Wallumi Wind Sculpture

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Artist/CreatorSusan MilneGreg StonehouseChris TobinDate Created completed in 2011DescriptionOne element of a greater riverside reinvention project, the Wallumai Wind Sculpture, contributes to bringing Aboriginal voices and history back to the area. The City of Ryde appointed a public art team lead by artists and public art consultants Susan Milne and Greg Stonehouse working with Aboriginal artist Chris Tobin to capture a vision for a river-walk project paying tribute to the city’s indigenous heritage. Aboriginal for “snapper,” the Wallumai Wind Sculpture celebrates the importance of the fish for local indigenous groups. Located along the Parramatta River, the work refers to the rich natural environment once enjoyed by Aboriginal people and early Europeans before the river was exploited.

Three wallumai sit high off the ground atop metal structures on the riverbank. Taking the iconic and easily identifiable shape of a snapper, the fish have smooth heads and glistening bodies constructed from a formation of sequined scales. The sculptural wind vanes turn with the breeze and their shimmering scales reflect their surroundings and the shifting weather conditions. Placed together as a school of fish at different heights and dimensions, they offer continuously changing views of the water, land, and sky. Sometimes the fish appear to swim in the river, at others they turn inland with the breeze, connecting land and water and their comingling of historiesUseful LinksInstitute for Public Art

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LocationYaralla RoadSuburbPutneyCoordinates^[1]

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KeywordWind vanesSubjectsWallumi Wind SculptureSteel sculpture--New South Wales--PutneyWallumedegal (Australian people)Stories of RydeThe Wallumedegal: custodians of Ryde's first history

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