Colour in Canberra

The Colour in Canberra initiative started in 2005 as a competition and saw 30 Traffic Controller Boxes (TCBs) - located near traffic lights - turned into works of art by members of the community. Given the success of the initiative and the ongoing community support for the program, Colour in Canberra is now available on an interest basis. If you or group have a fantastic design idea and would like to paint a a traffic control box contact Parks Conservation and Lands - Graffiti Coordinator on 13 22 81 or alternatively fill out the attached form and send to the address on the form.

Colour-in Canberra 2005 competition details and awards

Colour-in Canberra awards were presented in December 2005 to recognise outstanding artwork on TCBs in three categories.

• Overall winner -‘Green poles’ by Fran Trautwein
• Overall runner-up -‘The Suburban Duck’ by Hilary Talbot
• Under 12 years Winner -‘Spring into Canberra’ by Tayah Antsey and ‘A Game of Cricket’ by Ashley White were awarded equal first in this category
• 12 -18 years Winner - ‘Australian Wildflowers’ by Hannah Bath
• 12-18 years Highly Commended -‘Looking around Canberra’ by Josh Chester

The awards were judged by a panel of three local judges; Becky Hoffman from Belconnen Community Service, Emma Epstein from Canberra Museum and Gallery and Rod Quinn from 666 ABC Canberra.

Where are the Colour-in Canberra 2005 competition TCBs?

The painted TCBs are located in O'Connor, Lyneham, Ainslie, Dickson, Kambah and in the Belconnen and Woden areas. Details of the location of the Colour-in Canberra TCBs are available by downloading the Colour-in Canberra artwork maps.

• Belconnen TCB map (  PDF 251Kb)
• Canberra TCB map (  PDF 175Kb)
• Tuggeranong TCB map (  PDF 130Kb)
• Woden TCB map (  PDF 133Kb)

View Colour-in Canberra 2005 competition artworks

Winning Entries

Overall winner ‘Green poles’ by Fran Trautwein	Overall runner-up  ‘The Suburban Duck’ by Hilary Talbot	Under 12 years Winner  ‘Spring into Canberra’ by Tayah Antsey - equal first	Under 12 years Winner  ‘A Game of Cricket’ by Ashley White - equal first	12 -18 years Winner ‘Australian Wildflowers’ by Hannah Bath	12-18 years Highly Commended ‘Looking around Canberra’ by Josh Chester

It is expected that the artworks will remain on the TCBs for between 6 months and 4 years. TAMS reserves the right to remove the artwork or the TCB at any time.