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The Age
19-05-2025
- Business
- The Age
Sydney Fish Market artworks to honour ancestral fishing practices
Long before fishing trawlers berthed at what is now known as Blackwattle Bay in inner Sydney, the Saltwater clans of the Eora nation would cast their woven fishing nets from its shores. In the late afternoon, women would take out their babies in bark nawis, small fires smoking in the canoe hulls, to fish for the night's dinner. When the $836 million Sydney Fish Market building is complete, three sculptures honouring these ancestral fishing practices will grace its eastern and western promenades. All have been cast in bronze. The last of the hot pours occurred last Thursday at the Australian Bronze Foundry at North Head. 'For thousands of years, the Saltwater clans of the Sydney region have been traditional custodians of this land, with Blackwattle Bay serving as a vital site for fishing, swimming and gathering,' Lands and Property Minister Steve Kamper said. 'These installations will honour ancestral fishing traditions and share the stories of the Saltwater people with the millions of visitors anticipated at the new Sydney Fish Market.' Some 6 million visitors a year are expected to visit the new fish market – double the number of those attending the current Pyrmont site. While the construction project itself has been beset by delays, cost blowouts and legal wrangles, the artworks are almost finished. Five major art installations have been commissioned – the three bronzes and an interactive water play area, Land of the Giant Pippies, and Coal Loader, paying homage to the area's industrial heritage. The roof itself is made of 400 panels resembling fish scales.
Sydney Morning Herald
19-05-2025
- Business
- Sydney Morning Herald
Sydney Fish Market artworks to honour ancestral fishing practices
Long before fishing trawlers berthed at what is now known as Blackwattle Bay in inner Sydney, the Saltwater clans of the Eora nation would cast their woven fishing nets from its shores. In the late afternoon, women would take out their babies in bark nawis, small fires smoking in the canoe hulls, to fish for the night's dinner. When the $836 million Sydney Fish Market building is complete, three sculptures honouring these ancestral fishing practices will grace its eastern and western promenades. All have been cast in bronze. The last of the hot pours occurred last Thursday at the Australian Bronze Foundry at North Head. 'For thousands of years, the Saltwater clans of the Sydney region have been traditional custodians of this land, with Blackwattle Bay serving as a vital site for fishing, swimming and gathering,' Lands and Property Minister Steve Kamper said. 'These installations will honour ancestral fishing traditions and share the stories of the Saltwater people with the millions of visitors anticipated at the new Sydney Fish Market.' Some 6 million visitors a year are expected to visit the new fish market – double the number of those attending the current Pyrmont site. While the construction project itself has been beset by delays, cost blowouts and legal wrangles, the artworks are almost finished. Five major art installations have been commissioned – the three bronzes and an interactive water play area, Land of the Giant Pippies, and Coal Loader, paying homage to the area's industrial heritage. The roof itself is made of 400 panels resembling fish scales.
