The final piece to be given to the community is a $1200 Aboriginal artwork by a local indigenous artist Denise Hedges for decoration at the Singleton Hospital.

The artists are ecstatic with how the bronze eternal flame turned out, becoming a highlight at this year’s Anzac Day services. 

Built for the Centenary of the Anzacs by sculptress Tanya Bartlett, the sculpture cost $26,000 to create and now sits proudly above a sandstone plinth near the Singleton Council offices. 

Ms Bartlett also created a bronze statue The Pioneer, valued at $120,000, located nearby the flame. 

The Singleton District Artists is a volunteer group who defied their numbers with what they were able to achieve. 

They were the first group to start the Singleton Art Prize, now run by Rotary Club of Singleton on Hunter. 

A small group of about six-to-10 members, the artists worked around the clock, canvassing donations, cooking cleaning and  hanging up about 800 art works for each exhibition when it first began in 1984.

Since then the acquisitive art piece has gone into the public’s civic art collection, 100 of those art works are valued at $300,000. 

“We, the remaining people in the group of Singleton District Artists wish to thank all the people who supported us in our efforts over the years and made it possible for us to achieve this magnificent result,” Singleton District Artists’ president Ruth Latter said.