From the Barracks to the Burrup : the National Trust in Western Australia / Andrea Witcomb and Katherine Gregory.
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TextPublication details: Sydney : UNSW Press, 2010Description: 352 p. : ill. (some col.), ports., facsims. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781921410246 (hbk.)Subject(s): National Trust of Australia (W.A.) | Historic sites -- Western Australia -- Management | Perth (W.A.) -- Social conditions -- HistoryDDC classification: 363.6909941 Summary: AUSTRALASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY. AUSTRALIAN. Published to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the National Trust in Western Australia, this beautifully designed book contains never-before-published images and draws from a new oral history archive with testimonies from many of the founders, staff and volunteers of the organisation. Heritage battles for the Barracks Arch, the Palace Hotel, the Swan River and the Swan Brewery are covered, as well as the integral role played by grassroots heritage groups. Relations between the Trust, developers and the State Government and changing practices of interpretation and conservation are also discussed. What emerges is not only a history of the National Trust in Western Australia but also the people that shaped it. It is also a history of the ways in which heritage has been understood and practised across Australia.
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult Nonfiction | 363.6909941 WIT (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111042112258 |
Includes index.
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AUSTRALASIAN & PACIFIC HISTORY. AUSTRALIAN. Published to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the National Trust in Western Australia, this beautifully designed book contains never-before-published images and draws from a new oral history archive with testimonies from many of the founders, staff and volunteers of the organisation. Heritage battles for the Barracks Arch, the Palace Hotel, the Swan River and the Swan Brewery are covered, as well as the integral role played by grassroots heritage groups. Relations between the Trust, developers and the State Government and changing practices of interpretation and conservation are also discussed. What emerges is not only a history of the National Trust in Western Australia but also the people that shaped it. It is also a history of the ways in which heritage has been understood and practised across Australia.
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