Mighty murals by The Zookeeper and DRAPL can be found in the town centre, water tower, water tanks and the grain silos entering the southern side of the township. More artworks can be found in the shopfront windows of Newton Street.
View The Monto Art Trail Map
A street art map (including Monto’s Colourful Dairy Cows) can be found here
Town Centre:
- Monto Building art: Dairy Cow. Tribute to Monto’s dairying heritage
- Building art: Local family at sunset
- Cheryl Latimore, who won first prize at the Monto show for her knitted doll, was featured in a surprise mural. “I was talking to Travis and Joel, {The artists) and they were quite interested in my golf, and my knitting and this is where it started,” said Mrs Latimore. “The surprise was absolutely phenomenal. I never guessed that they would do this. for me”
Cheryl Latimore mural
Water Tower
Monto’s water tower artwork features local children playing in water.
Silos
This wonderful silo depicts Joel Fergie’s and Travis Vinson’s version of the legend of the Three Moon.
Legend of the Three Moon
Three Moon Creek was named according to legend where a swagman, Aboriginal stockman or a Chinese station cook, was boiling his billy on the banks of the creek and noticed three moons – one in the sky, one reflecting on the creek and one reflecting in his billy.
There is another story also of how the name came about. The following is from Miss Caswell of Euston, Toowoomba who spent her early life in Cannindah, a place that is located very close toThree Moon.
Henry Drew Caswell died in 1887 on his Cannindah property so his on Clive Elliot took on the management of the property. At the time, some of the Aboriginals were given the job of washing the sheep. They would have been well paid and when the job came to an end, they would have been anxious to know when their services would be required again. It would have been no use telling them to come back in three months, but they were able to understand to come back when three moons had passed away.
From that time on the creek became known as Three Moon Creek.
The above story is from a letter that is from Julieanne Cripps, a descendent of Patrick McKay’s partner in Cannindah Station.
Water Tanks
- The water tanks at Monto, There are two tanks painted with artwork, Is a depiction of Three Moon Creek Farm. The story is that the farmer went to the creek to get a billy of water when the full moon was up and he saw the moon, its reflection in the creek, and a reflection in the billy, hence Three Moon Creek.
Newton Street Shopfronts
Murals of yesteryear.
This project as been nominated for the Australian Street Art Awards