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From the Barracks to the Burrup, the National Trust in Western Australia, Andrea Witcomb and Kate Gregory

eng

Includes bibliographical references p. ([342]-345) and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

From the Barracks to the Burrup

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Andrea Witcomb and Kate Gregory

the National Trust in Western Australia

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.--Publisher description

Asphalt, stones and water : sollision of modernity with sense of place -- Setting up house ; birth of the national Trust of Australia -- Getting to work : setting the agenda and gaining public confidence -- Ligitimating their role : establishing the National Trust under an Act of parliament -- Buildint the past : restoration and the role of Architects -- 'On no account let it become a museum' : the Trust's early appraoch to properties -- Housekeeping and domesticity : genteel interiors during the 1970s -- Towards professionalism : interpreting the past through the properties since 1979 -- From wildflowers to fish traps: the Trust's role in preserving landscapes -- Sailing through troubled waters : managing community expectations and corporate interests -- Widening movement : national agendas and their impact on the Trust -- Days of hope and despair : preservationalists, developers and the state government