Artwork | High Court of Australia

Today now…we all got to go by same laws

Public Hall, above ramp to Level 3

Rosella NAMOK

born 1979 Lockhart River Queensland

Today now…we all got to go by same laws

2003

acrylic on canvas

'Today now…we all got to go by same laws' was the winner of the High Court Centenary Art Prize run in conjunction with the Australian Bar Association for the centenary of the Court, 6 October 2003; Collection of the High Court of Australia

First sitting of the High Court of Australia, Banco Court, Melbourne, 6 October 1903

Level 3 foyer area

Marcus BEILBY

born 1951 Perth Western Australia

First sitting of the High Court of Australia, Banco Court, Melbourne, 6 October 1903

1996–97

oil on canvas

Collection of the High Court of Australia

Centenary of the High Court of Australia

Level 3 foyer area

Robert HANNAFORD

born 1944 Riverton South Australia

Centenary of the High Court of Australia

2003

oil on canvas

Commissioned for the Centenary in 2003, collection of the High Court of Australia

Sir Garfield Barwick, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1964–81

Public Hall, above ramp from Level 1 to Level 2

Ted MARKSTEIN

born 1942

Sir Garfield Barwick, Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia 1964–81

1981

oil on canvas

Gift of the artist 2010; collection of the High Court of Australia

Curvilinear

Public Hall near lifts

Erwin FABIAN

1915-2020. Born in Berlin, to England 1938, to Australia 1940 England 1949–1962, Australia from 1962

Curvilinear

1977

bronze

A gift of the Law Council of Australia 1981; collection of the High Court of Australia

State Badges and Commonwealth Arms

Court 1

Victorian Tapestry Workshop

Established 1976; now Australian Tapestry Workshop

State Badges and Commonwealth Arms

1979–80

tapestry design and interpretation: Ron Brooks; weavers: Gordon Cameron, Christine Harris, Nichole Johnson, Elizabeth Lipscombe and Irja West, Victorian Tapestry Workshop, Melbourne; collection of the High Court of Australia

Commonwealth Coat of Arms

Court 2

Derek WRIGLEY

1924-2021, to Australia 1947; Peter OTTO (1918–98) Laurens OTTO (born 1946)

Commonwealth Coat of Arms

1979

woodcarving, Toona ciliata (Australian red cedar) New England ranges

Commissioned for the opening in 1980, collection of the High Court of Australia

Commonwealth Coat of Arms

Court 3

Derek WRIGLEY

1924-2021, to Australia 1947

Commonwealth Coat of Arms

1979

copper rods mounted on concrete

Commissioned for the opening in 1980, collection of the High Court of Australia

Journey left to right 2003 (diptych)

Public Hall

Euan MACLEOD

born 1956 Christchurch New Zealand to Australia 1981

Journey left to right 2003 (diptych)

2003 (diptych)

oil and synthetic polymer paint on canvas

Entry in the Centenary Art Competition run in conjunction with the Australian Bar Association for the centenary of the Court 6 October 2003, purchased 2004 Collection of the High Court of Australia

Potboil shoals, Flinders Island

Not on public display

Fred WILLIAMS

(1927–82)

Potboil shoals, Flinders Island

1974–75

oil on canvas

Collection of the High Court of Australia

View from the summit of Mount Ainslie

Public Hall

Walter Burley GRIFFIN and Marion Mahony GRIFFIN

W.B. Griffin (1896–1937), M.M. Griffin (1871–1961)

View from the summit of Mount Ainslie

1912

Hand-annotated sketch plan submitted in the Federal Capital Design Competition 23 May 1912.
Image produced by ferrogallic process, supplied by the National Archives of Australia and restored by Stephanie Dent, Bica Photographics; collection of the High Court of Australia.