# List of public art in Tasmania

This is a list of public art on permanent public display in Tasmania, Australia.
The list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space; it does not include artwork on display inside museums. Public art may include sculptures, statues, monuments, memorials, murals and mosaics.

## List

| Year | Subject | Artist | Location | Notes |
| 1865 | Fountain and statue of John Franklin | | Franklin Square 42°53′00″S 147°19′49″E﻿ / ﻿42.883247°S 147.330191°E﻿ / -42.883247; 147.330191 | |
| C. 1884 | | Richard Patterson | St David's Park 42°53′07″S 147°19′44″E﻿ / ﻿42.885325°S 147.328804°E﻿ / -42.885325; 147.328804 | One of the lion gate posts at the entrance to St David's Park. |
| 1885 | Charles Meredith Monument Fountain | | Queens Domain 42°52′34″S 147°20′01″E﻿ / ﻿42.876017°S 147.333619°E﻿ / -42.876017; 147.333619 | |
| 1889 | Statue of William Crowther | Mario Raggi | Franklin Square 42°53′00″S 147°19′47″E﻿ / ﻿42.8833892°S 147.3297775°E﻿ / -42.8833892; 147.3297775 | |
| 1902, 1925, and after 1945 | Ross War Memorial | | Ross 42°01′52″S 147°29′32″E﻿ / ﻿42.030995°S 147.492118°E﻿ / -42.030995; 147.492118 | A memorial to Albert Fitzallen and World War I and II |
| 1902 and 1904 | Launceston Boer War Memorial | | City Park, Launceston 41°25′59″S 147°08′32″E﻿ / ﻿41.433010101318°S 147.14215087891°E﻿ / -41.433010101318; 147.14215087891 | South African War Memorial The stone was laid in 1902, the memorial unveiled in 1904. |
| 1913 | Anniversary Arch | Amos Vimpany | Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens 42°51′54″S 147°19′48″E﻿ / ﻿42.864902°S 147.329899°E﻿ / -42.864902; 147.329899 | Originally, it was created for the entrance of the Australian Mutual Provident Society's building in Elizabeth Street, at the site of NAB House. After the building was demolished, it was donated to the gardens in 1968 to mark the 150th anniversary of the founding of the gardens. |
| 1920 | | | Queenstown 42°04′46″S 145°33′19″E﻿ / ﻿42.079402°S 145.555158°E﻿ / -42.079402; 145.555158 | War memorial |
| 1922 | Statue of Edward VII | | Franklin Square 42°53′00″S 147°19′48″E﻿ / ﻿42.883217°S 147.329873°E﻿ / -42.883217; 147.329873 | |
| 1924 | For God and Country | | Close to The Queen Victoria Art Gallery, Launceston 41°26′19″S 147°08′00″E﻿ / ﻿41.438625°S 147.133355°E﻿ / -41.438625; 147.133355 | Launceston Cenotaph |
| 1924 | War memorial Ulverstone | | Ulverstone 41°09′28″S 146°10′33″E﻿ / ﻿41.157677400005°S 146.175794°E﻿ / -41.157677400005; 146.175794 | |
| 1925 | Hobart Cenotaph | | Queens Domain 42°52′38″S 147°20′09″E﻿ / ﻿42.877356°S 147.335758°E﻿ / -42.877356; 147.335758 | A war memorial |
| 1927 | | | Stanley 40°45′42″S 145°17′46″E﻿ / ﻿40.761703°S 145.29615°E﻿ / -40.761703; 145.29615 | War memorial |
| 1935 | Alfred B Biggs' Observatory Monument | | Royal Park, Launceston 41°26′19″S 147°07′55″E﻿ / ﻿41.4385391610°S 147.132066567°E﻿ / -41.4385391610; 147.132066567 | A bronze plaque on a granite plinth |
| 1948 | Albert Ogilvie | Stanley Hammond | Parliament House Gardens 42°53′09″S 147°19′51″E﻿ / ﻿42.885963°S 147.330895°E﻿ / -42.885963; 147.330895 | |
| 1961 | Fern Tree Bower | | Wellington Park 42°55′04″S 147°14′51″E﻿ / ﻿42.917778°S 147.2475°E﻿ / -42.917778; 147.2475 | Memorial stones commemorate Mayor Henry Cook and the Hobart Town Corporation Waterworks. |
| 1968 | Spring Landscape | Stephen Walker | | |
| 1972 | French Memorial Fountain | Stephen Walker | Royal Tasmanian Botanical Gardens 42°51′55″S 147°20′01″E﻿ / ﻿42.865168°S 147.33358°E﻿ / -42.865168; 147.33358 | It is made of Huon Pine, and representing the bow and sails of a French ship. |
