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A culture of inquiry

Our ethos

We invest in a culture of inquiry, innovation, growth and development to maintain active engagement and participation in our communities and to enhance and celebrate the diversity of our studios.

We deeply appreciate and consciously value the diversity, equity and inclusion of all people, which flows through to every aspect of our design practices and workplace.

Our ethos recognises that to be at our best and our strongest, we must build on our diversity, foster belonging, and support inclusion.

Doing this enables those who work with or alongside us to feel able to bring their fullest contributions.

We strongly believe we all have a role to keep contributing, progressing and owning our individuality, and making space for the uniqueness of those around us.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at Tract
Diversity equity and inclusion - wgea statement 2025
Queers in Property event

Having the backing and knowledge of one of our more experienced or specialist team members can assist with identifying areas of development and how to address them, provide broadened networking opportunities and insight into the company, and assist in developing a greater appreciation of the industry.

The career and life experiences, as well as the guidance and technical knowledge, shared by our mentors has proved invaluable for many of our employees – some of whom have gone on to be mentors themselves.

Our leadership
Mentorship program
Senior Principal Melissa Vukovic and Director Janis Fischer

For many of our team members, a passion for design and shaping our environments extends far beyond the workplace. Tract offer two scholarships to support and grow these passions – Travel Scholarship and Sketches Scholarship.

Scholarships - sophie powell 2022
Fiteroy Falls. Original artwork by Sophie Powell

Each year in conjunction with the University of Melbourne, we run an intern research program, where students across our disciplines dive into a research topic relevant for a three-week intensive.

This opportunity allows students to gain broad and practical experience and make industry connections, whilst getting a taste of their future career.

Find out more
Internship - university of melbourne and tract
University of Melbourne x Tract internship program

Our journey since 1973 marks a significant timeline in the evolution of landscape architecture, urban design and planning in Australia. We’re celebrating our milestone 50th year with events around the country, and by sharing 50 stories that reflect our past and look to our future, under the banner ‘Look Back/See Forward’.

A fundamental part of Tract’s story is our connection with clients, collaborators and peers, and the many hundreds of individuals who have worked at Tract over the years. We welcome you to celebrate 50 years with us and look forward to future partnerships.

50 Years, 50 Stories

Our forums create opportunities to come together as a national practice for an intensive and shared learning experience. Sharing and developing ideas together, the outcomes focus on shaping what is important to our practice and our people, and how we can bring those values into the work we do.

Past forums

  • Connection (2023) — Kingscliff, NSW
  • Thrive (2019) — Lorne, VIC
  • Design / Live / Love (2016) — Paramatta, NSW
  • Rethinking The Strip (2012) — Richmond, VIC
  • Conversations About Place (2010) — Darwin, NT
  • Adaptive Design (2008) — Manly, NSW
  • Design for Liveability (2006) — Cairns, QLD
  • Sustainable Design (2004) — Chirnside Park, VIC
  • Strategic Planning (2002) — Werribee, VIC
  • ESD Design & Technology (2000) — Beechworth, VIC
  • Building on Tract’s History (1998) — Canberra, ACT
National forum - culture
Thrive Forum (2019)

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