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June 14th, 2013 
Peter Nolan
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A seven-metre long dinosaur sculpture made out of barbed wire and scrap metal has been installed in a tiny outback Queensland town.
The sculpture has been nick-named ‘Barb’ and has been been built by Barcaldine-based artist Milynda Rogers.
It is being officially unveiled tomorrow at Muttaburra, north-east of Longreach in Queensland’s central-west, as part of celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the muttaburrasaurus.
Ms Rogers says it is a unique monument for the town and took three months to build.
“The sculpture has three kilometres of barbed wire wound onto it and the other scrap metal is from the dump,” she said.
“We worked out that she probably weighs about half a tonne.
“I think people will probably stop and have a look – it is a surprise when you see it.”
She says she is really happy with how it turned out.
“I can’t wait to see it in its final resting place,” she said.
“I hate to see piles of old wire laying in the dump or buried somewhere when you could just make something really interesting out of it.
“Then it changes from rubbish into something that is attractive.”
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A seven-metre long dinosaur sculpture, nick-named ‘Barb’, and made out of barbed wire and scrap metal, is moved into place at Muttaburra in Queensland’s central-west, June, 2013. Read the story (Audience submitted: Milynda Rogers)
Topics:
sculpture,
regional,
community-development,
muttaburra-4732,
barcaldine-4725,
longreach-4730
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