Sunday, June 06, 2010

The Great Australian Clock with 33 moving scenes

The Great Australian Clock with 33 moving scenes
The Queen Victoria Building in Sydney, Australia houses two remarkable mechanical clocks. Shown here is The Great Australian Clock which features dioramas and moving figures.

About the clock, from Wikipedia:
The Great Australian Clock, designed and made by Chris Cook, weighs four tonnes and stands ten metres tall. It includes 33 scenes from Australian history, seen from both Aboriginal and European perspectives. An Aboriginal hunter circles the exterior of the clock continuously, representing the never-ending passage of time.

Here's a nice Flickr set featuring The Great Australian Clock.

[ Thanks Anne!]


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