| 1978 | Launceston Quadrant Mall Well | | Quadrant Mall, Launceston 41°26′14″S 147°08′22″E﻿ / ﻿41.4372363818°S 147.139467250°E﻿ / -41.4372363818; 147.139467250 | |
| 1979 | Journey to Southland | Stephen Walker | Salamanca Square Fountain 42°53′15″S 147°19′58″E﻿ / ﻿42.887373°S 147.332639°E﻿ / -42.887373; 147.332639 | Circular concrete fountain containing various bronze sculptural forms. It was originally located at Risdon Cove. |
| 1983 | Monument to early surveyors of Tasmania | | Off the Lyell Highway, Bronte Park 42°10′48″S 146°30′06″E﻿ / ﻿42.180021°S 146.50156°E﻿ / -42.180021; 146.50156 | |
| 1988 | Bust of Roald Amundsen | | Castray Esplanade, Battery Point 42°53′10″S 147°20′06″E﻿ / ﻿42.886201°S 147.335058°E﻿ / -42.886201; 147.335058 | Outside of Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies. |
| 1988 | The Tasman Fountain | Stephen Walker | Salamanca Place 42°53′11″S 147°19′54″E﻿ / ﻿42.8863223°S 147.3315884°E﻿ / -42.8863223; 147.3315884 | |
| 1990 | Bright Prospect | Ian McKay | Outside the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery on Macquarie Street 42°52′54″S 147°19′55″E﻿ / ﻿42.8816468°S 147.3319289°E﻿ / -42.8816468; 147.3319289 | Bright Steel |
| 1991 | Pageant in Time | Stephen Walker | Burnie City Council, Burnie 41°03′11″S 145°54′22″E﻿ / ﻿41.053103°S 145.906196°E﻿ / -41.053103; 145.906196 | |
| 1992 | | Stephen Walker | Launceston, Tasmania 41°26′09″S 147°08′15″E﻿ / ﻿41.4358998370°S 147.137431661°E﻿ / -41.4358998370; 147.137431661 | It is to commemorate the sesquicentennial of the first publication of The Examiner magazine. |
| 1992 | International Wall of Friendship | Rene Rime | Collins Street 42°53′08″S 147°19′31″E﻿ / ﻿42.8855324°S 147.325343°E﻿ / -42.8855324; 147.325343 | |
| 1994 | Huskies Memorial | Dan Tucker | Out front of Mawson's Huts Replica 42°52′59″S 147°19′56″E﻿ / ﻿42.8830191°S 147.3322631°E﻿ / -42.8830191; 147.3322631 | Bronze |
| 1996 | Fish out of Water | Patrick Hall | Elizabeth Street Mall 42°52′55″S 147°19′42″E﻿ / ﻿42.8818442°S 147.3283647°E﻿ / -42.8818442; 147.3283647 | It's a drinking fountain. |
| 1996 | Maurice the Pig | Patrick Hall | Elizabeth Street Mall 42°52′55″S 147°19′42″E﻿ / ﻿42.8818245°S 147.3282929°E﻿ / -42.8818245; 147.3282929 | |
| 1996 | Thompson the Dog | Patrick Hall | Elizabeth Street Mall 42°52′54″S 147°19′41″E﻿ / ﻿42.8817619°S 147.3281227°E﻿ / -42.8817619; 147.3281227 | |
| 1998 and 2002 | Heading South | Stephen Walker | Near Macquarie Wharf 42°52′56″S 147°20′06″E﻿ / ﻿42.882247°S 147.334998°E﻿ / -42.882247; 147.334998 | Bronze It has several components, including Seals and Penguins unveiled in 1998, and The Bernacchi Tribute unveiled in 2002. |
| 2002 | Stratose | John Smith, Penny Smith, and Milan Milojevic | Liffey Falls Conservation Area, Liffey Falls | |
| 2002 | Sculptures of Great Western Tiers | Paul Noordanus | Deloraine | These are 7 sculptures from 15 different artists and scattered along the countryside mainly on the sides of Deloraine's main street. They are mounted on old oxygen cylinders. |
| 2006 | Sculpture of Ronald Campbell Gunn | Peter Corlett | City Park, Launceston 41°26′01″S 147°08′34″E﻿ / ﻿41.433597564697°S 147.14280700684°E﻿ / -41.433597564697; 147.14280700684 | Bronze |
| 2007 | Earth Drill | David Hamilton | Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston 41°26′14″S 147°08′02″E﻿ / ﻿41.4372511318°S 147.133855454°E﻿ / -41.4372511318; 147.133855454 | Painted steel |
