Hobart City Council

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Written By Caleb Nichols-Mansell

A poetic Acknowledgement rooted in personal connection, paired with native fibre planting.

Commissioned to create an Acknowledgement of Country for Town Hall, I departed from the standard format and instead composed a poem expressing my personal relationship with Country. Installed alongside a native fibre planting, the plaque invites reflection and challenges viewers to consider their own connections to place. It serves as both a creative intervention and a cultural offering, one that acknowledges past, present, and future relationships with land and community.

Client: Hobart City Council
Project Type: Public Art
Location: Hobart, Tasmania
Year: 2023

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Caleb Nichols-Mansell

Caleb Nichols-Mansell moves between Country, culture, and contemporary practice — weaving stories from land, spirit, and community into powerful visual languages. As a proud Palawa man, Caleb's work bridges the ancient and the evolving, reimagining Aboriginal knowledge systems through design, public art, and digital storytelling.

His practice is rooted in Country and carried forward through site-responsive interventions, graphic and surface design, and large-scale public commissions. Through intricate textures, flowing linework, and bold organic forms, Caleb invites reflection on identity, resilience, and the enduring strength of Palawa people.

His works have been commissioned by leading institutions across Australia, including MONA, University of Tasmania, Arts Tasmania, Australian Fashion Week, Lifeline Australia, and the Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; embedding stories of survival, connection, and contemporary Aboriginal identity into the cultural, public, and built environment.

www.calebnicholsmansell.com.au

https://www.calebnicholsmansell.com.au
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