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The genesis of historic landscape conservation in Australia
AbstractChanging concepts of heritage to encompass the conservation of history in the wider environment and “bringing the landscape itself” to the “same level of recognition and acceptance” as buildings and other structures accorded historic or cultural significance (Tishler, W.H., 1982. Historical landscapes: An international presentation perspective, Landscape Plann., 9: 91–103) are new concerns in Australia. Although it is only 200 years since European settlers arrived, Australians are discovering that the resultant changes to the continent reveal much about how Europeans responded to Australian environments and how their culture and identity were shaped.An account of growing recognition of historic/cultural landscape values and the implementation of conservation practices in Australia is given. To explain this fresh interest, the paper refers to shifting perceptions of landscape (as scenery, as nature or wilderness and most recently, as cultural resource), to local theoretical development in the field, and to the activities of government heritage conservation units established as a result of heritage legislation.There are considerable difficulties in implementing conservation in a society where much of the rural historic landscape is privately owned and commonly subject to relatively low levels of governmental regulation. Nevertheless, it is argued that acceptance of the historic and cultural values of landscape is very important to the development of the national culture and society's relations with the continent.
The genesis of historic landscape conservation in Australia
AbstractChanging concepts of heritage to encompass the conservation of history in the wider environment and “bringing the landscape itself” to the “same level of recognition and acceptance” as buildings and other structures accorded historic or cultural significance (Tishler, W.H., 1982. Historical landscapes: An international presentation perspective, Landscape Plann., 9: 91–103) are new concerns in Australia. Although it is only 200 years since European settlers arrived, Australians are discovering that the resultant changes to the continent reveal much about how Europeans responded to Australian environments and how their culture and identity were shaped.An account of growing recognition of historic/cultural landscape values and the implementation of conservation practices in Australia is given. To explain this fresh interest, the paper refers to shifting perceptions of landscape (as scenery, as nature or wilderness and most recently, as cultural resource), to local theoretical development in the field, and to the activities of government heritage conservation units established as a result of heritage legislation.There are considerable difficulties in implementing conservation in a society where much of the rural historic landscape is privately owned and commonly subject to relatively low levels of governmental regulation. Nevertheless, it is argued that acceptance of the historic and cultural values of landscape is very important to the development of the national culture and society's relations with the continent.
The genesis of historic landscape conservation in Australia
Russell, Jim A. (author)
Landscape and Urban Planning ; 17 ; 305-312
1988-09-28
8 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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