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The Old Commercial Hotel mural depicts a crop of of crop a depicts mural Hotel Commercial Old The You’ll find parking, a viewing platform and visitor visitor and platform viewing a parking, find You’ll Council Inc. A myriad of different exhibitions are are exhibitions different of myriad A Inc. Council

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building, proudly managed by the Texas Arts Arts Texas the by managed proudly building, a stunning Western Queensland sunset. sunset. Queensland Western stunning a

You’ll find this gallery in the Texas Cultural Centre Centre Cultural Texas the in gallery this find You’ll

community. All of this is set against the backdrop of of backdrop the against set is this of All community.

but also the attention of most visitors. most of attention the also but

scarred tree that recognises Thallon’s Indigenous Indigenous Thallon’s recognises that tree scarred

captures not only a piece of Inglewood’s history, history, Inglewood’s of piece a only not captures

Artist: Various

rosellas, the district’s agricultural heritage and a a and heritage agricultural district’s the rosellas,

when it was located across the river. The artwork artwork The river. the across located was it when

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These include the Moonie River, pale-headed pale-headed River, Moonie the include These

is based on a photograph of the pub from 1910, 1910, from pub the of photograph a on based is

compilation of images by local photographers. photographers. local by images of compilation

The 28-metre mural on the wall of the Royal Hotel Hotel Royal the of wall the on mural 28-metre The

It depicts icons of the Thallon district using a a using district Thallon the of icons depicts It

ROYAL HOTEL ROYAL

community’s ability to overcome adversity. overcome to ability community’s

Fergie (‘The Zookeeper’) and Travis Vinson (‘Drapl’). (‘Drapl’). Vinson Travis and Zookeeper’) (‘The Fergie

symbol of renewal, it represents the Texas Texas the represents it renewal, of symbol

Thallon GrainCorp Silos in July 2017 by artists Joel Joel artists by 2017 July in Silos GrainCorp Thallon Artist: James Ellis James Artist:

Reflecting the image of a phoenix, the universal universal the phoenix, a of image the Reflecting

‘The Watering Hole’ mural was painted on the the on painted was mural Hole’ Watering ‘The

PUB MURALS MURALS PUB

water birds that appeared following the floods. floods. the following appeared that birds water

Artist: Drapl and The Zookeeper The and Drapl

The sculpture was influenced by the abundance of of abundance the by influenced was sculpture The

SILO ART SILO

INGLEWOOD

C to the devastating 2011 floods. 2011 devastating the to

The ‘Spirit of Texas’ was commissioned in response response in commissioned was Texas’ of ‘Spirit The

THALLON

Artist: Jamie Sargeant Jamie

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OUTSIDE THE REGION THE OUTSIDE

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VISITOR GOONDIWINDI REGION INFORMATION CENTRES GOONDIWINDI Open Monday to Sunday 45 Bowen Street, Goondiwindi P 07 4671 7474 E [email protected]

INGLEWOOD Open Monday to Friday Civic Centre, Main street of Inglewood P 07 4652 0270 E [email protected]

TEXAS Open Monday to Saturday High Street, Texas P 07 4653 1384 or 0448 762 016

REGIONAL ART GALLERIES GOONDIWINDI Open Monday to Sunday 100 Marshall Street, Goondiwindi P 07 4671 7400 E [email protected]

TEXAS Tuesday to Friday 10am – 2pm Saturday 10am – 1pm 46 High Street, Texas P 07 4653 2614 E [email protected]

This brochure was funded by The Regional Arts Development Fund in a partnership between the Queensland Government and Goondiwindi Regional Council to support local arts and culture in regional Queensland. grc.qld.gov.au/visit grc.qld.gov.au/visit GOONDIWINDI REGION STREET ART NUNGWAI 6 Artist: James Ellis Artist: Angus Wilson

