List of public art in Brisbane facts for kids

Brisbane is a vibrant city in Queensland, Australia, filled with amazing art that you can see just by walking around! This page is a list of public art that is always on display outdoors in Brisbane. Public art can be many things, like cool sculptures, impressive statues, special monuments, or colorful murals and mosaics. It's different from art you see inside museums because it's out in the open for everyone to enjoy!

Cool Sculptures to Discover

Sculptures are 3D artworks that can be made from many materials like metal, stone, or wood. Brisbane has lots of unique sculptures all over the city. Here's a list of some you might spot!

Name	Image	Location	Artist	Year
Lion		King George Square	E.F. Kohler, R. Summerhayes and E.S. Taylor	1938
The Banker		Post Office Square	Leonard Shillam	1970
Forme del Mito: Forms of Myth		Edward Street/Turbot Street	Arnaldo Pomodoro	1983
Pelicans		Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank	Leonard and Kathleen Shillam	1984
Offshoot		South Bank	Clement Meadmore	1984
Pelicans		Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank	Leonard and Kathleen Shillam	1984
Sisters		Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank	Ante Dabro	1985
Approaching Equilibrium		Queensland Art Gallery, South Bank	Anthony Pryor	1985
Leviathan Play		South Bank	Ron Robertson-Swann	1985
Continuous Division		Roma Street Parkland	Greg Johns	1988
Plant Form		City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point	Robert Juniper	1988
Morning Star		City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point	Jon Barlow Hudson	1988
Gates of Heaven		King Edward Park	Wendy Mills	1988
Elephant		South Bank Parklands		1988
Gestation		Queen Street	Baile Oakes	1988
The Man & Matter Series		Kangaroo Point Park	Peter D Cole	1992
Anchorage and Passage		Brisbane International Terminal, Brisbane Airport	Ben Trupperbaumer	1995
Crossover Guardians		Kangaroo Point Park	Mona Ryder	1995
Geerbaughs Midden (Section B)		Kangaroo Point Park	Ron Hurley	1995
Beacon		Esplanade, Shorncliffe	Marion Hoad	1996
Bowline		Queen Street	Simon Perry	1996
Net		William Street, Neville Bonner Building	Barbara Heath	1998
City Roos		George Street	Christopher Trotter	1998/99
City Roos		George Street	Christopher Trotter	1998/99
Pride		Charlotte Street/Albert Street	Grant Lehmann	1999
A tree a rock a cloud		Eagle Street	Barbara Heath	1999
The Courier		Charlotte Street	John Coleman	1999
Sundial		Centenary Place		1999
Emporium		Ann Street		2000s
Fish		Chinatown, Brisbane		2000s
Hands		Eagle Street	Sebastian Di Mauro	2003
Guardian		Kangaroo Point	John Dahlsen	2003
The Passenger		Queen Street	Cezary Stulgis	2003
Confluence		George Street	Daniel Templeman	2004
Drift		Charlotte Street	Sebastian Di Mauro	2004
Felix		Mary Street, Brisbane	Terry Summers	2004
Dialogue		Queen Street	Cezary Stulgis	2004
The Witness Box		South Bank	Daniel Templeman	2004
Echoes from the North		Edward Street	Augustine Dall'Ava	2004-5
Steam - 15 geodesic spheres		George Street	Donna Marcus	2006
Industrial Growth		Boundary Road, Richlands	Christopher Trotter	2007
Billow		Esplanade, Shorncliffe	Davis -Thomas	2007
Surge		Esplanade, Shorncliffe	Davis -Thomas	2007
The Guardian		Wharf Street	Cezary Stulgis	2008
Kernel (Falling from Above)		275 George Street	Stuart Green	2009
Wormholes (Section C)		Kangaroo Point Park	Alexander Knox	2009
Pod		Northshore Hamilton, Queensland		2010s
Venus Rising		Kangaroo Point Park, Main Street	Wolfgang Buttress	2011
Eyes Are Singing Out		415 George Street	Yayoi Kusama	2012
The World Turns		Queensland Gallery of Modern Art, South Bank	Michael Parekowhai	2012
Preservation		Kangaroo Point Park	Mel Robson	2013
Confluenza		Roma Street Parkland	Salvatore Di Mauro and Sebastian Di Mauro	2013
Gloria		Teneriffe	Mark Andrews	2013
Feast of the Bon-yi 1		Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha	Bianca Beetson	2013
Feast of the Bon-yi 2		Brisbane Botanic Gardens, Mount Coot-tha	Bianca Beetson	2013
Poinsettia Riverfire		Emma Miller Place, Brisbane CBD	Luke Roberts	2016
The Bull		Edward Street
Big Sister		Eagle Street	John Seward Johnson II
Mirage		Brisbane Arcade, Queen Street Mall	Gidon Graetz
Pelicans		on the old bridge foundations in the Brisbane River, Brisbane CBD	Christopher Trotter
Kangaroo		City Botanic Gardens, Gardens Point
Garden Sculpture		Brisbane Airport
Cicada		South Bank
		Boundary St, Melbourne St and Mollison St intersection West End
Platypus		Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary, Fig Tree Pocket

Famous Statues Around Town

Statues are a type of sculpture, usually of a person or animal. They often honor important figures from history. Brisbane has several statues that tell stories about the past.

Name	Image	Location	Artist	Year
Queen Victoria		Queens Gardens	Thomas Brock	1906
Robert Burns		Centenary Place		1929
George V		King George Square	E.F Kohler, R Summerhayes and E.S.Taylor	1938
Petrie Tableau		King George Square	Stephen Walker (sculptor)	1988
The Drovers		Ann Street	(World Expo 88)	1988 (original)/ 2005 (recast)
Speakers corner		King George Square	Artbusters	1993
Hippocrates		Herston	Phillip Piperides	1996
Children's Memorial		Emma Miller Place	Gavan Fenelon	2004
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky		Sir Thomas Brisbane Planetarium	Sergei Bychkov	2007
Lady Diamantina Bowen		Gardens Point	Phillip Piperides	2009
El Emigrante		Cathedral Square	(World Lebanese Cultural Union)	2010
Confucius		South Bank Parklands	(Ji'nan Municipal Government, Shandong Province, People's Republic of China)	2010
Themis		Courts of Law, George Street		2012
Aurora		Queen Street	Cezary Stulgis	2015
Thomas Joseph Byrnes		Centenary Place
Thomas Joseph Ryan		Queens Gardens	Edgar Bertram Mackennal

Monuments and Memorials

Monuments and memorials are special structures built to remember important events, people, or ideas. They often stand as symbols of history or community values.

Name	Image	Location	Artist	Year
Mooney Memorial Fountain (Firemen Memorial)		Queen Street	William Webster, sculptor	1879
First Free Settlers Monument 1838		Nundah		1938
Tide Recorder		Newstead Park, Newstead		1959
John Oxley Landing Memorial		Newstead Park, Newstead		1983
Resilience		Emma Miller Place	Cida de Aragon and Steffen Lehmann	2007
Q150 time capsule		Gardens Point		2009
Speakers' Corner		George Street		2010
Ken Fletcher Memorial		Tennyson		2013
Sir Charles Kingsford Smith Memorial		Brisbane Airport
Gateway to Victory		Hamilton

See also

• Alphie the Alpha Turtle, a large moveable inflatable floating public artwork