Former Blackwood resident and street artist Adam Poole-Mottishaw has created a mural to commemorate Mitcham's ANZAC history.
ANZAC Mural
Artist: Adam Poole-Mottishaw
Council contributed: $8,000
Location: Fence along railway line at Penno Parade, Glenalta
Installed: 2023
The Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) Rail Care team commissioned former Blackwood resident and street artist Adam Poole-Mottishaw to design and paint the 200m mural.
The design was developed by the artist following consultation with the Blackwood RSL, residents, the Blackwood Action Group, youth mentor provider Lighthouse Youth Projects, DIT Senior Aboriginal Leadership Group, South Australian Public Transport Authority and Member for Waite Catherine Hutchesson.
It includes all flags associated with the ANZAC partnership including the Aboriginal, Australian, Torres Strait Islander, New Zealand and Maori flags.
City of Mitcham has supported the project and continues its ongoing commitment to work in partnership with our community and other agencies to identify opportunities where art can help lift community spaces.
This mural was not funded by Council's Public Art Grants.
About the artist
Tarns One has been involved in Adelaide's underground graffiti movement since 1987 and has continuously pushed his art, style and practise into new areas while experimenting with different mediums. His work integrates subject matter with elements of abstraction and expressionism which evoke a sense of fragmented motion.
