Monumental Queensland: Signposts on a Cultural LandscapeMonumental Queensland encourages us - whoever and wherever we are - to look more closely at the things around us and how they articulate our identity. It also asks us to consider why these objects continue to matter, and shows what can happen if they're not acknowledged. |
Contents
Firsts | 59 |
Conclusion | 66 |
Inventing a past | 78 |
Work | 121 |
Commerce | 147 |
Leisure | 167 |
Government Spaces | 187 |
Place | 213 |
Postscript Monumental Queensland | 235 |
Notes | 245 |
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