Parklands, Culture and Communities

Resources

Publications

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Goodall, H, Wearing, S, Byrne, D. and Cadzow, A: ‘Making the city green: the creation of public greenspace in suburban Sydney, 1940 - 1992', State of Australia’s Cities 2005, Brisbane, Conference Papers [Download PDF]

 

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Goodall, H., Byrne, D., Wearing, S., Kijas, J., ‘Recognising cultural diversity: the Georges River project in south-western Sydney’, Katz, E. and Cheney, H (eds.), Sustainability and Social Science, CSIRO, 2004. [Download PDF]

 

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Byrne, D., Goodall, H., Wearing, S., Cadzow, A., 'Enchanted Parklands', Australian Geographer, Vol. 37, No. 1, pp. 103. [Download PDF]

 

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Alexander, H., 'River bank spins tales of the spirit', Sydney Morning Herald, October 18, 2006, pp. 6. [Download PDF]

 

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Carlin, Amanda, 'River parks are for everyone', St George and Sutherland Shire Leader, October 31 2006, p13. [Download PDF]

 

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Cadzow, A., Goodall, H., Byrne, D. and Wearing, S. Waterborne: Vietnamese Australians memories of place in Vietnam and Sydney, IOHA Conference, Dancing with Memory, UTS, 15 July 2006.

 

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Wearing, S., Goodall, H., Cultural diversity in the social valuing of parkland: Networking communities and park management, 8th World Leisure Congress, “Leisure Matters", Brisbane, September 2004.

 

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Goodall, H., D. Byrne, J. Kijas, Cultural diversity in the social valuing of parkland: Networking communities and park management, ATLAS (Association for Tourism and Leisure Education) Conference, Networking & Partnerships in destination development & management, Naples, p. 120, ATLAS, Arnhem, Netherlands, April 2004.

 

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Wearing, S., Goodall, H., Ethnic Park Use, NSW Regional Council Seminar: The future of Recreation in Australia, Parks and Leisure Australia, Penrith Leagues Club, Penrith, 2004.

 

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Goodall, H., Rewriting Green History, Ideas in Action, Social Inquiry Seminar Series, UTS, April 2006.

 

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Goodall, H., Gender, Race and Public Space, Sanctuary and Security, Seminar Series, UTS, March 2006.

 

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Goodall, H., Challenging Urban Green Myths: the social and political dimensions of urban conservation work, Faculties of Humanities and Management, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, March 2006.

 

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Goodall, H., Wearing, S., Byrne, D., Cadzow, A., ‘Bushland in the city: natural or unnatural?’, Speakers Corner, The Domain, Botanic Gardens Trust lunchtime talks series, 17 June 2005.

 

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Byrne, D., Goodall, H., Wearing, S., Cadzow, A., ‘Enchanted Places in the suburbs: seeing the Georges River’, Applied Natures Workshop, GeoQuEST Research Centre, School of Earth and Environmental Studies, University of Wollongong, March 2005.

 

Doc Wearing, S., Goodall, H., Byrne, D., Cultural diversity in the social valuing of parkland: Networking communities and park management, Leisure Matters, 8th World Leisure Congress, Brisbane, Australia, September 2004.

Links + Maps

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The Gold and Silver site produced by the Parklands team, DEC and Migration Heritage centre explores Vietnamese migration and relationships with environments in Vietnam and Sydney through personal stories.

 

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This site contains useful information on cycle tracks and walks along the Georges River, part of the Great Kaima way.

 

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This site provides information on how to get to Georges River National park, facilities available, and opening hours.

 

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This map gives an overview of the the Georges River catchment area.

 

 

Featured links

Gold and silver

This site explores people's changing relationships with environments through the personal stories of refugees and migrants from Vietnam who have made new homes and attachments in Sydney's south west.
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