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Sentinel

Arts and Culture Frankston

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Public Sculpture by Bruce Armstrong from Melbourne

Sentinel is a five metre tall abstract wooden sculpture of a native sea eagle.

Materials: Wood 

The Sentinel sculpture sits at the base of Olivers Hill, at the parkland on the corner of The Esplanade and Nolan Street. It keeps a lookout over Frankston’s award-winning beach and Port Phillip Bay.

Sentinel is currently undergoing remedial/restoration works which started on 13 February 2025.  Now that the restoration has been completed, it is being coated in fibreglass to preserve it.

Bruce Armstrong

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Nolan Street, Frankston VIC 3199