Memorials are more diverse in design and subject matter than ever before. No longer limited
to statues of heroes placed high on pedestals, contemporary memorials engage visitors in …

The 1972 Aboriginal Embassy was one of the most significant Aboriginal political protest
actions of the twentieth century. What had begun as a simple response to a Prime Ministerial …

As a reoccupation of land immediately in front of Parliament House for six months in 1972,
the Aboriginal Embassy was an inspiring demonstration of Aboriginal self-determination and …

This article discusses Indigenous spatial and political presence within Australia's capital city
in relation to emergent discourses in urban geography on 'the right to the city'and theories of …

Here is a lavishly illustrated descriptive survey of 48 leading indigenous cultural centers
around the world (35 are from Australia and 13 from North America, Japan, Europe, and …

For much of their history since 1788, non‐Indigenous Australians have virtually erased from
their public art practice any reference to a conflictual history of occupation. Yet since the …

This chapter presents an argument that unexpected, disorderly encounters with difference in
urban spaces are essential to the social development of individuals and groups and for …

Much has been written about Canberra and other modern, democratic capitals, in terms of
how their urban designs communicate national identity and values. But relatively little …

The term unstable monument describes a process of destabilising the temporal sequence of
event to monument to counter-monument through different stages of preservation and …