Three Dubbo students will have their designs depicted on Rhino statues around the city after being chosen as the winners of a competition to find the new artworks that will replace old Rhinos with wear and tear damage.

Students Madison Roche of Dubbo Senior Campus, Montanna McNair of Dubbo Christian School and Alayna Haque of St John’s College created the artworks that were chosen by a panel of judges.

Dubbo Regional Council (DRC) asked students taking Visual Arts and Designs from the four high schools in Dubbo to participate in the competition.

The new Rhino statues will be moved to the Dubbo Showground where they will be painted with the students’ designs over the next two months.

It is expected the Rhinos will be installed in early November and replace the Rhinos that were damaged on the Newell Highway, Narromine Road and Mitchell Highway at Blueridge Business Park.