QUEENSLAND HOTEL 2 COAT OF ARMS (AUSTRALIA) James Ellis has created a number of street murals Built in 2014, the ‘Coat of Arms’ is a huge, iconic around Goondiwindi, including at the Queensland sculpture that marks the entrance to Goondiwindi Hotel. James was asked to represent the Sunshine from the Cunningham Highway. Artist Angus Wilson State with a giant cane toad on one side of the is a Goondiwindi local who has a love of re-using building, and a piece highlighting the hotel’s old materials and breathing new life into them as legendary ‘Snake Pit’ on the other. pieces of sculpture. Look out for several of Angus’s distinctive works across the region. ROYAL HOTEL 1 A GOONDIWINDI James worked with O’Shea’s Royal Hotel on this HOLY TRINITY CHURCH 3 ONCE UPON A TIME Beside the ‘Coat of Arms’ you’ll find ‘Once Upon iconic Aussie concept: a kangaroo enjoying a Artists: Alfred Handel, William Bustard, Martin Van schooner of ice-cold beer on a hot day, against a a Time’, a 2019 sculpture that further celebrates 4 der Toorn, Jerry Cummins & Jill Stehn LANESCAPE backdrop of a bush sunset. the artistic transformation of old objects. The Artists: Various. For a full list of professional artists, The Holy Trinity Church is home to 26 handmade surrounding birds are Australia’s infamous white 2 visit: www.lanescape.com.au/artists GUNSYND MOTOR INN stained glass windows, 13 of which were created by Ibises; the words ‘Once Upon a Time’ were crafted As James was driving through town, he noticed the famous glass artist, William Bustard. Their true beauty in collaboration with local school students, who Since its inception in 2018, Lanescape Inc has blank wall of the Gunsynd Motor Inn and decided is put on display in ‘Life through a coloured Window’. painted each letter prior to their installation. transformed the streetscape of Goondiwindi and to approach the owner about the possibility of Just as light illuminates the colours on the stained turned several small lanes into mammoth works bringing the wall to life. They agreed, and James glass window, the book shines light on the colourful 3 of public art. Each year, the group commissions painted Gunsynd - the Goondiwindi Grey and lives of the people celebrated throughout its pages. LEVEE BANK MONUMENT and leads the creation of new public artworks Australian icon - on a vibrant outback backdrop. Artist: Jamie Sargeant throughout the town’s CBD - slowly but surely creating a public art trail across Goondiwindi. GOONDIWINDI ART GALLERY 8 The original levee was built in 1956 and has since 3 WATER TANKS – MCLEAN STREET ‘saved the town umpteenth times since then’ The project features works by major national and Artists: Various international artists - including Ian Tremewin, LEANS, Artists: Tanya Kirkegaard, Cheryl Moggs, (Graeme Scheu, Mayor 2008-2020). The monument Scott Maxwell, Kate Owen and Sarah Sculley - as Karlene Duncan & Ian McCallum The Goondiwindi Art Gallery is located within the pays tribute to the bridge’s construction and wraps well as art by local schools and community groups. local library and holds new exhibitions every six around the ‘Tree of Knowledge’, the traditional CELEBRATION MURAL weeks. These exhibitions range from local projects meeting place of the locals during times of flood. Along with major painted murals and sculptures, This mural aimed to engage and inspire Indigenous to collections from professional artists, and are look out for some smaller artworks hidden community artists from both the Bigambul and always worth a visit. throughout Bowen Lane. This trail is perfect for Kamilaroi people in celebration of NAIDOC week RIVER SCULPTURES 7 For opening hours and exhibition listings, visit: families - see how many different artworks you can and in response to the ‘Connecting Country and www.grc.qld.gov.au/visit/art-galleries Artist: Angus Wilson find in the laneways! People’ project. The creativity culminates every year in October The word ‘Goondiwindi’ is believed to stem from A WONDERFUL BIRD IS THE PELICAN 5 during ‘Lanescape Festival’, a family-friendly and the Aboriginal word ‘Goonawinna’ and translates THE BIG COD Built in 2018, the sculpture captures a memory of the fun-filled evening that officially opens the year’s as ‘the resting place of the birds’. This mural - Artist: Natureworks artist’s childhood, when his mother would read him new art additions. Celebrations include street and many other artworks in the town - depicts the poem ‘A Wonderful Bird is the Pelican’ before Don’t let this one get away! This whopping 6.5m performers, interactive art workshops and plenty of Goondiwindi’s special relationship with birdlife lights out. The body of the bird is an old water pump food and drink - if you’re in town, don’t miss out! tall fibreglass Murray Cod was constructed in through the brolga, emu, totem and waterhole. bought at a local cotton farm clearing sale. For more information, visit: www.lanescape.com.au celebration of the Lion Club’s 50th anniversary.

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C Warwick Weengallon Bungunya MACINTYRE COD FOSSIL A The artist says he had no particular plan for this B Inglewood 15 piece, rather his ideas grew from his available Toobeah 42 materials. The fish skeleton took shape out of old E Talwood A89 scrap metal and farming equipment, and then the Goondiwindi idea of the fossil developed. Angus stated that he Yelarbon QUEENSLAND Thallon Boggabilla had great support from his family and the many Stanthorpe members of the local community who got involved to bring this project to life, so he offered his work to D the town as he believed the banks of the Macintyre 46 15 would be its perfect resting location. Texas 89

GOONDIWINDI PILLARS 3 Mungindi A39 Artist: Chris Mackenzie

NEW SOUTH WALES SOUTH NEW Sculpted in 2001 as part of a project for the Centenary of Federation in Goondiwindi, the design focuses on images of water birds and A15 stylised depictions of water and rain. The pillars GOONDIWINDI AERODROME encapsulate the relationship Goondiwindi holds 6 between its township and the Macintyre River.

GOONDIWINDI SHOWGROUND GOONDIWINDI B BOTANIC GOONDIWINDI YELARBON GARDENS GOLF CLUB A5

RIVER WALK Lagoon St GRAINCORP SILOS AT YELARBON GOONDIWINDI RACECOURSE Artists: Brightsiders

MACINTYRE RIVER One of the biggest silo artworks in Australia, A39 ‘When the Rain Comes’ conveys a sense of

Albert St optimism and hope for the future, while 7 1 8 2 Marshall St taking cues from the rich history 4 3 of the community. The young 5 RIVER WALK boy sets paper boats afloat on the Yelarbon Lagoon,

Goondiwindi Gunsynd Way symbolising the ingenuity A39 and craftsmanship of the

Kildonan Rd town’s industries, past and present, that have carved

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