Jenny Leong MP drew the attention of Parliament to the powerful new mural of Adam Goodes painted last Thursday on a building on the corner of Foveaux St and Crown Street Surry Hills in the electorate of Newtown.
"I draw the attention of this Parliament to the powerful new mural of Adam Goodes painted last Thursday on a building on the corner of Foveaux St and Crown Street Surry Hills in the electorate of Newtown. The mural was painted by Hamish McBride, Laura Paige, Megan Hales, Jacqueline Butterworth and Kailin Hegel who are some of Australia's best artists specializing in realism and who were commissioned by Apparition Media to do the piece. Apparition Media had approached the landlord of the building who is a Swans fan late last year and the company and now the community are hopeful that it will remain there permanently. The mural comes at a time when the community has rallied together for the Black lives matter and Aboriginal lives matter movements and celebrates a living Aboriginal icon. Adam Goodes was an incredible footballer and demonstrates incredible strength and leadership in calling out racism on and off the field. We are incredibly proud to have this mural erected in our electorate and thank the artists, the building owner and Apparition Media for doing so."
