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Hunting the Collectors: Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives
 

Hunting the Collectors: Pacific Collections in Australian Museums, Art Galleries and Archives (Hardback, 2nd Revised edition)

Edited by Cochrane, Susan; Quanchi, Max

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This volume investigates Pacific collections held in Australian museums, art galleries and archives, and the diverse group of 19th and 20th century collectors responsible for their acquisition. The nineteen essays reveal varied personal and institutional motivations that eventual ...

ISBN 9781443826600
Published 1 February 2011
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Representing the Nation: A Reader - Histories, Heritage, Museums
  

Representing the Nation: A Reader - Histories, Heritage, Museums (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Evans, Jessica; Boswell, David

Representing the Nation gathers key writings from leading thinkers in cultural studies, cultural history, and museum studies to ask what role cultural insitutions play in creating and shaping our sense of ourselves as a nation.

ISBN 9780415208703
Published 22 April 1999 by Taylor & Francis Ltd
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South Pacific Museums: Experiments in Culture
 

South Pacific Museums: Experiments in Culture (Paperback, illustrated edition)

By Healy, Chris; Witcomb, Andrea

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A collection of outstanding analyses of museums in the South Pacific, written by an international team of cultural, museum and architectural critics, and historians. A series of snapshots introduce the reader to key museums in the region and longer essays explore these museums in ...

ISBN 9780975747582
Published 20 October 2006 by FOOTPRINT BOOKS
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The Odditoreum

The Odditoreum (Paperback)

By Tan, Shaun; Other primary creator Museum, Powerhouse

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The Odditoreum contains a parade of curiosities large and small from deep within the vaults of the Powerhouse Museum. Award-winning author and illustrator Shaun Tan has created an intriguing story for each, blurring fact and fantasy, in a very potent and funny mix for readers of ...

ISBN 9781863171267
Published 1 July 2009
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Strange Museums: A Journey Through Poland

Strange Museums: A Journey Through Poland (Paperback)

By McGregor, Fiona

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The dictum goes: Go to the bars of a place to understand its living. Go to the museums to understand its dead. When Fiona McGregor, writer and performance artist, travelled to Poland in 2006 as a festival participant, it was her first visit to Eastern Europe.

ISBN 9781921401183
Published 1 October 2008
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From the Barracks to the Burrup: The National Trust in Western Australia

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

By Witcomb, Andrea; Gregory, Kate

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Contains archival images and oral histories from many of the founders, staff and volunteers of the National Trust in Western Australia. This title covers heritage battles fought for the Barracks Arch, Mills Point, the Palace Hotel, the Swan River and the Swan Brewery. It also cov ...

ISBN 9781921410246
Published 1 December 2009 by UNSW Press
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Decade of Revival
  

Decade of Revival (Paperback)

Other primary creator Museum, Auckland

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A pictorial guide to the extensive renovation and revival programme undertaken at the Auckland War Memorial Museum.

ISBN 9780958262583
Published 1 April 2007 by David Bateman Ltd
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A Work in Progress: 30 Years at the George Paton Gallery

A Work in Progress: 30 Years at the George Paton Gallery (Hardback)

By Vivian, Helen

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The scrupulous documentation of the Gallery's previously unpublished archive makes this book essential reading for anybody with a passion for Australian art. The history of the George Paton Gallery established at the University of Melbourne charts a very important period in conte ...

ISBN 9781921394027
Published 1 April 2008 by Macmillan
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Zoo
 

Zoo (Paperback, Reprinted edition)

By Gibbons, Gail

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Provides a behind-the-scenes look at a working day at the zoo, from the moment the workers arrive until the night guard locks the gate.

ISBN 9780064460965
Published 13 November 1991 by HarperCollins
Interest Age 4-8 years
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Representing the Nation: A Reader - Histories, Heritage, Museums
  

Representing the Nation: A Reader - Histories, Heritage, Museums (Hardback, illustrated edition)

By Evans, Jessica; Boswell, David

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Representing the Nation gathers key writings from leading thinkers in cultural studies, cultural history, and museum studies to ask what role cultural insitutions play in creating and shaping our sense of ourselves as a nation.

ISBN 9780415208697
Published 22 April 1999 by Taylor & Francis Ltd
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