Who is this mysterious merwoman who adorns ‘The One And All’ as her figurehead?
I have search high and low for her name but alas I am left none the wiser.
In all the texts I have found she is simply referred to as ‘the figurehead’.
I even found one reference to the artist who carved her, Ainsley Pine, however a search for more information on Ainsley was even more obscure leading me nowhere.
So who is this mysterious merwoman who adorns ‘The One And All’ as her figurehead?
Photo: Robert Rath, ‘Day 834, Mystery Merwoman’, 1/640s f2.8 ISO400 200mm
The beautiful mermaid woman is Donna Akselson who was the first female Aboriginal shipwright approver in Port Adelaide. She still lives in the area and her inerview and story can be seen at the Port Adelaide Maritime Museum exhibition “Living in the Port”.