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Abstract<\/strong><\/p>\n This paper explores the richness that has been discovered in Western Australia’s\u00a0capital city, Perth, through the Northbridge History Project (NHP)\u2014a five year\u00a0initiative whose role was to revitalise the city authentically by drawing on its\u00a0diverse histories. Containing sites of recognised cultural heritage significance,\u00a0Northbridge in Western Australia has undergone significant infrastructural and\u00a0generational change in the last twenty years, bringing with it dislocation of its\u00a0identity. Discovering and making available the histories of this diverse area in an\u00a0Electronic Archive (EA) has created a new sense of identity and community\u00a0engagement, bringing awareness that the area’s living cultural heritage is\u00a0valuable and has much to offer the city as it seeks to position itself as Australia’s\u00a0Indian Ocean gateway. The NHP drew upon the best practice of various Charters\u00a0on Cultural Heritage Interpretation to guide its activities. At the time of its\u00a0establishment, the EA proposed by the NHP was groundbreaking and the\u00a0extensive community consultation undertaken thought to be difficult because of\u00a0disparate interests.\u00a0In 2010, Neil Silberman, President of International Scientific\u00a0Committee on Interpretation and Presentation (ICIP) and lead author of the\u00a0Ename Charter wrote:<\/p>\n I am deeply impressed by the vision, scope, and real world results of\u00a0the Northbridge History Project. It is one of the finest examples of\u00a0successful community engagement in heritage that I have ever seen.\u00a0This is heritage intended not just for tourism or historic\u00a0preservation, but also to improve the life of a community and to\u00a0recognise the dignity of its people and their memories. No small\u00a0achievement. In doing so, the Northbridge History Project offers a\u00a0valuable model for multicultural urban communities throughout\u00a0Australia and indeed everywhere in the world.<\/em><\/p>\n Author’s bio<\/strong><\/p>\n Felicity Morel-EdnieBrown is an urban historian whose research has explored the development of cities history, heritage and cultural development. She is interested in the planning and symbolism of cities; environmental impacts on cities; the reading of authenticity; architecture and spatial relationships to humanity; imperialism and cities; historical Geographic Information System (GIS); heritage interpretation and the sustainability of authentic cultural tourism; urbanisation as a physical and psychological process; and, the interaction between culture in cities, interpretation and new technologies. A past National Councillor for the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) (Australia), Felicity was the Director of the Northbridge History Project (NHP) for the Department of the Premier and Cabinet in Western Australia 2005\u20132010. She is currently the Director of Stakeholder Management and Strategy at the Department of Planning in Western Australia, a Councilor of the History Council of Western Australia, a Member of the National Archives of Australia Consultative Committee, an expert Member of the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Interpretation and Presentation, Director of Culture+Context, an Affiliate of the Electronic Cultural Atlases Initiative, and an Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia.<\/p>\n Download\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Download full article (PDF)<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Vol. 7, No. 1 (2011): 1\u201325. Abstract This paper explores the richness that has been discovered in Western Australia’s\u00a0capital city, Perth, through the Northbridge History Project (NHP)\u2014a five year\u00a0initiative whose role was to revitalise the city authentically by drawing on its\u00a0diverse histories. Containing sites of recognised cultural heritage significance,\u00a0Northbridge in Western Australia has undergone significant … Continue reading