From the Barracks to the Burrup: The National Trust in Western Australia

Published to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the National\nTrust in Western Australia, this beautifully designed book contains\nnever-before-published images and draws from a new oral history\narchive with testimonies from many of the founders, staff and\nvolunteers of the organisation. Heritage battles for the Barracks\nArch, the Palace Hotel, the Swan River and the Swan Brewery are\ncovered, as well as the integral role played by grassroots heritage\ngroups. Relations between the Trust, developers and the State\nGovernment and changing practices of interpretation and\nconservation are also discussed. What emerges is not only a history\nof the National Trust in Western Australia but also the people that\nshaped it. It is also a history of the ways in which heritage has\nbeen understood and practised across Australia.

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