This year’s lecture, on Connecting and Building Sustainable Communities, will be presented by Dr Ken Michael, former Governor of Western Australia. An initiative of the National Trust (WA) the lecture will be held in Perth on Wednesday 14 March and in Kalgoorlie on 19 March. 20120111 CY O’Connor Flyer – FINAL
You can book online at http://www.ntwa.com.au/
The Perth Waterfront is once again gaining attention. The City Gatekeepers’ protest group has been formed to try and get the government to rethink the scale of the development and to incorporate the heritage elements associated with the Esplanade, one of Perth’s oldest recreation sites and a State heritage registered site. The West is running an on-line poll: http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/cloud/polls/popup/b81d568d-2bda-3283-83ee-291eb950220f/
A protest rally and march will occur at the Esplanade at 11am on 26 February, and a petition will be presented to Parliament in March.
The City Gatekeepers have developed a petition and asked that we circulate this to our members who are also asked to circulate as widely as possible. The Petition must be returned to Linley Lutton, PO Box 5769, St Georges Terrace Perth 6831. This petition must not be altered and only original signatures are permitted. Faxed copies of signatures cannot be accepted. Petition+standard+form
The City Gatekeepers website is: http://www.citygatekeepers.com.au/
The History Council is also concerned that the Waterfront development will destroy the Esplanade, and that the processes required for consideration of a heritage site have not been fully implemented. We have drafted a Media Release outlining our arguments. 12.01.17 Perth Waterfront – Press Release
The long awaited results of the Australian Research Council funded East Perth History Project are now available, in a beautiful book and website.
POWERING PERTH: A HISTORY OF THE EAST PERTH POWER STATION
Edited by: Lenore Layman
ISBN: 9780 980 631 388 (pbk.)
Publication date: November 2011
Price: $35
This book tells the story of one of Perth’s most significant places, drawing particularly on the memories of those who depended upon it for work and power. The East Perth Power Station lies at the heart of the electrification of Perth and deserves to be recognised and remembered as central to the fabric of life in Perth. In turn, in highlighting our ever-expanding consumption of electricity, the story reminds us of the environmental limits to that consumption and the questions of sustainability which confront us in the new century. Lenore Layman.
For contents of this publication, view FLYER.
For postage and courier costs follow this LINK
PAYMENT: by credit card, cheque or postal order made out to ‘Curtin University’
The paper presented by Curtin University PhD student, Julie Lunn at our More than grass: Perth Waterfront Forum, is now available.
The Carnarvon Space and Technology Museum are looking for sponsors to assist in getting Buzz Aldrin to Western Australia for the official launch of the museum in April this year. In the lead up to the opening, they have also developed a new website http://www.carnarvonmuseum.org.au/home.html and you can like them on Facebook too http://www.facebook.com/pages/Carnarvon-Space-and-Technology-Museum/152613644848869
The paper presented by historical archaeologist, Gaye Nayton, at our More than grass: Perth Waterfront Forum, is now available
The City of Perth has launched its Inaugural History Award to promote interest in the history of the City of Perth Local Government area. There is a first prize of $500 and a $150 runner up prize. The closing date for entries is Monday 24 September 2012 at 4.00pm. HISTORY brochure FINAL
It has been suggested that the name, Foundation Day, should be changed to WA Week. The History Council does not support the proposal, believing that the name Foundation Day enables discussion and debate about the events both before and after 1 June 1829 in a way that WA Day cannot.
Our letter to the Perth Voice has been published in their 17 December 2011 issue. You can see this and our other letters on our Waterfront webpage.
Early bird registrations for this conference close soon.
The theme of the conference is Urban Transformations: booms, busts and
other catastrophes. Its focus is on the manifold factors, including rapid
economic change and natural disaster, that operate over time to transform
urban areas.
Keynote speakers are Associate Professor Charles Schenking (HKU) on the
great Kanto earthquake and the chimera of national reconstruction in
Japan, and Winthrop Professor Richard Weller (UWA) on the past in the
future of urbanisation.
Online registration is now open. Hurry! Early bird discount ends 19
December.
Please visit http://uhph2012.com/ for more details and to register online.