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A large kangaroo-and-joey sculpture forms the centrepiece of Joey Park in Throsby.
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Big Kangaroo and Joey – Throsby
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Site-level location · 35.1892° S, 149.1615° E
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The kangaroo and joey were designed for a flower festival and given a park to live in afterwards.
ACT Legislative Assembly records confirm that Joey Park at Throsby was opened as the permanent home of a sculpture originally created for Floriade's thirtieth anniversary – Canberra's spring flower festival, which builds enormous temporary displays in Commonwealth Park each year and dismantles them when the bulbs are done.
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ACT Legislative Assembly records confirm Joey Park was opened as the permanent home of the kangaroo and joey sculpture originally designed for Floriade’s 30th anniversary.
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Big Kangaroo and Joey has its permanent home in Joey Park, Throsby. The stored point is the independently mapped Joey Park site anchor rather than a claimed sculpture centroid. This is a public neighbourhood park attraction: approach on foot and do not route vehicles onto parkland.
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