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'All Aboard: Travel Through Time' is a Boroondara Arts collaborative community art project including over 400 grade 1 and 2 students from seven primary schools local to Maling Road.

Throughout term 2, students were guided by artist Ana Rita Pires to create individual work inspired by the evolution of transport. A collage composition of selected student work was included in a 40 metre temporary mural installed, which you can see at the laneway at 143 Maling Road, Canterbury from 14 July to 1 November 2021. The mural was designed by graphic artist Nicole van Dijk.

The theme of the artwork celebrates the history and evolution of Canterbury’s local railway system which is intrinsically linked to its community and built environment.

Enjoy the children’s artwork and stories inspired by trains past, present and future.

Thank you to the students and teachers from the following schools who contributed to this community artwork:

  • Camberwell Primary School, Camberwell
  • Canterbury Primary School, Canterbury
  • Chatham Primary School, Surrey Hills
  • Fintona Girls’ Junior School, Balwyn
  • Our Holy Redeemer Primary, Surrey Hills
  • Strathcona Girls Grammar Junior School, Canterbury
  • St Dominic’s Primary School, Camberwell East.

Travel Through Time Mural

An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara
An art mural on the streets of Boroondara

Camberwell Primary School

On the left, the front half of a train with the back half drawn by a child. On the right, the opposite.
4 drawings of trains by children.
3 sections of photos of trains, with the rest of each drawn by children.
Half of two photos of a train with the other halves drawn by children.
3 sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
3 sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
4 drawings by children of trains.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
4 drawings by children of trains.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Drawings of trains by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.

Canterbury Primary School

Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Drawings of trains, by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Image of text. It reads: "My train is called Kids Only Express. You can get your own cabin! For dinner you get ice creams. For dessert you get all the kinds of ice creams! It can also go to Mexico, Canada and Germany and... ther train can fly to Tasmania, to meet s Tasmanian Devil to take back to the mainland."
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
4 drawings of trains, drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Image of text. It reads: Everyone! Buy an Anywhere Travel card! $5 for a kid & $10 for an adult. Go Anywhere! If you can come with me I can take you for a ride to Wonderland with amazing animals."
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
2 drawings done by children of trains.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Image of text. On the left it reads: "I have made a train in the sky and in the water. I would go to a country called Peru. I would go with my best friends Mily and Anasuya. I would enjoy it and so would they!" On the right it reads: "Go on a trip now. Take a break and relax. It's free! Hope you enjoy the ride."
4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Image with text. On the left it reads: "My train will take me to different places far out of the world, then in the future my train will be able to fly. My train is so long and fast." On the right it reads: " My train would go to the mountains and all the farms in Boroondara. I would take Remy. Teenagers only!"
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the other halves drawn by children.
Drawings of trains, done by children.
Left reads "Travel Card. You can travel everywhere in the world with the most coolest and safest train. They will give you any food or drink you want. If the train falls down on a cliff, you will still survive because the train has wings. Buy or not. $50" Right reads "I went to an amazing place with my train. I live in my bean train, it has beds, food and everything you need. My bean train is like my home. I went to a train land where there are tons of fun train activities.

Chatham Primary School

Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Image of text. Left reads: "In the colour rainbow there are so many colours of the rainbow. So many colours that the families, motors and cars and buses turn to happiness! YAY!" Right reads: This train is going to Hamilton Island. It can turn into a ship and it can take you to a sand beach."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Left reads "My train which is made out of metal and is spray painted in different colours went through a portal to Candyland. Candyland is a delicious place. It has candy floss as trees! it also has sprinkles as rain," Right reads "My train went through a portal and went to Candyland. The leaves were made out of ice cream and the stump was made out of Kit-kats, even the houses and people were made of candy and sweets. Every single thing was made out of candy."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Text of a short story called "The Family Train". Excerpt reads: "Once upon a time there was an inventor, his name was Harly. Harly had a wife called Lisa and two kids, the older one's name was Zoe Jane and the younger one's name was Lily Catherine Rose. One day he woke up, got ready and decided he was going to make a futuristic train that flies, but he would need a lot of things to do the big project so he went to the power shop and Bunnings to get all the things I needed."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Text. Left reads "on the train there was a lot of people to go to Candyland. When the people got to Candyland the people saw a boy who wanted help." Top right "the Weird Train. One day a man went on a train. The man didn't notice that there was half a wing." Bottom right "Once upon a time there was a train that can take you everyplace you could imagine. One day the little girl went on the train and she was going to the Pyramids but when they got there the Pyramid fell and landed on the train."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Image of text. Left "my train has some wings and it has a number and the number is its name. My train's name is Calypso and 1881." Middle "If I was in a train that could take me anywhere I would go to my couch." Right "My train is made out of metal, wood and brakes."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Image of text. Left reads "my train was an ordinary train but when a princess got on it, it turned into a flying train. It took her to the most dangerous places like the lava cave and the mountain of doom." Right reads "One day there was a train that can go underwater. Then someone wanted to go on the train but the builders still hadn't finished making the train. They finished the train and the man ran to the train. The train went under water and they saw fish, crabs and star fish and some more sea animals.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Image of text. Left reads "A train was speeding across the tracks. The driver Bob fainted, he hit his head on a button. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 blast off! The train flew in the air when Bob woke up he was surprised. Suddenly, Bob was heading straight for the mountain race. To be continued." Right reads "My future train is super colourful. I hope it comes to life. Stuff always changes in life. I hope that I get to see my train. I am excited really! Everything changes."

