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Author Pieris, Anoma, author

Title Indigenous place : contemporary buildings, landmarks and places of significance in South East Australia and beyond / Anoma Peiris and others
Published Victoria : Melbourne School of Design, Faculty of Architecture Building and Planning, The University of Melbourne, 2014
©2014

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 WATERFT HEALTH  305.8991 Pie/Ipc  AVAILABLE
Description 284 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), maps, photographs ; 25 cm
Summary Explores contemporary Indigenous place making; draws on examples of Indigenous cultural spaces from Australian metropolitan centres including Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Canberra, Adelaide, Brisbane and Darwin, remote and regional areas; asks what makes a culturally appropriate representation of Aboriginality; surveyed cultural sites and facilities -- artworks, landscape and civic projects, purpose-built Aboriginal cultural centres and museums, commemorative sites, and political sites; discusses political struggles, decolonising ideas and community empowerment; joint project between University of Melbourne, Deakin University, the City of Melbourne Indigenous Arts Program, Reconciliation Victoria and The Victorian Traditional Owners Land Justice Group; launched as part of the 2014 Melbourne Indigenous Arts Festival
Analysis Australian
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 280-284
Subject Aboriginal Australians -- History.
Aboriginal Australians -- Australia, Southeastern -- Antiquities.
Archaeology -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Australia.
Aboriginal Australians.
Architecture -- Exhibitions.
Architecture -- Australia, Southeastern.
Architecture -- Australia.
Art, Aboriginal Australian.
Arts facilities -- Australia, Southeastern.
Cultural property -- Protection -- Australia.
Historic sites -- Australia, Southeastern.
Historic buildings -- Australia.
Historic sites -- Australia.
Indigenous peoples -- Australia.
Memorials -- Australia.
Monuments -- Australia.
Genre/Form Exhibition catalogs.
Author Berg, Rueben, author
Johnson, Fiona
McGaw, Janet, author
Tootell, Naomi, author
Melbourne School of Design, issuing body
ISBN 9780734049025