From the Barracks to the Burrup
Subtitle: the National Trust in Western Australia
By: Andrea Witcomb and Kate Gregory
Contributors: Gregory, Kate; National Trust of Australia (W.A.)
Publisher: National Trust; UNSW Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sydney
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9781921410246
Subjects: Social conditions; National Trust of Australia (W.A.); Management; Historic sites; History
Description: Published to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the National Trust in Western Australia, this beautifully designed book contains never-before-published images and draws from a new oral history archive with testimonies from many of the founders, staff and volunteers of the organisation. Heritage battles for the Barracks Arch, the Palace Hotel, the Swan River and the Swan Brewery are covered, as well as the integral role played by grassroots heritage groups. Relations between the Trust, developers and the State Government and changing practices of interpretation and conservation are also discussed. What emerges is not only a history of the National Trust in Western Australia but also the people that shaped it. It is also a history of the ways in which heritage has been understood and practised across Australia.--Publisher description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references p. ([342]-345) and index.