This book review of ‘The Invention of Melbourne: A Baroque Archbishop and a Gothic Architect’ and ‘The Architecture of Devotion: James Goold and His Legacies in Colonial Melbourne’ is published in History Australia, 2022.
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analysis on heritage and history
This book review of ‘The Invention of Melbourne: A Baroque Archbishop and a Gothic Architect’ and ‘The Architecture of Devotion: James Goold and His Legacies in Colonial Melbourne’ is published in History Australia, 2022.
Read moreMy 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.
Read moreMy book Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia has now been released.
Read moreAdopting 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.
Read moreHow was Australia’s heritage mafia established? To answer, let’s unpack urban heritage in 1990s Australia.
Read moreChaired 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.
Read moreMy 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.
Read moreIn mid-2021, the owners of the historic Nicholas Building in the heart of Melbourne put the landmark on the market.
Read moreThe 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.
Read moreThe New South Wales government has released a discussion paper expressing its ambition to review and “modernise” the Heritage Act (1977).
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