Ash Firebrace, Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Wedge-tailed Eagle, 2022, installation view. Photo by Lucy Foster.
Ash Firebrace, Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Wedge-tailed Eagle, 2022, detail. Photo by Lucy Foster.
Ash Firebrace, Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project, 2022, detail. Photo by Lucy Foster.
Ash Firebrace, Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Eastern Barred Bandicoot, 2022, installation view. Photo by Lucy Foster.
Ash Firebrace, Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Eastern Barred Bandicoot, 2022, detail. Photo by Lucy Foster.
Ash Firebrace, Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project, 2022, detail. Photo by Lucy Foster.
Ash Firebrace, Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Earless Dragon, 2022, installation view. Photo by Lucy Foster.
Ash Firebrace, Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Earless Dragon, 2022, detail. Photo by Lucy Foster.
Ash Firebrace, Arcade Way Reserve: Earless Dragon, 2022, install view. Photo by Lucy Foster.
Arcade Way Reserve, 2022, Keilor East. Photo by Lucy Foster.
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Arcade Way Reserve Public Art Project: Ash Firebrace

15 August 2022 - 16 August 2027

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Artist(s): Ash Firebrace

Location: Arcade Way Reserve, Keilor East

Arcade Way Reserve’s Public Art Project consists of three murals designed by Wurundjeri artist Ash Firebrace and painted by muralist Christian Vine. The murals reflect the importance of the Earless Dragon, the Wedge-tailed Eagle, and the Eastern Barred Bandicoot to Moonee Valley’s critically endangered Volcanic Plains Temperate Grassland in Keilor East on Wurundjeri woi-Wurrung Country.

Ash Firebrace is a Wurundjeri artist who draws on traditional artmaking techniques to create contemporary art and design. Over the years, he has created many intricate pen and pencil drawings of native animals which have been transformed into graphic design works, welcoming signage, and public artworks all across Naarm/Melbourne. His artwork is currently featured on Moonee Valley's Bagarru Bagarru Djerring Shoulder to Shoulder Together - Reconciliation Plan (2022 - 2025).  

Native grasslands have been discovered in three reserves in East Keilor and Avondale Heights - The Crossway South Reserve, Arcade Way Reserve and JH Allan Reserve.

The Natural Temperate Grasslands of the Victorian Volcanic Plain are critically endangered and protected by both the state and federal law.

Less than 0.5% of the original grasslands remain making the patches in our backyard extremely rare and precious.

Learn more about Moonee Valley's Grasslands on council's website.