Art and Heritage

Connect with Berri and Barmera’s stories as you follow the Berri Art Walk and Barmera’s Town Walk. Barmera’s Bonney Theatre offers arts experiences night and day with the Bonney Theatre Gallery and the Riverland’s first permanent outdoor projection site.

Check out our events guide for the latest local exhibitions and cultural events.

Bonney Theatre

Bonney Theatre was constructed in 1938 and adjoins the Soldiers Memorial Hall which was the original venue for social activities in the 1920’s. This building is an exampl...

A Special Place for Jimmy James

Jimmy James (the second) was a famous tracker, who was born around 1910 and belonged to the Pitjantjatjara people. He moved to the Riverland in the 1940's and took his na...

Barmera Digital Projection Site

On selected nights you will discover community-led digital artworks illuminating the southern wall of Bonney Theatre (Pascoe Terrace) in Barmera. These permanent project...

Nappers Ruins

William Napper a farm labourer from Guernsey arrived in SA on the Oriental in 1855 when he was 28 years old. With his friend William Parnell they tried working as timber ...

Migrant Statute

The bronze statue of the Italian immigrant who did so much to help develop the irrigated fruit industry in the Riverland region.

Loveday Internment Camp Display

The Loveday Internment Camp Display is housed in the Barmera Visitor Information Centre. Come and read the history of this camp. Set up in 1941 it was one of the largest...

Berri Pump Station

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Vietnam Veterans Memorial

This memorial was designed and erected by the Riverland Vietnam Veterans Association, with the support of the Riverland community, to honour those Regular and National Se...

CWA Mural

Berri Irrigation Office

Heritage Building Trail - The first Berri Irrigation Office was built about 1917 and occupied as an irrigation office until 1937. As the South Australian Governmen...

Overland Corner Hotel

The historic building was built in 1859 by the Brand Brothers for pioneer pastoralist James Chambers of Cogdogla Station to cater for the overland drovers and provide a s...

ANZAC Cross

The ANZAC Centenary Cross memorial is a project by the Berri Barmera Council in recognition of the ANZAC Centenary 2015, commemorating the servicemen and women who served...

Surf Shop Mural

This stunning aerosol mural was designed by local artist Suzanne Macpherson under the mentorship of Sarah Boese, an Adelaide based mural artist and illustrator. Commissio...

Celebration of Life Statute

Head, Foot, Hand Bronze Statue created and donated by local artist, the late Mark Chiles. Mark created the sculpture to be a representation of life in Barmera. The hand r...

Berri Bridge Mural

The original Ngurunderi Dreaming Story Mural was commissioned in 1997 by Transport SA, now DPTI, and artist Garry Duncan was engaged to facilitate the project and mentor ...

Hope Street Mural

HOPE STREET was a street art project aimed to create an outdoor gallery accessible to all, representing the community in all its diversity, celebrating creativity and inc...

Donald Campbell

In 1964 Englishman Donald Campbell attempted to break the water speed record on Lake Bonney. The Lake proved too small and the waves created by the boat were dangerous. C...

Barmera Jetty Lighting

The original jetty was built in 1924 and with an additional jetty formed a swimming enclosure. The additional jetty was later demolished after sustaining severe damage by...

Lock 3

In 1920 a series of locks and weirs were installed along the River Murray. These structures were built to divert water to the emerging agriculture industry and also to im...

Monash CFS

Monash CFS Mural was unvieled by Mayor Peter Hunt and CFS Commander Ray Jackson on 29 August 2021. This work was undertaken by artists Dean Hembling and John Seaton wit...

Bonney Theatre

Bonney Theatre was constructed in 1938 and adjoins the Soldiers Memorial Hall which was the original venue for social activities in the 1920’s. This building is an exampl...