High Court Architecture

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Location
Public Hall
Artist
Jan SENBERGS (1939-2024)
Artist Biography
born 1939 Latvia to Australia 1950 d 2024
Art name
Constitution Wall Mural 1977–80
Art date
1977–80
Art materials
screen printed images, etched on aluminium, anodised
Art short description

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

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Location
Public Hall
Artist
Jan SENBERGS (1939-2024)
Artist Biography
born 1939 Latvia to Australia 1950 d 2024
Art name
States Wall Mural 1977–80
Art date
1977–80
Art materials
screen printed images, etched on aluminium, anodised
Art short description

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

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Location
Public Hall, outside Court 1
Artist
Bea MADDOCK (1934-2016)
Artist Biography
born 1934 Hobart Tasmania
Art name
The inauguration of the High Court of Australia, Melbourne 1903: Panels for the High Court in Canberra 1979–80
Art date
1979–80
Art materials
wax-coated collage of embossed hand-made paper wordsdarkened with graphite and lightened with white crayonmounted on wax-impregnated canvas on twelve plywood panels
Art short description

Commissioned 1979, a gift of the Australian Bar Association, collection of the High Court of Australia

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Location
Public Hall, entry doors for Court 1
Artist
Les KOSSATZ and George BALDESSIN
Artist Biography
Kossatz (1943–2011), Baldessin (1939–1978)
Art name
Court 1 entry doors
Art date
1979
Art materials
silvered bronze shields embossed on glass door leaves and silvered ribbon-form handles
Art short description

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

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Location
Front glass façade above forecourt
Artist
Les KOSSATZ
Artist Biography
(1943–2011)
Art name
Commonwealth Coat of Arms 1979
Art date
1979
Art materials
sandblasted glass and acrylic
Art short description

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

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Location
Rear glass façade
Artist
Les KOSSATZ
Artist Biography
(1943–2011)
Art name
Royal Coat of Arms for the United Kingdom
Art date
1979–80
Art materials
sandblasted glass and acrylic
Art short description

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

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Location
Entry ramp
Artist
Robert Raymond Woodward AM
Artist Biography
(1923–2010)
Art name
Cascade Waterfall
Art date
1979-80
Art materials
Imperial Black Speckled Granite, captured rainwater, water jets
Art short description

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

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