Four new sculptures created by Brett 'Mon' Garling have been installed by Lake Forbes this week.
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The four sculptures depict two platypi, a falcon, a goanna and a cormorant and are installed on four separate posts with the Wiradjuri word for each animal.
Mon said he worked with the Forbes Wiradjuri community and the Forbes Arts Society to create the sculptures with local animals in mind.
The four sculptures were installed created out of bronze on four posts, with a fifth post describing the significance of animals and totems in Indigenous culture.
Each of the posts also features the Wiradjuri names for each animal that is placed on it.
Mon said these said creating the sculptures is a long process, with the four of them taking between six and seven months to complete.
Forbes Arts Society's Keith Mullette said they chose to sculpt these animals as they were recognised as totems for the Wiradjuri people.
These totems usually indicate a special relationship between Indigenous people and the animals, Mr Mullette said, where families take the totem animals under their wing to protect and care for them.
Along with taking totem animals under their wing, Mr Mullette said that totems also tied into marriage laws.
These are not the last sculptures planned to be installed in and around Forbes, with five sculptures set to be installed around Gum Swamp and another four to be installed along the Sculpture Trail.
The sculptures being installed in Gum Swamp will be adjacent to the bird hides.
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