''Eliza'' is a bronze sculpture located in Matilda Bay on the Swan River in

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. The sculpture and plinth are mounted on a steel pylon off the shoreline and depicts a woman about to dive off a wooden platform. It commemorates the old

Crawley Baths Crawley Baths was a public swimming facility, in Matilda Bay, near Crawley, Western Australia along Mounts Bay Road. The timber structure was opened on 7 February 1914. The opening ceremony was conducted by Premier John Scaddan and included a s ...

which were a prominent

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landmark during the early to mid 20th century. The sculpture is high. The artwork has its own lighting from solar panels. The public artwork was done by Perth artists Tony Jones and Ben Jones on a commission from the

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and had an estimated cost of $167,000. Jones' other pieces include the C. Y. O'Connor statue near Coogee and ''Sea Queen'' at Claisebrook Cove. ''Eliza'' was unveiled by Peter Nattrass, Perth Lord Mayor on 15 October 2007 and has since been regularly "dressed" in various costumes by students and other unknown pranksters. Costumes have included a Santa Claus outfit (including beard) and a

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frock and champagne flute. The sculpture is named after Mount Eliza; Mount Eliza was named by Captain James Stirling in honour of the wife of Governor Ralph Darling, an early Governor of New South Wales. File:Eliza, Matilda Bay, June-Moondyne.jpg File:Eliza, Matilda Bay, July 2011-Moondyne.jpg

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