Sarah Pinto, "Places of Reconciliation: Commemorating Indigenous History in the Heart of Melbourne"
English | ISBN: 0522872336 | 2021 | 173 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 0522872336 | 2021 | 173 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
The centre of Melbourne is filled with stories about the city's pasts. Like all of Australia's cities, it is a place that is dominated by markers of the settler-colonial past. Yet when it comes to its Indigenous pasts, the city is mostly a place of silence. Since the 1990s, however, Indigenous histories have been brought into central Melbourne's commemorative landscapes. Monuments, memorials, namings, and artworks have all been used to mark the city's Indigenous pasts. These historical markers can be found in the everyday places of parks, roads, bridges, and thoroughfares. Taken together, they are an incursion into the city's commemorative landscapes.
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