The Coles Mur­al is paint­ed on the walls of the Coles Super­mar­ket in Alice Springs, fac­ing Rail­way Ter­race. It is a large mur­al almost sev­en metres high and cov­er­ing an area of over 400 square metres. The south­ern­most sec­tion is his­tor­i­cal in theme, whilst the north­ern sec­tion of wall has a con­tem­po­rary theme and fea­tures local char­ac­ters of the day, as well as a large rep­re­sen­ta­tion of the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry Flag.

Approx­i­mate­ly 200 peo­ple helped to paint the walls. G J Coles & Co Ltd sup­port­ed the project and local com­pa­nies also pro­vid­ed assis­tance. The mur­al was com­plet­ed over a ten week peri­od from Sep­tem­ber to Novem­ber 1981 and was offi­cial­ly opened by Chief Min­is­ter Paul Ever­ing­ham on 27 Novem­ber 1981. This mur­al is unique in the North­ern Ter­ri­to­ry for its scale, qual­i­ty, longevi­ty and for the extent of com­mu­ni­ty involve­ment in its cre­ation. It has become a strik­ing local land­mark in Alice Springs and is high­ly val­ued by the community.