Mundaring Sculpture Park

Author

Shire of Mundaring

Place Number

08577

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Location

Jacoby St Mundaring

Location Details

Includes: landscaped park containing 9 pieces of artwork, CWA Rest Room, rotunda, playground, amphitheatre, former station master's house and Scout Hall

Other Name(s)

Mundaring Community Park
Mundaring Railway Station & Railway Reserve

Local Government

Mundaring

Region

Metropolitan

Construction Date

Constructed from 1898, Constructed from 1995

Demolition Year

N/A

Statutory Heritage Listings

Type	Status	Date	Documents	More information
Heritage List	YES	08 Mar 2016
State Register	Registered	28 Nov 2003	Register Entry Assessment Documentation	Heritage Council

Heritage Council Decisions and Deliberations

Type	Status	Date	Documents
(no listings)

Other Heritage Listings and Surveys

Type	Status	Date	Grading/Management		More information
Type	Status	Date	Category	Description	More information
Municipal Inventory	Adopted	22 Apr 1997	1 - Exceptional significance	1 - Exceptional significance Rare or outstanding example; essential to the heritage of the locality Expectations: The place should be retained and conserved. Any alterations or extensions should reinforce the significance of the place and be in accordance with a Conservation Plan if one is in place.
Classified by the National Trust	Classified	12 May 2003			Heritage Council

Child Places

08531 Mundaring Station Master's House

Statement of Significance

The Mundaring Sculpture Park has very high aesthetic, social and historic significance for the State and the Shire of Mundaring for its unique arts concept, associations with prominent Local, State and Nationally recognised artists; and with the history of the railways.

Physical Description

The Mundaring Sculpture Park is located among the trees on the railway reserve at the southern boundary of the town centre. Numerous sculptures from prominent State and local artists are strategically placed throughout the reserve in the naturally landscaped park setting complimented by a performance ampitheatre space centred on the old railway line itself is now part of a continuous walk/bridle trail throughout the Shire and forms a linear axis for the Sculpture park.

History

The linear sculpture park, which occupies a small section along the route of the original Eastrn Railway Reserve in Mundaring, is an ongoing project which was officially opened as part of the Bicentennial celebrations on 11th September 1988. The main conceptual design for the park arose from a report prepared in 1984, for the Mundaring park Committee, by architct Ross Donaldson and landscape architect Phil Palmer, with the assistance of artist Trevor Woodward. The Committee, now headed by Ross Donaldson, included various Community Arts Officers, members of the Mundaring Arts Board, Shire of Mundaring, Mundaring Ratepayers Associaition and Andra Kins, who later became the Executive Director of the Crafts Council WA. Initially the artists represented in the park were Hans Arkeveld, Ron Gomboc, Richard Fry, Peter Dailey, Jon Tarry and Stuart Elliot, whose vandalised tourist figures were restored on site in June 1990. In 1989, on the embankment opposite the former Mundaring Railway Platform, work began on the ampitheatre. Nearby, a signal sculture acknowledging the site's railway heritage and designed by Alan Clark, was opened in 1990. Since then, two sound sculptures, one by Ron Sims (1992) and one by Nola Farman (1995) have been added to the park. Since it's opening in late 1988, the park has gained Australia wide recognition for it's community arts focus. The importance of the sculptures has been recognised in the renaming of the park to Mundaring Sculpture Park.

Integrity/Authenticity

Integrity: Very High

Condition

Very Good

Associations

Name	Type	Year From	Year To
Phil Palmer	Architect	-	-
Ross Donaldson	Architect	-	-
Trevor Woodward	Architect	-	-
Andra Kins	Architect	-	-

References

Ref Name	Ref Source	Ref Date
Echo; "A Day in the park".p.12		28/8/1988
Echo; :"A Seat in the park".		17/7/1988
'Take a fresh look-they're unreal'. p.34	West Australian	8/9/1988
I Elliot; ibid p. 117
Donaldson Smith Architects & Urban Designers; 'Mundaring Park: the Art of Good Community'.		1984
'Art for the people' West Australian". p.viii	West Australian	10/9/1988
Echo; "Vandals: a personal attack". p.1		30/9/1988
Echo; "Unique park". p.3		4/9/1988

Place Type

Historic site

Uses

Epoch	General	Specific
Original Use	Transport\Communications	Rail: Railway Station
Present Use	PARK\RESERVE	Park\Reserve

Architectural Styles

Style
Victorian Georgian

Construction Materials

Type	General	Specific
Other	BRICK	Common Brick
Other	METAL	Bronze
Wall	ASBESTOS	Fibrous Cement, flat
Other	CONCRETE	Reinforced Concrete
Other	TIMBER	Other Timber
Roof	METAL	Corrugated Iron
Other	METAL	Other Metal
Other	METAL	Steel
Other	STONE	Granite

Historic Themes

General	Specific
TRANSPORT & COMMUNICATIONS	Rail & light rail transport
OUTSIDE INFLUENCES	Tourism
SOCIAL & CIVIC ACTIVITIES	Community services & utilities

Creation Date

18 Jun 1997

Publish place record online (inHerit):

Approved

Last Update

10 Feb 2017

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