Heritage buildings
Conference paper
Current problems and new departures in conserving private heritage resources within Australia's urban planning frameworks
This paper outlines present threats to privately-held heritage resources in the absence of significant financial support from the state. It canvasses alternative policies for providing heritage support within local planning frameworks.
Conference paper
The planning of commemorative works in Canberra: on death and sublation
After outlining the issues to be explored and the types of data that can shed light on them, this paper provides a brief history of the major memorials erected in Canberra up until 2002, and the rationales that shaped them. The main focus of the paper is then new commemorative projects that have developed in...
Conference paper
It's more than just the buildings; it's what they did inside: a case for the preservation of industrial worksites
Using the example of the Western Australian Government Railway Workshops at Midland, now a State heritage icon, this paper argues that there is significant social and historical value in retaining and reusing industrial sites, appropriately and sensitively interpreting their past.
Conference paper
The 'future' of the past and the present of City of Sydney - on studying the conservation of The Rocks historic area
Questioning the conservation of the City of Sydney’s past is the focus of the paper, with reference to the protection of The Rocks historic area.