Bland Shire Art Trail

Wyalong Weethalle Bland Shire Ungarie True Blue Poppet Head Silo Art Big Footy Cooinda Reserve Neeld Street Mid Western Highway Bing Wallder Park, Wollongough The original True Blue Poppet Head Grain storage silos right across Australia have long been Street was located underneath the motel considered an iconic part of the landscape to those who Art Trail The 800-kilogram fiberglass replica of that name, True Blue Motel in reside in rural communities. Built in 1930, the original Sherrin stands proudly in Bing Main Street, Central Wyalong. The concrete silos in Weethalle have a 2400 tonne capacity and Wallder Park as a permanent mine was operational from January Bland Shire is rich in history, culture and art. stand at a whopping 21 metres high by 31 metres wide. tribute to Ungarie and Australia's 1894, ceasing production in 1920. Standing tall in the main street of Weethalle, the silo provided most famous footballing family - The mine shaft head was recreated From the stunning Weethalle Silo art to Mirrool’s the Danihers. Ungarie born and in Cooinda Bushland Reserve on the perfect canvas for the stunning large scale public art mural that was completed by renowned Melbourne based Horsing Around mural not forgetting the biggest football bred Terry, Anthony, Neale and the town’s centenary together with a Chris Daniher are legends of replica of a miner’s hut. The first street artist Heesco in June 2017. in Australia and the many murals and sculptures in West Wyalong, there is art to be admired for every age group. Australian football and to this day bark hut was erected in Wyalong in 1893 in the middle of what remain as the only set of four is now Neeld Street. After selecting 2,500 acres of land in the The large scale mural is a tribute to the rich Local artists' work is also on display with glass making, district, the hut was built by George Neeld who was soon joined agricultural heritage of the small community of Weethalle and brothers to step onto the field together in an AFL/VFL by his brothers Joseph, Ernest and Harry and his father Fred the surrounding Bland Shire communities. While visiting the painting, drawing, photography, sculpture and much premiership match. Neeld – one of the early colonists who later became a pioneer small Weethalle community why not take advantage of the more, at different outlets within the Bland Shire. of the Wyalong goldfields. camping and caravan facilities located at the Weethalle Ungarie World Globe In recognition of its significance to the history of the district, a showground and stop at the iconic Whistlestop Cafe for a Self Guided Art and Sculpture Trail Ungarie Street replica of 'Neeld’s Hut' was reconstructed as part of the coffee and delicious Devonshire Tea. The Giant Globe standing tall in the Wyalong Centenary celebrations in 1994. Ungarie RSL Park in Ungarie Street was created and meticulously painted Replica Malleefowl Nest by artist, Simon White. Cooinda Reserve, Neeld Street This Globe depicts theatres of war The Malleefowl is listed as vulnerable under the Environment where Ungarie servicemen and women Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, with only a have served from the Boer War in the handful of known populations remaining in the Riverina region. 1890's until present day -highlighting The National Malleefowl Recovery Team (NMRT) oversees the significance of Ungarie in these recovery activities, providing input into management Australia's war history. techniques and future planning. Ungarie War Murals Junk Art Sculptures Ungarie Street Cooinda Reserve, Neeld Street Artist Simon White painted his longest, and what he calls, There are some Junk Art sculptures placed along the walking his most important mural in Ungarie, NSW. It was for the track in Cooinda Park made by various artists. Panels explain Ungarie War Memorial Park and honours those who served what the artwork is about in wars - from the Boer War to current conflicts. In Simon’s own words from his Facebook page: ‘The more I Mirrool paint these people, the more their expressions and body Horsing Around Mural language are affecting me. It makes me think - wow, I’ve RFS Shed, Hill Street done nothing for my country compared to our ancestors. I’m Zest International artist Anton forever grateful’. The mural is more than 60 metres long, Pulvirenti created the with 46-50 different images from the wars. The project was "Horsing Around" mural in in the works for a year and Simon took about 3 weeks to Mirrool. The mural is located on finish the paintings. the Rural Fire Service Shed adjacent to Sunshine Park and West Wyalong Visitors Information Centre the historic Royal Hotel Mirrool. 