Council has resolved to retain a mural of Zomi Frankcom that was painted on the Braidwood Council building.
Mayor Kenrick Winchester said that 'Zomi was an amazing, selfless individual who died helping others in the most desperate of situations.'
'The mural is a beautiful tribute to an amazing woman,' the Mayor said.
Zomi Frankcom was a volunteer who spent three months in Braidwood after the 2019-20 bushfires helping with meals for RFS volunteers and people who were evacuated or lost their homes.
Zomi was among several people in a vehicle convoy killed in Gaza while working for the World Food Kitchen in 2024.
On the weekend of 20-21 September 2025, the unauthorised mural was painted on the wall facing Park Lane on the Braidwood Literary Institute, commonly known as the Braidwood Council building.
Council's Arts and Cultural Development Advisory Committee discussed the mural in consideration with the Public Art Policy, noting that the mural was in line with the principles and objectives of the policy. The committee noted that the mural has significant artistic merit, was painted by a highly regarded artist and suggested that the mural would have been recommended if it was submitted as a public art project prior to its exhibition.
The mural was considered at a Council Meeting in Braidwood on 11 February 2026.
Council resolved that the mural be registered as a Council-maintained asset, that an appropriate plaque and plan of management will be prepared in conjunction with the artist or an art conservator, and to consider allocation of funds in the 2026-27 operating budget to maintain and preserve the mural.
