A Place to Remember

A History of the Shrine of Remembrance

Bruce Scates (Monash University, Victoria)

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Cambridge University Press
04 November 2009

Australasian & Pacific history; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Military history; Memorials & rolls of honour

On the 11th of November 1934 over 300,000 people gathered on the slopes of Melbourne's Domain to witness the dedication of the Shrine. It was the largest state war memorial Australia would build and it commemorated the sacrifice of no fewer than 114,000 Victorians who served in the Great War. A Place to Remember charts the Shrine's history from the first fatalities of the Gallipoli landing to the present day. With deft hand and luminous style, Bruce Scates masterfully situates the Shrine in its larger physical, cultural and historical landscape. Archival image and first person vignette mesh with vivid prose to reveal The Shrine then and now; its changing patterns of meaning through the many conflicts in which Australians have fought and died, and the enduring significance of this grand memorial in the heart of Melbourne, for generations to come. This special, limited edition is leather bound and comes in a slip-case.

By: Bruce Scates (Monash University Victoria)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Special edition
Dimensions: Height: 250mm, Width: 250mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 1.950kg
ISBN: 9780521112123
ISBN 10: 0521112125
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 04 November 2009
Audience: General/trade , Adult education , ELT Advanced , Tertiary & Higher Education
Format: Leather / fine binding
Publisher's Status: Active

List of illustrations; Foreword; Note on money, measurement and terminology; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Monumental errors: debating Victoria's Shrine; 2. Founding memory: seizing a place in the city; 3. Raising up an icon: the making of a memorial; 4. Shifting ground: the contested landscapes of the Shrine; 5. 'The heart of Melbourne': journeys to the Shrine; Epilogue; Appendix; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Bruce Scates is the Director of the National Centre for Australian Studies at Monash University.

Reviews for A Place to Remember: A History of the Shrine of Remembrance

'Energetic research applied to an unusually wide range of questions about the making of an institution; scrupulous and imaginative scholarship; due respect and exemplary candour. This book has the pleasures of both familiarity and unfamiliarity. Visually, too, it's a treat with rich and well captioned illustrations woven into the eloquent text. An admirable achievement.' Ken Inglis, Emeritus Professor of History, Australian National University and author of Sacred Places: War Memorials in the Australian Landscape