Why is this Mural important?

The 40,000 Years Mural was painted in 1983. Artist Carol Ruff led a team of artists and locals to create a mural that would mark a sense of place and identity for Aboriginal Redfern. On the corner of Lawson and Eveleigh Streets, the Mural marks the importance of Redfern as a living and meeting place for Aboriginal people. It presents the stories, struggles and histories of Aboriginal people, including scenes from Aboriginal life and culture past and present.

Footprints symbolise the journeys Aboriginal people have taken across their land before and after British invasion and colonisation. Throughout the mural are the curves of the Rainbow Serpent, the creator being. It includes portraits of local community members such as Aunty Mona Donnelly and the Redfern All Blacks Rugby League team.

The Mural is a highly significant public artwork, one of the few remaining original community murals from the early 1980's. But after 33 years, the Mural is now in a deteriorated condition and, after community meetings in 2013 and 2015, the decision has been made to restore it.

The present Mural is to be water blasted to remove the original paint and a new design based on the original drawings will be reapplied. The new Mural will be shorter, to accommodate a plaza at the top of Eveleigh St, as part of the Aboriginal Housing Company's Pemulwuy Project.

What you need to learn to find the cache.

Read the information boards carefully to find the following information to find the values for A through . Once you have the information, you can do the calculations to find GZ.

A - How many community meetings/events were held before the majority decision was reached to restore the Mural?

B - Some of the artists involved in the creation of the original Mural are listed, including Carol Ruff and Colin Nugent. How many artists (not including the Sydney TAFE Eora College students are mentioned in total? 

CDEF - In which year did the Metropolitan Local Aboriginal Land Council sign an agreement with RailCorp?

G - In which month did the Redfern Station Community Group apply for funding and sponsorship for the commencement of the full restoration of the Mural? (January = 1, February = 2, and so on)

GZ is located at: S 33° 53.FE(G-A), E 151° 11.B(C+F)(A+D)

You can check your calculations for GZ here:

You are invited to post photos of the Mural restoration so we can track its progress together, and to describe your experience learning about the area in your log.

Thank you,

Smirkwood

PS: I would recommend getting the train in as it's so close to the station. However, you can usually find a park in off-peak times.