Event: ‘A New History of the Australian Heritage Movement: In Conversation’

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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Brisbane and Gold Coast urban heritage in the early 1970s (and today)

In late January, a hundred or so urbanists descended on the Gold Coast for the 13th Australian Urban History Planning History (UHPH) Conference. Attendees included academics, historians, planners and practitioners, who delivered a range of papers on the Australian city, from pre-colonial times to the present-day. Hosted every two years—the next in 2018 is in Melbourne—this is the largest Australasian conference of its kind.

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Australian urban history at AHA 2015

Urban history is one of the oldest forms of history practiced in Australia. Early local historians like A.W. Greig were interested in cities and its spaces. Similarly, since World War II, the Australian city has been subject to much local and academic historical analysis, and remains a perennially popular topic.

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