The bronze statue of Bessie Mabel Rischbieth stands on the small island within Elizabeth Quay. It depicts the activist barefoot, gripping her umbrella, capturing a moment from nineteen fifty-nine when she was eighty-five years old. At that time, she famously entered the Swan River to block the path of bulldozers, attempting to stop the reclamation of land for the construction of the Narrows Bridge.
Statue of Bessie Mabel Rischbieth
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