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BURSWOOD CANAL 1831 - 1845

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PHILIPPA O'BRIAN

2005

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Town of Victoria Park Public Art Collection

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The sculpture commemorates the former Burswood Canal, which is now covered and lost within the Burswood Development.
The sign reads:
“Between Perth and my grant is a mud flat of nearly one and a half miles in length. One which a boat must be tracked over, even when empty.”
Henry Camfield of Burswood, 1829
“Boats in Summer must be unloaded and dragged over the flats”
George Fletcher Moore of Millendon 1830

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BALBUK WAY, BURSWOOD

Town of Victoria Park

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