Rail Wagon Murals - Clermont, QLD
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S 22° 49.548 E 147° 38.397
55K E 565667 N 7475621
Four railway wagons painted with murals depicting the industries of Clermont, which use the rail system.
Waymark Code: WMP295
Location: Queensland, Australia
Date Posted: 06/15/2015
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The murals are painted on two wagons used to transport stock & two used to transport coal.
On the first wagon (left) there are scenes of the cattle industry with hereford & brahmam cattle, graziers on horseback & on a motorbike, sale yard scenes & a beast being branded. The fellow on the motorbike has no less than 5 cattle dogs riding with him.
The second wagon has mining scenes from the early days of steam powered windlasses, rough miners huts through to modern machinery including a dragline.
The third wagon has scenes on land being cleared so crops can be planted, pipes being laid for irrigation, fertlizer being spread, a dog with a bone & harvesters.
Finally the fourth wagon has scenes of the wool industry from the colonial days of horse drawn wagons, wool pressing & shearing & an Aboriginal stockman.
The wagons are under cover & the murals need to be viewed from across the street to gain the full affect.
The artist Glen Gillard has hidden a green tree frog on each wagon for visitors to find at their leisure.
City: Clermont
Location Name: Railway Wagons
Artist: Glen Gillard
Date: 1999 to 2000
Media: Watercolours on steel
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