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Alicia Perera

Darwin Street Art Festival's giant murals bring city streets to life

On the sides of buildings and floors of car parks across Darwin, huge murals are taking shape.

From a giant skeleton sprawled across the ground to a crocodile rising from the wall of an apartment block, they're all part of the Darwin Street Art Festival, an annual event which transforms disused spaces into vibrant works of art in the Northern Territory's capital.

The event started in 2017 to help activate Darwin during an economic slump following the construction of major gas project Inpex. Today it's hard to find a street in the CBD without a brightly coloured mural first created as part of the festival.

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