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Heritage – The way we see it is how we tell it.
It is so customary to think of the historical past in terms of narrative, sequences, dates and chronologies that we...
Read moreThe Necessity to Prepare Heritage Lists
Heritage inventories inform authorities, scholars, and the public of essential information about heritage resources including their size, location, and significance....
Read moreHeritage Planning Conflicts
As planning matures it recognises an increasingly large set of multiple interests. Various planners (sic) have drawn attention to the...
Read moreHeritage Significance on the Cusp
What is heritage significance. Is the Sydney Opera House significant? Is this keyboard from which I type the blog significant?...
Read moreHeritage-Tourism – Loving it to Death
How often have we all heard or read the phrase; “Tourism is a driver of economic development”. Internationally, tourism is...
Read moreThe Strength of Conservation Areas
I have always believed that a contributory item in a conservation area is stronger form of heritage listing than individual...
Read moreWhat are the present day concerns with cultural heritage?
Heritage – alienation from the means of production? Many years ago, Karl Max and Friedrich Engels coined the phrase; ‘alienation...
Read moreIs Heritage in the Public or Private Interest?
According to a new paper by Mualam and Alterman (see reference below), appeals concerning built heritage are frequently structured as...
Read moreInterwar Buildings Becoming Rare
Who would ever have thought that these liver brick medium density walk-ups would eventually become heritage listed? But the truth...
Read moreOne Heritage List for all of Australia
How good would that be? One single heritage list for the entire nation - not the 30 or 40 separate...
Read moreHeritage versus Sustainability
Yesterday I attended a seminar in Pyrmont NSW entitled “Sustainability Live”. It was organised by Architecture & Design and dwelt...
Read moreHeritage Listings in NSW
Recently, I have been thinking about how we can improve our heritage listing processes in NSW and below, I set...
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