| 词条 | Lower Light protest statues |
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The Dublin protest statues are a series of large steel sculptures created from recycled materials located between Lower Light, South Australia and the town of Dublin on the Port Wakefield Road. The works consist of a large rat, a blowfly, a dunny, two people in an environmental lookout, a UFO, a caricature of Ned Kelly, and a tin man.[1] The statues were made by local resident and farmer, Stephen Jones, as a protest against the establishment of a dump in the late 1990s by the Olsen government, as part of a plan to replace the Wingfield Waste & Recycling Centre.[1] Although the protest was unsuccessful, the statues remained, and are now regarded as part of South Australia's political and cultural history,[2] to the extent that they were nominated for heritage status by David Winderlich in 2009.[3] In 2013 the cockroach was removed from the set when the owner of the land relocated and decided to sell the property. The cockroach was relocated to a scrapyard in nearby Two Wells.[4] This led to a Facebook campaign by Andrew Costello.[4] The campaign led to Costello learning about the current location of the cockroach, and he purchased it from the owners for "two slabs of beer".[5] After being restored and temporarily relocated to Rundle Mall, the cockroach was be returned to the original site in 2014.[5] References1. ^1 Crouch, Brad. (31 May 2009). "Frequent flyer". The Sunday Mail. pT03. 2. ^Statham, Larine. (26 July 2009). "SA: Trash and treasure on the road heading north". AAP News. 3. ^Lloyd, Tim. (30 May 2009). "Bid to keep protest art Heritage plea for 'cockroach'". The Advertiser. p33. 4. ^1 Watson, Callie. (14 November 2013). "Northern protests stay put for now". The Sunday Mail. p3. 5. ^1 Dornin, Tim. (20 December 2013). "The big cockroach calls Adelaide home". AAP News. External links
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