THE BATTLERS, 2016

Hydro stone, wire, hessian
Size variable

The Battlers were 13 women from Hunters Hill who banded together to save eight hectares (20 acres) of bushland by the harbour adjoining Kelly’s Smelting Works. When the works closed in 1971 the Battlers enlisted the support of Jack Mundey and the NSW Builders Labourers who placed the world's first Green Ban on Kelly's Bush to preserve the bushland against development.

Finalist - Harbour Sculpture 2017
Finalist - Art on the GreenWay 2017