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Dermot Rodwell Museum of Contemporary Art

How did you come to work at the Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA)?

I’m a fitter and a turner by trade. I started in the FM game about 20 years ago up at Centrepoint (now Sydney) Tower in Sydney, and sort of stuck with it ever since then, through thick and thin. I’ve worked for a number of tourist attractions in Sydney, like Sydney Aquarium, hotels, the Queen Victoria Building and a few other buildings.

Previous to working with the MCA I was working for AMP Capital, looking after a few buildings out west for it. This job was advertised and I thought, ‘Well, you know,

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