| 2013 | Statue of Eliza Forlong | Peter Corlett | Valentine Park, Campbell Town 41°55′42″S 147°29′38″E﻿ / ﻿41.928252°S 147.493932°E﻿ / -41.928252; 147.493932 | |
| 2014 | Happy Birthday Mr President xo | Gillie and Marc | Salamanca Square, Battery Point 42°53′14″S 147°19′56″E﻿ / ﻿42.887299°S 147.332259°E﻿ / -42.887299; 147.332259 | Bronze |
| 2017 | Two Islands | Nigel Helyer | Franklin Square 42°53′01″S 147°19′49″E﻿ / ﻿42.883536°S 147.330322°E﻿ / -42.883536; 147.330322 | Timber, steel, lighting and sound technology |
| 2017 | Footsteps Towards Freedom | Rowan Gillespie | Hunter Street, Macquarie Wharf 42°52′54.74640″S 147°20′8.68200″E﻿ / ﻿42.8818740000°S 147.3357450000°E﻿ / -42.8818740000; 147.3357450000 | It is made of four sculptures commemorate the convict women and their children who were transported to Van Diemen's Land (Tasmania). |
| 2021 | From the Shadows | | Out front of Cascades Female Factory 42°53′39″S 147°17′58″E﻿ / ﻿42.8942431°S 147.2993476°E﻿ / -42.8942431; 147.2993476 | Martha Gregory's statue represents all convict women, especially convict mothers. |
| | St David`s Park Memorial WallsPrint Page | | St David's Park 42°53′11″S 147°19′45″E﻿ / ﻿42.8863378°S 147.3291665°E﻿ / -42.8863378; 147.3291665 | This memorial walls are made up of many of the original headstones from the park’s previous life as the Hobart colony’s first cemetery. |
| | 1833 | | Battery Point 42°53′12″S 147°20′05″E﻿ / ﻿42.886687°S 147.334659°E﻿ / -42.886687; 147.334659 | Shoulder-high steel gabions filled with sandstone. It is a part of the Battery Point Sculpture Trail. |
| | Seahorse | | Mures Lower Deck restaurant, Hobart 42°52′56″S 147°20′01″E﻿ / ﻿42.882191°S 147.333741°E﻿ / -42.882191; 147.333741 | It is the restaurant's ornament. |
| | Progress | | Queen Victoria Museum and Art Gallery, Launceston 41°26′15″S 147°08′00″E﻿ / ﻿41.4373950591°S 147.133344925°E﻿ / -41.4373950591; 147.133344925 | |
| | Big Platypus | | Australian Axeman's Hall of Fame, Latrobe 41°13′52″S 146°24′07″E﻿ / ﻿41.2311513°S 146.4019454°E﻿ / -41.2311513; 146.4019454 | |
| | Guard Dog | | Eaglehawk Neck | |
| | Children of the World | Keith Smith | Penguin General Cemetery | 4.5 metes height. The Penguin community fund-raised to purchase this art piece to celebrate the lives of its many unnamed children. |
| | Lascar Monument to Port Arthur massacre | | Tarleton Street, Port Arthur 43°08′47″S 147°51′05″E﻿ / ﻿43.1464049°S 147.851494°E﻿ / -43.1464049; 147.851494 | |
| | Crest of the Van Diemen's Land Company | | Current location of the Metro Cinemas 41°03′06″S 145°54′10″E﻿ / ﻿41.0516724°S 145.9027757°E﻿ / -41.0516724; 145.9027757 | It was originally located on Van Diemen's Land Company building near the Port of Burnie. Today is displayed outside of the Burnie Regional Museum. |
| | Burnie Water Sculpture | | West Beach in Burnie 41°02′57″S 145°54′20″E﻿ / ﻿41.049181°S 145.905563°E﻿ / -41.049181; 145.905563 | |
| | World Globe | | Shropshire Park, Ulverstone 41°09′10″S 146°10′11″E﻿ / ﻿41.1527316°S 146.16984220001°E﻿ / -41.1527316; 146.16984220001 | The globe becomes a visual aid for the written material at the park explaining all the battles that took place for those interested. |
| | Whale | | Recherche Bay, Cockle Creek | Bronze |
| | | | Macquarie Street 42°53′06″S 147°19′39″E﻿ / ﻿42.8850393°S 147.327409°E﻿ / -42.8850393; 147.327409 | |
| | | | Port Latta 40°51′05″S 145°22′43″E﻿ / ﻿40.851506°S 145.378475°E﻿ / -40.851506; 145.378475 | |
| | | | Penguin General Cemetery | |