Peoplescape is the spectacular art project that covers most of the lawns of the New Parliament and the Federation Mall, in honor of the Centenary of the Federation of Australia. An army of thousands of two-dimensional figures celebrates the accomplishments of nominated Australian heroes, some famous, some somewhat famous, some regular folk. It is fun to walk around these six-foot-tall figures and try to recognize celebrities depicted, usually in colorfully abstract collage form.
This temporary exhibit was free and did an excellent job of illustrating the collective spirit of Australia. There was even a national TV special in Australia celebrating some of the people depicted by the colorful Peoplescape. This impressive art project seemed to be the talk of the nation at the time of our visit, other than the ultimately unsuccessful bid of the "Socceroos" to qualify for the men's World Cup soccer tournament versus Uruguay.