The Mangolia sculpture designed by the artist Bronwyn Oliver and made of copper; and it was installed on June 1999 at near the Farm Cove in the Royal Botanic Gardens.
Before European settlement this part of the foreshore was a mudflat. Seed and flotsam were washed up by the waves. Ships arrived on the tide in 1788 and crops were planted nearby soon afterwards on the site that became known as First Farm. This area has been dedicated ever since to the introduction and propagation of plants reflecting the changing cultural and horticultural needs of the day.
This sculpture is intended to symbolise an elemental form washed up by the tide, blown by wind, eroded by water and laden with the potential for vigour and transformation. It began with the bud of the magnolia tree above.
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