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Statues’ future seeks council support - Tyler Powell

Read the full article here Plains Producer 22/1/2025
https://plainsproducer.com.au/news/2025/01/22/statues-future-seeks-council-support/

Eighteen months after the Anti Dublin Dump Protest Statues at Lower Light were moved, the Coalition of Coastal Communities has called on support from the Adelaide Plains Council (APC) to advance the siting of their new home.
The group coordinated the removal of the statues due to their decline in condition but recently confirmed, in a letter to council, the restoration process would not take place until a permanent home was confirmed.
Council’s chief executive officer, James Miller confirmed a three-part resolution was adopted at the APC meeting held on December 16 last year.
The three-part resolution involves receiving and noting the letter from the Coalition of Coastal Communities, supporting the previously established Working Group to investigate land near Dublin’s Main Street to relocate the statues, and to instruct the CEO to collaborate with relevant government agencies and the statue’s owner/manufacturer to advance a possible relocation to a dedicated site.
“In accordance with the third element of the resolution, I can confirm that I have had an initial discussion with the statue’s manufacturer and further meetings will now take place in early 2025 between the statue’s manufacturer and the Working Party as well as relevant state government agencies,” Mr Miller said.
Sanders Avenue to the south of the service station is one potential location, while land near the Lions Park and public toilets to the north of the township is considered to be another option.
Council has confirmed it will investigate land near the main street of Dublin, as well as formally seeking Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) involvement to progress the statues’ future with part of the Sanders Avenue land under DIT’s custodianship.

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LOST IN WASTE & OTHER PROTESTS	Since 1998, travellers on Port Wakefield Highway (National Highway 1) have been distracted by seven large “Protest Statues” just north of Lower Light. The statues were manufactured locally to draw attention, rightly or wrongly, to the impending development of a nearby waste dump. The waste dump was eventually built, but the statues remain.
Parham Camping Reserve Up-grade APC Public Notice	Statues’ future seeks council support - Tyler Powell Read the full article here Plains Producer 22/1/2025 https://plainsproducer.com.au/news/2025/01/22/statues-future-seeks-council-support/ Eighteen months after the Anti Dublin Dump Protest Statues at Lower Light were moved, the Coalition of Coastal Communities has called on support from the Adelaide Plains Council (APC) to advance the siting of their new home. The group coordinated the removal of the statues due to their decline in condition but recently confirmed, in a letter to council, the restoration process would not take place until a permanent home was confirmed. Council’s chief executive officer, James Miller confirmed a three-part resolution was adopted at the APC meeting held on December 16 last year. The three-part resolution involves receiving and noting the letter from the Coalition of Coastal Communities, supporting the previously established Working Group to investigate land near Dublin’s Main Street to relocate the statues, and to instruct the CEO to collaborate with relevant government agencies and the statue’s owner/manufacturer to advance a possible relocation to a dedicated site. “In accordance with the third element of the resolution, I can confirm that I have had an initial discussion with the statue’s manufacturer and further meetings will now take place in early 2025 between the statue’s manufacturer and the Working Party as well as relevant state government agencies,” Mr Miller said. Sanders Avenue to the south of the service station is one potential location, while land near the Lions Park and public toilets to the north of the township is considered to be another option. Council has confirmed it will investigate land near the main street of Dublin, as well as formally seeking Department for Infrastructure and Transport (DIT) involvement to progress the statues’ future with part of the Sanders Avenue land under DIT’s custodianship.