Street Art - Kapunda PO Mural

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Main Street, Kapunda, South Australia.

Description

This hand-painted mural depicts the original post office building as it stood in 1910. The building, also used as a telegraph office was on this site and used between 1872 and 1969. It was demolished in 1970 to make way for the current building. On the left is Al Sherrah, Kapunda's postman from the 1980's to 2000's. Although Al rode a motorbike, here he is pictured as a postman would have looked in the 1950's. Also depicted in the mural is one of Kapunda's several heritage red post boxes and some customised Kapunda-themed postage stamps featuring Map the Miner and Sir Sidney Kidman. The mural was designed by Kapunda graphic artist DANNY MENZEL and painted off-site on aluminium panels over several months by Danny and volunteers (artists and non-artists). It was one of the three murals launched in May 2017, formerly unveiled by Al Sherrah and former Kapunda Postmaster Joe Ryan, with ribbon-cutting by the then proprietors Ian and Sue Todd. This mural was funded substantially by local donations to the Kapunda Mural Town Project and with a $1000 Community Grant for materials from Light Regional Council. This is a free point of interest. No camping or overnight parking allowed.

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Lat: -34.341334 Lng: 138.915139