Public Artwork at Reeves Point

     The Reeves Point Flagstaff Hill Public Art Project by artist Trevor Wren consists of four large quarter-hulled sections depicting the first ships carrying the first official settlers to South Australia in 1836.  Stonemason Thomas Appleby built the outer hulls using local stone.  The internal walls are of cast concrete depicting the ships decking.  They have the names of the four ships –“The Duke of York”, “Lady Mary Pelham”, “The Rapid” and “The Cygnet” - inscribed on them.  The indigenous past is acknowledged in words and symbols on the 7 metre flagpole.  

     The Flagpole is fabricated from hexagonal brass rods in a fashion similar to ships’ rigging. The crows nest and mizzen mast house the flag raising mechanism.  The hexagonal pavers, made by the students of the Kingscote Area School, feature symbols of local marine and insect life.  The concept of the hexagonal design comes from the Ligurian bee hive.  The Ligurian bee was introduced to Kangaroo Island in 1885.