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Bridge of Remembrance DCM

Hobart is now known by many Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people as nipaluna. This place was home to the Muwinina people of the South-East Nation. The Muwinina people thrived on this Country and were strongly connected to important places such as kunanyi/Mount Wellington, the rivulets and the River Derwent.

Neil Bourne, the lead architect on Hobart’s Bridge of Remembrance, commenced the first stakeholder meeting by asking the question that others had no doubt been quietly contemplating themselves: Why am I here? In doing so, he addressed his status as the only architect in the room, a predicament that he’s often found himself in when working on the many infrastructure projects he has completed over almost three decades at Denton Corker Marshall (DCM). In answering

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