Fountains & water features

Water as an element, with its life sustaining properties, dynamic qualities, interaction with light and shifting form, offers limitless possibilities for artists to work with. Our public art collection features many artworks that incorporate water including formal examples and environmental works.

closeup detail of golden cherub statue and water trickling out and urn. Bus sign, street and row houses in the background.
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Steel sculpture rising from the ground consisting of a concertina of screens with the pattern of feathersSculptures
A stone monument at night. The monument has an ornate structure topped with a dome, with several busts and sculptures adorning its sides. It is lit from within.Monuments & memorials
Building painted in fluorescent pink, black and blue geometric diamonds, with the words ‘Always was, always will be‘ is incorporated across the frontageMurals & street art
People walking on top of the Stream artwork, embedded in the paving, the artwork is made up of pink, yellow and blue intersecting, asymmetric diamonds that light up at night. Installations
Bronze cannon painted black on a red base that belonged to the H.M.S. Sirius, flagship of the First Fleet.Artefacts