5226 2021 Simpson Desert – Street Art – Townsville – N QLD

kennie deaner Untitled [Agora House] 2014 Commissioned by Townsville City Council in May 2014, this mural was completed by Townsville artist Kennie Deaner, and combines the artist’s traditional graffiti influences with a portrait of Captain William Howard Smith, a historic figure after whom the building was once named. Agora House was erected in 1910-11 as new offices for the Townsville branch of the Howard Smith Company Ltd, a coastal shipping company.