Subi East celebrates its rich cultural heritage through the thoughtful retention and repurposing of key historical buildings, preserving important links to the site’s past. These spaces will be adapted for future community use, ensuring their stories continue to be part of everyday life. Public art and landscape design are also being used to honour the site's legacy, with creative elements integrated throughout to share meaningful stories, reflect on the site's history as a place of healing, and celebrate its significance to the local community.

Read more about how we are celebrating Subiaco's culture and heritage at The Oval and 1909.

The six Noongar seasons - Birak, Bunuru, Djeran, Makuru, Djilba, and Kambarang - form an important cultural framework for understanding and caring for Country. These seasonal cycles are woven into the landscape design and interpretive elements of the site, encouraging visitors to engage with Noongar knowledge and perspectives year-round.

Beginning at the 1909 site, on the corner of Roberts Road and Townshend Road, the Bidi Trail winds through the leafy surrounds of Mueller Park, connects to West Leederville Train Station, then continues across Subiaco Oval – inviting visitors to reflect on the changing seasons and deep cultural significance of the land they move through.

Six talented Noongar artists were commissioned to create original sculptures representing each of the Noongar seasons. These works were developed through a 15-week artist mentoring program co-designed by Apparatus, Karrda, Whadjuk Elders, and DevelopmentWA, with support from UDLA and Oculus.

The program combined cultural storytelling with professional development, offering artists guidance on design, copyright, business skills, and public art processes. The result is a striking collection of artworks that not only honour Noongar heritage but have also launched each artist into new creative opportunities.