A SEA eagle sculpture soaring high above Amity Point tells a thousand-year-old story, helping visitors learn about the ancestral connections between Quandamooka people and the land.
Designed by Quandamooka artist Belinda Close, the sculpture is located at Cabarita Park, Amity Point (Pulan Pulan).
The place marker is one of three to be installed as part of the state government's Minjerribah Futures initiative.
Artwork by Delvene Cockatoo-Collins was also unveiled earlier this year, featuring three 2.5 metre tall eugarie shells.
A third artwork is set to be installed at Dunwich later in 2020.
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The Amity sculpture, which also acts as a weathervane, depicts the sea eagle Mirriginpah soaring high above the waters of Moreton Bay in search of food, alerting the Quandamooka People to the annual arrival of mullet - a story that is millennia-old.
A council spokeswoman said the place marker told a story many people may never have discovered without Belinda's moving depiction.
"It provides a new opportunity to start conversations and promote Quandamooka Country on Redlands Coast."
Artist Belinda Close said she had been honoured to share a story still lived by Traditional Owners.
The three dolphins in the sculpture represent the three Quandamooka clans - Nunukul, Gorenpul and Nughie.
Funded by the state government, the Amity Point and Point Lookout artwork projects are led by Redland City Council in collaboration with Quandamooka Yoolooburrabee Aboriginal Corporation and noted local artists.
QYAC chief Cameron Costello told the Redland City Bulletin last year that the place markers would evoke a powerful sense of the vibrant and deep connections Quandamooka people have to Minjerribah.
"These place markers will acknowledge the depths of history etched into the fabric of Mooloomba (Point Lookout) and Pulan Pulan (Amity Point), an experience that extends from the contemporary moment and into deep time," he said.
