Jonas Zilinskas b. 1 January 1919

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Zilinskas was an artist, designer, acrobat and trapeze performer who immigrated to Australia and worked in the Yuraygir National Park near Coffs Harbour NSW as a timber getter. While working there, he designed and built a timber, concrete and bottle sculpture in the forest ca.1950 that was said to survive as recently as 2013. He later joined the Ashton Circus where he continued designing and making circus equipment for sale.
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References [<ExternalResource: Pixi Robertson. "Jonas Zilinskas: Circus legend a hard act to follow Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/jonas-zilinskas-circus-legend-a-hard-act-to-follow." 26 August 2013 >, <ExternalResource: Sculpture can be seen at this site "YURAYGIR NATIONAL PARK">] [<ExternalResource: Pixi Robertson. "Jonas Zilinskas: Circus legend a hard act to follow Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/comment/obituaries/jonas-zilinskas-circus-legend-a-hard-act-to-follow." 26 August 2013 >]