Remembering resistance: Traversing the memoryscape of Sydney’s green bans movement
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Gillespie, VictoriaAbstract
From 1971 to 1974, the ‘green bans movement’ captured Sydney’s attention, for its novel coalitions holding up development for social, ecological or heritage reasons. The historical period has become part of a narrative that Sydney likes to tell about itself, told and retold everywhere ...
See moreFrom 1971 to 1974, the ‘green bans movement’ captured Sydney’s attention, for its novel coalitions holding up development for social, ecological or heritage reasons. The historical period has become part of a narrative that Sydney likes to tell about itself, told and retold everywhere from state funerals to union trainings. Cultural memory emerges in plaques, murals, buildings, place names across the city, and in films and stories, depicting the city. How does cultural memory structure our understanding of Sydney’s 1970s green bans? Memory can seal off the past or mobilise it in pursuit of a different future.
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See moreFrom 1971 to 1974, the ‘green bans movement’ captured Sydney’s attention, for its novel coalitions holding up development for social, ecological or heritage reasons. The historical period has become part of a narrative that Sydney likes to tell about itself, told and retold everywhere from state funerals to union trainings. Cultural memory emerges in plaques, murals, buildings, place names across the city, and in films and stories, depicting the city. How does cultural memory structure our understanding of Sydney’s 1970s green bans? Memory can seal off the past or mobilise it in pursuit of a different future.
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Date
2025-10-23Licence
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The author retains copyright of this thesis. It may only be used for the purposes of research and study. It must not be used for any other purposes and may not be transmitted or shared with others without prior permission.Faculty/School
Faculty of Science, School of History and Philosophy of ScienceShare