6 Shire Street People are encouraged to interact with the mural by posing in front of it to create the illusion they are trying to get out the way West Wyalong, NSW of the running horse. Phone: (02) 6979 0272 West Wyalong HOPE Art Sign Big Bull Mural McCann Park, Main Street WEST WYALONG Country Hope have developed an initiative to bring hope to West 192 Main Street Wyalong. Locals and visitors are encourage to add their lock with Anton Pulvirenti completed this stunning 3D murals in West a message if preferred. Wyalong. Zest International artist Zac Craig painted the Bland Bull mural on the Splatter Gallery wall in October 2019. 4 People are encouraged to interact with the mural by posing in Local Aboriginal Land Council Art Mid Western Highway 76 Main Street Park Street front of it to create the illusion they are either being chased or Grenfell Street have been thrown off the bull. West Wyalong's Main Street To explore Wiradjuri art and culture, visit was shaped around an old bullock track. the West Wyalong Aboriginal Artifact Operator Street Shop. 5 Of particular interest is the magical Main Monash Street meeting place — the Bai-Yai Room with Bland…. But Not Boring Selfie Frame 3 St a full mural and ceiling painted by 2 Lions Park, Newell Highway Gordon Waye, Dan Goodwin and 7 1 Reg Rattey In 2012 Bland in NSW has teamed up with Dull in Scotland Graham Nolan representing the 6 and Boring in Oregon to form the League of Extraordinary 1 2 Douglas DC3 Aboriginal culture. Communities. 3 Bland...But Not Boring Darren Cooper painted a mural in the Golden Street 8 Boring has a population of Selfie Frame office area and the outside of the Heavy Vehicle Bypass about 10,000 while Bland Shire building was painted by Pip Parkes and members of the Court Street 4 Chainsaw Tree Art has about 5955 people and community. 5 HOPE Metal Art Sign Dull just 84 at last count. Bland and Boring are both named 6 Big Bull Interactive Mural after early residents of the area Reg Rattey 7 Russell Drysdale – William Bland and William Reg Rattey Drive Newell Highway 8 Local Aboriginal Land Boring – and Dull is believed to Reg Rattey (28 March 1918 – 10 January 1986) was an Council Art have got it’s name from the Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for Church Street 9 Skate Park Art Pictish word for field. gallantry "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to members of the British or Commonwealth armed forces. Chainsaw Tree Art – Malleefowl and Wedge He was one of 20 Australians to receive the award for their actions during the Second World War, while serving with the 25th Tail Eagle Battalion during the Bougainville Campaign in 1945. After the McCann Park, Main Street war, Rattey ran a farm near West Wyalong. The McCann Park Tree Sculpture is a large scale artwork in McCann Park which has added significantly to the Bland WYALONG Shire’s emerging art trail. One of the world’s best chainsaw Russell Drysdale Easel carvers, Brandon Kroon Sculpture 85 Main Street from Melbourne created a West Wyalong is a 1949 painting by spectacular wooden sculpture Australian artist Russell Drysdale. The Copeland Street from a Redgum tree stump in painting depicts the main street of the UNGARIE Cooinda Reserve New South Wales town of West West Wyalong’s McCann Park. Big Footy 1. True Blue Poppet Head The sculpture showcases two Wyalong, with its characteristic bend. Bing Walder Park 2. Junk Art 1 local birds, the Wedge Tailed Curator of the Art Gallery of New South 3. Replica Malleefowl Nest 2 Eagle and the Malleefowl out Wales, Barry Pearce, stated that it was of the very tough timber, using one of Australia's ten greatest Ungarie Mural 3 a chainsaw. paintings. Cooinda Reserve The painting was conceived when Ungarie Globe Neeld Street Drysdale accompanied his friend—the Newell Douglas DC3 Wollongough Street Highway Lions Park, Newell Highway barrister, and later Justice John s Nagel—on a trip to West Wyalong. Condamine Street The Wetlands Located in Lions Park on the Ungarie Street Newell Highway in West Wyalong the DC3 is parked proudly e bypas Skate Park Art icl in it’s final resting place. h McAllister Oval, Park Street e Built in 1943 in Oklahoma City, the plane was donated to the y v The West Wyalong Skatepark is looking a lot more colourful as a av West Wyalong Lions Club who made it a striking feature in e Lions Park. result of the fantastic street art mural painted by artist Styles 400. H