Tag: Silo Art
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Dunedoo Silo Art Racehorse Winx
Dunedoo Silo Art Located at the junction of the Golden and Castlereagh Highways, Dunedoo has joined the list of town with grain silo art. This is an interesting choice of subject, because the jockey, Hugh Bowman is from Dunedoo. Bowman won 33 of Winx’s 44 races (she won a total of 38 of the 44… Read more
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Barraba Silo Art Water Diviner
Barraba Silo Art – The Water Diviner Painted by Fintan Magee, the Barraba silo art depicts a water diviner, representing the constant search for water in the Australian bush. A water diviner is someone who searches for water using either two metal rods, or as depicted here, two sticks. Barraba is a small town 99… Read more
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Gunnedah Silo Art Dorothea Mackellar
Gunnedah Silo Art Depicting Dorothea Mackellar Painted by Melbourne artist Heesco Khosnaran, on the historic Gunnedah Maize Mill is a fantastic piece of silo art. Depicting the poet Dorothea Mackellar and lines from her famous poem My Country, it stands over 20m tall. The silos must be viewed from outside a fence because they are… Read more