Kangaroo Emblems and Popular Culture - Public Art and Sculpture

Public Art and Sculpture

Kangaroo motifs have been used as a form of public art.

Notable examples include:

  • Victorian lamp post (1880) in front of the Royal Exhibition Building at the Carlton Gardens in Carlton, Victoria
  • Petrie Tableaux sculpture (1989). In front of Brisbane City Hall at King George Square by Stephen Walker
  • Perth kangaroo sculptures (1996, 1997 & 2000). St Georges Terrace, in several locations, Perth, Western Australia, by Anne Neil, Joan Walsh-Smith, Charles Smith
  • City Roo sculptures (1999). George Street, Brisbane, Queensland - made from scrapmetal by Christopher Trotter
  • Eastern grey kangaroo sculpture in the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens
  • Kangaroo and joey sculpture at Queens Park in Ipswich, Queensland
  • Kangaroo ornaments on a Victorian lamp post at the Royal Exhibition Building

  • Petrie Tableaux sculpture in front of Brisbane City Hall

  • One of the City Roo sculptures in George Street, Brisbane

  • Eastern Grey kangaroo sculpture in the Brisbane City Botanic Gardens

  • Kangaroo and joey sculpture at Queens Park in Ipswich, Queensland

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