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Archaeology of Bathing

Golden Water Mouth Tree

Yurong Water Garden

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Sculpture

Archaeology of Bathing

Artwork by Robyn Bracken traces elements of former ladies baths at Woolloomooloo. A floating jetty and marine piles mark tidal change, the stair cage and portal frame reflect on the enclosed spaces associated with early bathing machines.

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Golden Water Mouth Tree

Sculpture created by Lin Li from a dead Yellow Box tree with 23 carat gold leaf and terracotta tile to mark the entry to the symbolic village of Chinatown. This artwork incorporates Shui Kou elements of wood, water, earth and gold together with native Australian species. It evokes memories of the Chinese arrival in Australiaâ€”the â€New Gold Mountain.

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Lotus Line

Water sculpture in Redfern Park of cast stainless steel and bronze lotus flowers.

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Passage

This installation in Martin Place created by Anne Graham in 2001 for the Sydney Sculpture Walk. The walls of early Georgian houses are traced with inlaid black granite and stainless steel grilles. The three bronze bowl fountains represent washrooms at the rear of the houses.

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Sacrifice

Sculpture which forms the central motif of the Anzac War Memorial's design. It comprises 'the recumbent form of an Anzac whose soul has passed to the Great Beyond, and whose body, borne aloft on a shield by his best beloved - mother, sister, wife and child - is laid there as a symbol of that spirit which inspired him in life, the spirit of Courage, Endurance and Sacrifice'.

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Yurong Water Garden

Sculpture and environmental artwork by Anita Glesta inspired by the Yurong Creek that once ran from the edge of Cook and Phillip Park through the mangrove swamps down into Woolloomooloo Bay. Roughly hewn boulders of sandstone, reflecting its natural and cultural heritage, and original pavers from the former park have been arranged to form a course for the creek which flows down three terraces of gardens retracing the path of the original.

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