Title Material culture and the cultural environment : objects and places / M. Anderson

Published Canberra : Environment Australia, 1997

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Description 17 pages ; 30 cm Series Australia: State of the environment technical paper series / Natural and cultural heritage Australia--state of the environment technical paper series. Natural and cultural heritage. Contents 1. Objects and culture -- 2. Heritage collections in Australia -- 3. A national approach to material heritage -- 4. Museums and a sense of self - a creative nation? -- 5. Possible indicators for future State of the Environment reports Summary This paper provides an initial argument about the inter-connectedness of places and objects and about the place of objects in our culture. It points to the importance of preserving objects along with historic places, but goes futher to consider objects - material (or portable) heritage - as another source of historical or cultural evidence, together with the built environment, documentary and pictorial evidence and 'intangible heritage', or folklore Analysis Cultural property Federal issue Museums and galleries Popular culture State issue Notes At head of title: Environment Australia Bibliography Includes bibliographic references (page 17) Notes Also available via the World Wide Web System requirements: Internet connectivity, World Wide Web browser, and Adobe Acrobat Reader Commonwealth of Australia 1997 Subject Cultural property -- Protection -- Australia. Historic preservation -- Australia. Material culture -- Australia -- Conservation and preservation Material culture -- Australia -- Identification. Material culture -- Australia. Museums -- Acquisitions -- Australia. Museums -- Australia. Australia -- Antiquities -- Collection and preservation. Author Australia. Environment Australia. LC no. 00001371 ISBN 0642252882

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