Dunsborough Primary School students add touches to murals at Dunsborough Marketplace ahead of opening

Work by Dunsborough Primary School students will be on permanent display in the community as part of a public art project. Students swapped pencils for paintbrushes last week, putting their own touches to murals created for the town’s new shopping centre. The objects painted onto the side of Dunsborough Marketplace varied with each student’s imagination, ranging from a flower vase to fish, seagulls and even a slice of pizza. Work by students makes up part of Ian Mutch’s mural for the centre, which features several terns in flight alongside local land and sea flora. A second artwork by Josh Whiteland, named Ngari Dreaming, conveys the story of salmon migrating for the Bunuru season and bringing all the Noongar moort (families) to the coast to celebrate. Symbols within the work depict songs, fire, food and families gathering. Students’ involvement in the mural comes as Dunsborough Marketplace prepares to open its doors, with the Woolworths supermarket welcoming shoppers for the first time on Wednesday.