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Bozeman-Dublin
Trim, Ireland11,402 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
July 2023 • Friends
Very unusual metallic statuary right by Elizabeth Quay bridge. As we approached we thought it was a penguin.
Info boards tell us it commemorates the first European arrivals to Perth and that's the indigenous people saw them approach with their sails, they thought they were birds from afar
Worth a photo stop.
Written 17 August 2023
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Steve W
Karratha, Australia1,176 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Oct 2020
Brilliantly bright aluminium sculpture by Laurel Nannup, an Indigenous Australian artist, telling the story of the first sighting by the Noongar people of a ship off the coast of western Australia.
Written 28 October 2020
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Swisshen
Perth, Australia2,353 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Sept 2023 • Couples
The sculpture stands by the bridge in Elizabeth Quay. The work depicts the arrival of European settlers to Perth. The local Noongar people believed that these ships were their past ancestors returning from the sea.
Written 3 September 2023
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Andrew Y
Singapore, Singapore5,050 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
May 2024 • Solo
It is such a beautiful metal bird that visitors to Perth have to find it. It is beside Elizabeth Quay so it is worth a visit. Beautiful views of the river.
Written 26 May 2024
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westy54
Sydney, Australia13,545 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023 • Couples
This cast aluminium artwork by Laurel Nannup stands five metres tall on the edge of the William Street Landing.

The work was installed in 2015 and represents what the local indigenous Noongar people thought that they were seeing when European ships first appeared on the horizon. They thought they looked like giant birds and that they were their ancestors returning from the sea.
Written 23 April 2023
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Dan L
Bunbury, Australia8,536 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2021
This is a rather striking piece of art by Laurel Nannup. It depicts the arrival of European settlers to Perth, the Noongar people believing that the ships and people were their past ancestors returning from the sea.
Written 23 April 2021
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Oldjack
Greater Melbourne, Australia29,118 contributions
3.0 of 5 bubbles
Dec 2019
This is a 5 M tall cast aluminium piece of art work to honor the arrival of the first Europeans to Perth done by an indigenous artist and sits on Williams Landing in Elizabeth Quay.Interesting piece of art .
Written 18 December 2019
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Mark G
Melbourne, Australia1,752 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2019 • Couples
First Contact represents when the local people 1st saw the 1st boats bringing European explorers and eventually settlers. Does a great job in reminding us what that must have seen like but also looks rather beautiful.
Written 7 May 2019
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Serene-View
Doncaster, UK1,033 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Apr 2019 • Family
Really interesting monument but I cannot remember any information about this when i was there. It is part of Elizabeth Quay and a really attractive piece.
Written 6 May 2019
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Swisshen
Perth, Australia2,353 contributions
4.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2019 • Couples
Giant Bird in a Boat by Laurel Nannup - First Contact is inspired by the Noongar people’s first visions of European settlers, whose distant sailing ships looking like floating birds bearing the white-faced spirits of their ancestors.
Written 30 March 2019
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