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The Big Dingo

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The dingo logo was painted by artist Les Nash in 1940 for £40. According to his daughter Mona Rankin it took her father about a week to complete the logo. Nash first sketched the dingo onto graph paper and then used the gridded panels on the silo to guide his large-scale transfer of the design onto the silo itself. It is about five and a half storeys high. It was painted over during World War II, but its outlines were still faintly visible. Refugees and migrants coming to Fremantle saw the sign, and it remains a useful reference point for boaters and anglers. It was mostly re-painted in March 2001. In 2010 the flour mill was renovated, and the dingo now gets re-painted every month.

Just in case you thought it was a miss print 5 1/2 stories high this is the side view its far from small.

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4 comments

tiabunna said:

That's great Steve. I wasn't aware of what is now called "silo art" being done back in the 1940s.
11 months ago

Steve Paxton replied to tiabunna:

This may have been a forerunner while not art it is more the brand name but certainly done a long time ago.
11 months ago

Gillian Everett said:

A fascinating find, and story.
11 months ago

Steve Paxton replied to Gillian Everett:

I think this Is one of the originals when you consider the age. Many thanks.
11 months ago