Public Art Work, 'Wombat' - Miriam Porter. 2013, 2012 - 2013

'Wombat', Miriam Porter 2013 - Photo Tim Burder

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Historical information

Commissioned by the Friends of Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens and gifted to the Hepburn Shire in 2012.

Significance

Historical Significance - In 1848, Irish immigrant John Egan took up land on the future town site then known as Wombat Flat. He and a party of searchers found alluvial gold in 1851 on ground now covered by Lake Daylesford initiating the local gold rush. Other finds quickly followed. With the finding of alluvial gold a town site was surveyed and founded in 1852. Initially called Wombat, it was renamed Daylesford.

Cultural and Artistic Significance - Miriam Porter's 'Wombat' is a symbol of the Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens where visitors and locals alike love being photographed.

Physical description

Large scale solid redgum wombat sculpture.

Inscriptions & markings

Artist intends to sign the work with 'M' on one leg.

Subjects

References

'Friends of Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens' Autumn 2013 Newsletter Page 8 article about the installation of 'Wombat' at the Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens in May 2013.
Miriam Porter's 'Wombat Seat' in front of the Daylesford Police Station July 2013 Facebook photograph of Miriam Porter's 'Wombat Seat' outside of the Daylesford Police Station, July 2013
'Wombat on plank' - photograph of the finished work by the artist Photograph of 'Wombat' by Miriam Porter prior to installation at the the Wombat Hill Botanical Gardens

Identifier

0007

Date made

2012 - 2013

Place made

51 Duke Street, Daylesford, Hepburn Shire, Victoria , Australia

Materials

Redgum

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Victorian Collections

https://victoriancollections.net.au/items/56d575022162f11c38dab96d

Accessed 21 December 2024

This record was last updated 7 years ago

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