Jury comment
Delicate yet powerful, Fairbridge Children’s Park is an emotive journey of interpretation and living memory curated through light touches, seamless planting, materiality, art and signage installations. The site lends itself to travellers and community, providing a place for rest and reflection, and opportunities to connect to the stories associated with a sad past, but a bright future. In its understanding of the ways that history, memories and experiences shape lives, the design is revealing and captivating. Fairbridge Children’s Park is an example of landscape architecture’s ability to contribute to healing and the reconciliation process.
Fairbridge Children’s Park is located in Molong, New South Wales on the land of the Wiradjuri people.
Project credits
Design practice Clouston Associates Client The Old Fairbridgians Association Funding Create NSW; BHP Group Limited; Newcrest Mining; Department of Veterans’ Affairs; The Rawson Family; Old Fairbridgian Association members and private donors Surveyor Premise Structural engineer Premise; Event Engineering Contractor Co-ordinated Landscapes Signage fabricator Central Signs Furniture Street Furniture Australia Photographer Brenton Cox
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