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    Heritage of the Markham car collection: Estrangement with the West Australian motoring community

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    Authors
    Joseph, Pauline
    Date
    2016
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Joseph, P. 2016. Heritage of the Markham car collection: Estrangement with the West Australian motoring community. Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals. 12 (1): pp. 23-46.
    Source Title
    Collections: A Journal for Museum and Archives Professionals
    Additional URLs
    https://journals.rowman.com/issues/985901-collections-vol-12-n1
    ISSN
    1550-1906
    School
    Department of Information Studies
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    Copyright © 2016 Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc. Reproduced with permission.

    All rights reserved. Permission must be obtained from the publisher for reproduction of any material in any form.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42749
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    Abstract

    The Markham car collection heritage was entrusted with the Western Australia Museum in 1969. Subsequent events caused estrangement between the state’s motoring community and the museum, and forty-five years later still engender anger in motoring enthusiasts in Western Australia. Recollections of what actually happened are inconsistent; this paper investigates what happened and what went wrong. A qualitative research approach using interviews, archival records, car club magazines and newspaper clippings was employed. The interviews were conducted with selected representatives from the motoring community and the Markham brothers. The paper concludes with discussion on the lessons learnt from this controversial incident for the Markham family, motoring community and cultural institutions. Questions about trust and ethics with donors and depositors, including the role of cultural institutions as custodians of national heritage are posed.

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