Fairbridge Children’s Park

Site Location: Molong, NSW, Wiradjuri Country
Services Deployed:
Clouston Projects

Overview

Clouston Associates – a division of Beveridge Williams- was engaged by the Old Fairbridgians Association to develop an interpretive park that marks the legacy of one of Britain’s largest child migration schemes. From 1938 to 1973, nearly 1000 children journeyed to a new life at the Fairbridge Farm School outside Moolong in regional NSW.

The Park conveys a strong story of the human experience of the Fairbridge children’s journey. The narrative is displayed through landscape spaces, planting, positioning of relevant artefacts and new art installations. It is a place of beauty and tranquillity – an antidote to the hardship and isolation of its former residents.

Award Winner:

  • National Trust Heritage Award for Education & Interpretation 2021
  • AILA National Landscape Architecture Award for Cultural Heritage 2021
  • AILA NSW Cultural Heritage Award 2021
  • AILA NSW Regional Achievement Award 2021
  • The Landscape Association Excellence Award for Commercial & Civil Construction 2021