Our Holy Redeemer Primary

Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Image of text. Left reads "I would like to go to Survival Tropical Jungle Land. Depending on the type of train it would different." The right reads "My artwork is you climb up the bushes and climb into the train. Then you get to the big rainbow, that rainbow is a town."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Image of text. Left reads "On the way to Phillip Island with my friends Mia, Annabelle, Freddie and Claudia on a train. It took two days to get there. For dinner they went to a pizza restaurant, the owner was named Amalia. The next day they arrived." The right reads "I went to New York and met my best friend Emma, we became best friends. I also met some other friends named Sabienne and Alissa. Emma loved scary things, they're so scary, like the story of the red eye and yellow eye and it gave my nightmares."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Image or text. Left reads "On the way to Lolly Land I go to the lolly shop to get some ice cream. On the way I see beautiful clear sky, the grass looks like cotton candy, the closer we get to lolly land. The train came to the shop and we got off." Right reads "On my way to N.Z me and Claudia went on the rocket train there was a lolly shop and had some Push Pops and lolly snacks. When we got there we went to the lake with our boats we had all the fun, we went to the hotel and Freddie was the owner of the caf
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Image of text. Left reads "I will take my friends and family. I will go to Japan my plane (train) goes 100km per hour. My plane has TVs. I saw those fast trains." Top right reads "I would go to Sydney with my family. I HAD A BLAST!!!" Bottom right reads "If a train could bring me anywhere it would be Mars. How it would get to Mars is by flying, it could go 1M km."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Image of text. Left reads "My train is going to Hover Land while my train is carrying 1,000,000,000 people and is about to tip over. The train tipped over, luckily it tipped over when it reached Hover Land. 500,000,000 survived." Right side reads "my train is going through a jungle, everyone can see a treehouse. In the first room is a place where you can look outside then there is a swimming pool then there is an arcade then there is a zoo then there is a Bayblade room."

Strathcona Girls Grammar Junior School

4 drawings of trains, drawn by children.
Two abstract paper collages made with geometric shapes.
4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Two abstract paper collages, made out of red and orange geometric shapes.
4 drawings of trains, done by children. Thy are all on curly, hilly train tracks.
Two abstract collages, created with orange and green paper in geometric shapes.
Four drawings of trains, done by children, some are on train tracks, others are stopped at buildings.
Two abstract paper collages, made with orange and green, and red and blue geometric shapes.
Two abstract paper collages, made from geometric shapes. The left in blue and green, and the right in red and orange.
Two abstract paper collages. Made out of geometric shapes. Left the left collage in green and blue, the right in orange and red.
Two abstract paper collages, made from geometric shapes. The collage on the left is in red and orange, the one on the right is red and blue.

St Dominic’s Primary School

4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Image of text. Left reads "The train was going so fast I was sick. When I looked out the window I couldn't see anything." Right reads "The train would go 1,000,000km an hour and would look like a while and blue and yellow. It would take me to the desert. Out of the window it would look like a dark cave. I would go with my mum."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Six abstract paper collages made from geometric shapes.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Image of text. Left reads "Today I am going on a train that goes 50 miles an hour it is a colourful train it is a very long journey it takes 2 hours on the train it take you to the Northern Territory and I am the only person on the train." Right reads "Today I am on my way to a pretty tropical island my mum is here my sister is here and my one week old bunny my island is filled with dolphins I can ride my dolphins. There is a great palm tree for shade and warm sand the warm water in the sea."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
6 abstract paper collages created by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Image of text. Left reads "I was in the train with my best friend Jassy we had an Anywhere Travel Card! We were traveling to Animal World! We both met a lot of cute cats, dogs horses and giraffes. We ran around and found Panda, Lion and Monkey. We went inside and we loved it." Right reads "TOday I am going on a trip to Mars with my mum, dad, brother and my puppy. In Mars I am working at an ice cream shop and the reason is because I will be helpful, lots of people on Mars get hot quickly."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
6 abstract paper collages.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
4 drawings of trains done by children.
Image of text. Left reads "The Anywhere Train. A flying train. Visited Lolly land. saw out the window lolly houses, marshmallow sun, gummy people. Visited Wriggle Land. Saw out the window wriggling umbrellas, wriggling chairs." Right reads "Rainbow train. I was on the train me my myself but I wasn't lonely. There was also other people. None of them were my friends. But I didn't mind. SUDDENLY, the train tooted. I look out side. Finally I was at the rainbow train."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
5 abstract geometric paper collages.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Image of text. Left reads "dear diary. I went to Disneyland with bailey we bought a travel card this is what we did: Ride a train. Went to the water slide. We watched a show." Top right reads "If i was building a train i would make the windows like bubble gum." Bottom right reads "The hot chocolate gets warmer while the train is going because it is so fast. This train has a hot chocolate station."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
6 abstract paper collages made with geometric shapes.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Image with text. Left reads "To wonderland we go. 'Through the tunnel' said Jake. 'I'm so so so excited' said Alice. 'From my calculations we will be there in two minutes' said Hermione." Right reads "(The cheese train) Upside down cheese with weird hair. Can see flying cheese. Can see lots of cheese including flying cheese and swimming cheese."
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
6 abstract paper collages created with geometric shapes, done by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
4 drawings of trains, done by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
3 drawings of trains, done by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.
Sections of photos of trains, with the rest of the image drawn by children.

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