Places of the heart
Subtitle: memorials in Australia
By: Paul Ashton, Paula Hamilton and Rose Searby
Contributors: Hamilton, Paula, 1951-; Searby, Rose
Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing
Published: 2012
Place of publication: North Melbourne, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 123
ISBN-13: 9781921875731
Subjects: Mourning customs; History; Memorial rites and ceremonies; Memorialization; Memorials
Description: This book charts the transformation of Australian ways of mourning over the last forty years through a study of memorials--one particular means by which those who live on commemorate the dead. It explores the reasons memorials are set up and how they are used by those who visit them.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.