Discover the beauty of Dubbo
Home to one of the best zoos in Australia, Dubbo is surrounded by vast plains and star filled skies. Stop by the Dubbo Observatory to get the full experience!
Our Stories: The Public Art of Dubbo
Our Stories is a walking tour celebrating the talents and characters who have shaped the City of Dubbo. Enjoy a stroll from our cultural precinct to the CBD and back to get a feel for the heart and soul of our city.Should you like to see more public art you can find more information at the Dubbo Public Art website.If you have some time on your hands, you can do the whole walk, from WPCC and back again, covering all 13 sites. Or, you can do it in sections: WPCC to Site 7 (Past. Present. Future), retu
Western Plains Cultural Centre
Welcome to the Western Plains Cultural Centre (WPCC) - a state-of-the-art facility boasting a gallery, museum, The Outlook Cafe. The Centre offers a rich program of high-quality exhibitions and installations by local and visiting artists.While you're here, wander through the gallery and museum, or e
Urban Trees
Located at the Western Plains Cultural Centre on the corner of Gipps and Wingewarra Street, Urban Trees was created in 2016 by Cardigan Threads Collective artist, Jeff McCann.Commissioned for the first ROAR Music Festival in Dubbo in 2016, it was then gifted to the Cultural Centre where the sculptur
Dice Mosaic
Situated on the edge of the Victoria Park sporting precinct on Gipps Street, the mosaic was created in 2011 by local artist, Brigid Palin and community members.This work is very close to the Dubbo Skate Park where Dubbo's youth regularly gather. Youth is a time of taking chances, something that may
Livvi’s Place - Butterfly Sculpture
Located in Victoria Park, the butterfly sculpture and play equipment by Big Kahuna Imagineering is a Livvi's Place Playground - playgrounds that allow greater access for the disabled and are partly funded through a not-for-profit fundraising group.The butterfly is located above the main entrance to
Cenotaph
Created in 1925 in Victoria Park, the Cenotaph is the largest structure in the park and is the centrepiece of the city's commemorations of those who have fallen in battle. Annual commemorations such as ANZAC Day and Armistice Day heavily feature the cenotaph.The brass mouldings are of particular imp
Bust of Pilot Officer Rawdon Hume Middleton, VC
Located close to the Cenotaph, the bust of Pilot Officer Rawdon Hume Middleton, VC, by Brett Garling was installed in Victoria Park in 2014.Rawdon Middleton was born in Sydney in 1916, moving to the western districts of NSW when he was young, where he attended school in Dubbo. He was known for being
Past. Present. Future.
Created in 2016 by Melbourne-based artist, Adnate, this landmark work pays tribute to a woman who first drew public attention in defence of other Aboriginal people in the 1920s - Pearl Gibbs, who only stepped away from her activist platform with her death in 1983.Aunty Pearl only stepped a
Aboriginal Motif & Animal Murals
The eastern wall of Macquarie Regional Library Dubbo Branch on the corner of Macquarie St & Talbragar Streets has a long-standing, locally well-known example of Aboriginal themed community murals in Dubbo.The central theme is the Macquarie River, which was a vital part of the culture and lives o
Two Bronze Rhinos
Two Bronze Rhinos by Gilli and Marc is one of three sets of bronze rhinos in Dubbo City. They are located at the Visitor Information Centre, outside Dubbo City Airport and at the entrance to the Taronga Western Plains Zoo.Taronga Western Plains Zoo has had long ties with the people of Dubbo, and you
Alley Gallery
This laneway into the main street of Dubbo has been a popular street art site for some years now. The latest version of this wall is the Alley Gallery – a project between the Western Plains Cultural Centre and Orana Arts, funded by Dubbo Regional Council. Artists had to pitch their ideas
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