Negotiating industrial heritage and regional identity in three Australian regions

- Eklund, Erik

Title
Negotiating industrial heritage and regional identity in three Australian regions
Creator
Eklund, Erik
Date
2017
Type
Text; Journal article
Identifier
http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/164119
Identifier
vital:12995
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.1525/tph.2017.39.4.44
Identifier
ISBN:0272-3433
Abstract
This article investigates the relationship between industrial heritage and regional identity during deindustrialization in three Australian regions. Newcastle, in the state of New South Wales (NSW), was a coal-mining and steel-production center located north of Sydney. Wollongong, also in NSW, was a coal-mining and steelproduction region centered around Port Kembla, near the town of Wollongong. The Latrobe Valley was a brown coal-mining and electricity-production center east of Melbourne. All regions display a limited profile for industrial heritage within their formal policies and representations. In Newcastle and Wollongong, the adoption of the language of the postindustrial city has limited acknowledgement of the industrial past, while the Latrobe Valley's industrial heritage is increasingly framed by concerns over current economic challenges and climate change. © 2017 by The Regents of the University of California and the National Council on Public History. All rights reserved.
Publisher
University of California Press
Relation
Public Historian Vol. 39, no. 4 (2017), p. 44-64
Rights
Copyright © 2017 by The Regents of the University of California and the National Council on Public History. All rights reserved.
Rights
Open Access
Rights
This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
Subject
2103 Historical Studies; Authorized heritage discourse; Deindustrialization; Industrial heritage; Regional history
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