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Contested Country: From the frontier wars to contemporary heritage conservation, protest and settler memorials

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How are Australia’s Indigenous and settler histories recognised and confronted in cultural heritage conservation and urban planning practice, alongside wider struggles for native title, land rights, and spatial justice? Join this conversation with a panel of experts across Indigenous history, archaeology, heritage conservation, urban planning and design.


SPEAKERS

Professor Bronwyn Carlson, Head of Department of Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University

Stephen Gapps, Senior Associate Historian, Artefact Heritage Services

Seth Dias, PHD Candidate at the USYD school of Architecture, Design and Planning

Jess Herder, Senior Associate, Thirriwirri

Chaired by

Professor Michael Mossman, Associate Dean Indigenous Strategy and Services, the University of Sydney


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