COMMEMORATION, MEANING, AND HERITAGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIALS.

Stephens, John

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Authors

Stephens, John

Date

2006

Type

Conference Paper

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Citation

Stephens, John R. 2006. : COMMEMORATION, MEANING, AND HERITAGE OF WESTERN AUSTRALIAN WAR MEMORIALS., in Miller, C. L. and Roche, M. M (ed), Past Matters: Heritage, History and the Built Environment. 8th Australasian Urban History/ Planning History Conference., 9-11 February, pp. 479-490. Massey University , Wellington, New Zealand: School of People, Environment and Planning.

Source Title

Past Matters: Proceedings of the 8th Australasian Urban History/ Planning History Conference.

Source Conference

Past Matters: Heritage, History and the Built Environment. 8th Australasian Urban History/ Planning History Conference.

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http://uhph2006-dev.massey.ac.nz/

Faculty

Australia Research Institute

School

Department of Architecture and Interior Architecture

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/45826

Collection

Curtin Research Publications

Abstract

Recent widespread interest in commemoration has underlined the continuing role of Australian war memorials as sites of memory and places of community identity. These memorials are heavily contested sites at the confluence of diverse community meanings, memory and politics. Current challenges are to maintain the relevance of war memorials in the face of changing meaning and local planning circumstances. This paper discusses recent Western Australian research in collaboration with the Returned and Services League to study the contested meanings of war memorials, their design, setting and planning issues and recover them as significant heritage and markers of community identity and citizenship.