We acknowledge the traditional Aboriginal owners of Country throughout Australia and pay our respect to them, their culture and their Elders past, present and future.

Plico Design Studio ensures that our projects respect the heritage of our first inhabitants and their ongoing people. We actively seek consultation with indigenous bodies, to ensure our projects are respectful to the full breath of Australian history.

For the CH Smith Building we consulted academics at the Riawunna Centre for Aboriginal Education at the University of Tasmania, to ensure that we could sensitively and accurately portray the history of indigenous occupation on the site, to the project’s interpretation boards for visitors.

We work with indigenous providers within the construction industry. In particular we have formed a strong relationship with Indigenous construction companies who are a majority indigenous owner construction company who work Nation wide. We have engaged with Indigenous construction companies on a range of projects, including the addition to the Gunung-Willam-Balluk Koorie Learning Centre in Broadmeadows.