed in 1961, and officially opened by the Premier,…

OLA COHN HOUSE

41-43 GIPPS STREET EAST MELBOURNE, MELBOURNE CITY

Victorian Heritage Register

The Ola Cohn House was constructed in 1888 as livery stables but was converted in 1937 to a studio and residence for the sculptor Ola Cohn. The livery stables operated until the late 1920s…

REG PARKER SCULPTURE (UNTITLED 8/73)

266 GOWER STREET, PRESTON, DAREBIN CITY

Darebin City

The sculpture Untitled 8/73 at 266 Gower Street, Preston, by Reg Parker was commissioned by the City of Preston at a time when funding was available from the Australia Council for the Arts.…

June Moon (sculpture)

High Street corner Glenferrie Road MALVERN, Stonnington City

Stonnington City

Paul Juraszek's work is a complec amalgam of diverse influences and styles, including ancient Egyptioan, Greek and Hindu art. His symbolism fuses elements of these religions in a contemporary…

D. Halpern, Ophelia

South Gate Complex, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006 - Property No B3510

National Trust

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AMP Square - AMP Tower, St James Building, plaza & Clement Meadmore 'Awakening' Sculpture

527-555 Bourke Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6315

National Trust

The AMP/St. James square complex, designed in 1963-65 by the San Francisco office of the international architectural firm Skidmore, Owings and Merrill (SOM), was completed in 1969. All…

Anthony Pryor - The Legend Sculpture

Melbourne Cricket Ground, Brunton Avenue,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B6884

National Trust

The monumental size modernist public sculpture was built as the major commission associated with the re-development at the MCG. It is the most important public sculpture that the major young…

Ola Cohn - Fairies Tree - Fitzroy Gardens

Wellington Parade and Landsdown Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B6672

National Trust

As is stated in Ken Scarlett's book, "Australian Sculptors", (1) on page 119, `It may make a very doubtful claim to being called sculpture, but it can without doubt claim more spectators than…

5 Low Relief Panels In Bronze - Pasquale Marinelli

108 Flinders Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6309

National Trust

The relief panels are of local significance on aesthetic, historical and social grounds. Within the City of Melbourne there have been very few commissions for contemporary sculpture and…

Former ICI House, Inge king 'Joie de Vivre' Sculpture & Gerald Lewers Fountain

1 - 4 Nicholson Street cnr Albert Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B5765

National Trust

Statement of Signficance: ICI House, with its concrete encased steel frame and sheer glazed curtain walls, was completed in November 1958, and was hailed as a new symbol of its time. Set on…

Reg Parker - Untitled 8/73' Sculpture - Preston Library

266 Gower Street,, PRESTON VIC 3072 - Property No B6677

National Trust

The sculpture is of Regional significance for artistic and cultural policy reasons. It is an example of classic formalist work by one of the early practitioners of the style in Australia.…

Ian Bow Sculpture - McLelland Gallery

Mc Clelland Drive,, LANGWARRIN VIC 3910 - Property No B7088

National Trust

This cast metal sculpture executed by Ian Bow in 1966 is one of the interesting fringe cases and worthy for that reason of classification at Local level. The work is one of the most public…

Parliament House & Bertram Mackennal Relief Sculptures

110-160 Spring Street,, EAST MELBOURNE VIC 3002 - Property No B0069

National Trust

Parliament House, Spring Street, was erected in stages as follows; two Houses, 1856-57; Library, 1858-60; Queens Hall and Vestibule, 1878-79; West Front, 1885-90; Refreshment Rooms, 1930. The…

Hotel Windsor & John Simpson Mackennal 'Peace & Plenty' Public Art

103-137 Spring Street,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B0423

National Trust

The Windsor Hotel in Spring Street was originally known as the Grand Hotel and later as the Grand Hotel Coffee Palace. The significant portion of the building consists of the main wing…

Akio Makigawa "Under The Obelisk - Sculpture

509 St Kilda Road,, MELBOURNE VIC 3004 - Property No B6345

National Trust

"Under the Obelisk" is significant as a work of public art at state level. Three bluestone obelisks of differing lengths each topped with an undulating white Carrara marble form. The paving…

Inge King "Forward Surge" - The Arts Centre

100 St Kilda Road,, SOUTHBANK VIC 3006 - Property No B6393

National Trust

"Forward Surge" is an imposing work of art on a monumental scale. The four black waves surging towards the City create a rhythmic horizontal flow, which counteracts the strong verticality of…

Michael Meszaros 'Birds' Sculpture

350 St Kilda Road,, MELBOURNE VIC 3004 - Property No B6820

National Trust

Michael Meszaros has produced a great number of medallions and many commissioned three dimensional works, all of a figurative style, but this is the only depiction of birds and the only work…

Arthur Boyd - Ceramic Sculpture, 'Olympic Pylon'

10 - 30 Olympic Boulevard,, MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B6595

National Trust

"Olympic Pylon" is significant at the State level as a unique work of a major artist in a period when there were few commissions for public art. This large ceramic sculpture was produced for…

Burke & Wills Monument - Charles Summers

Swanston Street, (City Square), MELBOURNE VIC 3000 - Property No B4324

National Trust

Charles Summers' monument to Burke and Wills was the first major sculpture commission to be conceived and entirely executed in Australia. Since there were no bronze casting facilities at the…

Karl Duldig Mural

7 Selwyn Street,, ELSTERNWICK VIC 3185 - Property No B6319

National Trust

The ceramic bas-relief on the street facade, stained glass windows and plaques are artistically significant at State level. The artistic decor of the Kadimah provides a rare example of an…

Lenton Parr 'Astra' Sculpture

McClelland Gallery, 390 McClelland Drive,, LANGWARRIN VIC 3910 - Property No B6523

National Trust

"Astra" is significant as being the largest of a group of works by Lenton Parr from the early 1960s that signify an important transition in the artist's work from a style of textured, organic…

Eta Factory & Teisutis Zikaras Sculpture

254 Ballarat Road,, BRAYBROOK VIC 3019 - Property No B5435

National Trust

PUBLIC ART STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Contemporary Australian sculptors received very few commissions in the 1950s and only a very limited number in the 1960s. A commission for a sculpture and…

Dr Arthur Flieshmann 'Aesculapius' Sculpture

Monash Medical Centre, 246 Clayton Road,, CLAYTON VIC 3168 - Property No B6562

National Trust

"Aesculapius" is significant at the Regional level as a rare example of the artist's work in Victoria. Dr Arthur Fleischmann trained in Europe, travelled in Europe, South Africa, USA, South…