Places of Reconciliation

Commemorating Indigenous History in the Heart of Melbourne

Sarah W Pinto
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Places of Reconciliation

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1 June 2021

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9780522872323

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Melbourne University Press

Places of Reconciliation

Commemorating Indigenous History in the Heart of Melbourne

Sarah W Pinto
Explore the public commemorations of Indigenous histories in the city of Melbourne
Central Melbourne is filled with markers of the city's pasts. At its heart are the stories of exploration and settlement, of the so-called first to arrive, and of the building of a colony and nation. But when it comes to its Indigenous pasts, the centre of Melbourne has long been a place of silence. Over the last two decades, Indigenous histories and peoples have been brought into central Melbourne's commemorative landscapes. Memorials, commemorative markers, namings and public artworks have all been used to remember the city's Indigenous pasts. Places of Reconciliation shows how they came to be part of the city, and the ways in which they have challenged the erasures of its Indigenous histories. Sarah Pinto considers the kind of places that have been made and unmade by these commemorations, and concludes that the twenty-first century settler city does not give up its commemorative landscapes easily.
Central Melbourne is filled with markers of the city's pasts. At its heart are the stories of exploration and settlement, of the so-called first to arrive, and of the building of a colony and nation. But when it comes to its Indigenous pasts, the centre of Melbourne has long been a place of silence. Over the last two decades, Indigenous histories and peoples have been brought into central Melbourne's commemorative landscapes. Memorials, commemorative markers, namings and public artworks have all been used to remember the city's Indigenous pasts. Places of Reconciliation shows how they came to be part of the city, and the ways in which they have challenged the erasures of its Indigenous histories. Sarah Pinto considers the kind of places that have been made and unmade by these commemorations, and concludes that the twenty-first century settler city does not give up its commemorative landscapes easily.

2021 VCHA WINNER

This thoughtful study makes an important contribution to the wider public debate about recognising Aboriginal history in the urban context of the 21st century.”
2021 Victorian Community Hstory Awards

Sarah W Pinto

Sarah W Pinto

Sarah W Pinto is a Senior Lecturer in History at Deakin University. She is an Australian historian with particular interests in public and popular history, the history and politics of emotion, and the study of place. Sarah has published widely in these areas in local and international journals and edited collections. With Shelley Hannigan, Bernadette Walker-Gibbs and Emma Charlton, Sarah is the editor of Interdisciplinary Unsettlings of Place and Space: Conversations, Investigations and Research (Springer…

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