Large gorilla sculpture installed in Batemans Bay park divides opinion

A 3-metre-tall bronze gorilla on the New South Wales South Coast is drawing crowds and raising eyebrows.

The artwork, Wild Mother Eastern Lowland Gorilla, is a statue of a 30-year-old eastern lowland gorilla named Mina.

Installed at Corrigan’s Reserve in Batehaven, it is the second of 22…