a blog on urban history and heritage conservation.
My report on “Place Name “Moreland”, prepared for the City of Moreland, in the inner north of Melbourne, has received the Victorian Community History Award, Small History Publication Project, 2022.
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My book Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia has now been released.
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Adopting new perspectives won’t only preserve our historic buildings and places by enabling us to shape them for today’s needs. It will also mean urban heritage can contribute to cities becoming more socially, economically and environmentally sustainable.
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How was Australia’s heritage mafia established? To answer, let’s unpack urban heritage in 1990s Australia.
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Chaired by Professor Philip Goad (University of Melbourne), join Sharon Veale (GML Heritage), Maddi Miller (University of Melbourne) and Dr James Lesh (Deakin University) for a discussion panel on urban heritage in twentieth- and twenty-first century Australia. How might heritage pasts shape heritage futures? Our heritage approaches and protections were developed in the latter decades of the twentieth century. The panel will unpack assumptions embedded within heritage – to chart progressive futures for cities and places. On the evening, Philip Goad will also launch James Lesh’s new book, Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia (Routledge, 2022). The book synthesis
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My report on “Place Name “Moreland”, prepared for the City of Moreland, in the inner north of Melbourne, has now been released. Adopting a historical archival approach, the report explores the links between the “Moreland” name and British Caribbean Slavery.
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In mid-2021, the owners of the historic Nicholas Building in the heart of Melbourne put the landmark on the market.
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The City of Moreland in Melbourne’s inner north is named after the late 18th-century Jamaican slave plantation of the McCrae family. Including the suburbs of Brunswick, Coburg and Pascoe Vale, the municipality’s name valorises slavery and colonialism. Moreland’s councillors are considering a new name for the local government area after being made aware of the links.
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The New South Wales government has released a discussion paper expressing its ambition to review and “modernise” the Heritage Act (1977).
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If communities don’t understand and support local heritage protections, perhaps that’s a reflection on how the system works and not just evidence of a need for public education.
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