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'Establishing a Federal Presence in Australian cities: Reflections on the role of the Department of Urban and Regional Development in urban regeneration in the 1970s
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Ruming, K and James, P and Tice, A and Freestone, R, 'Establishing a Federal Presence in Australian cities: Reflections on the role of the Department of Urban and Regional Development in urban regeneration in the 1970s, State of Australian Cities Conference: City Growth, Sustainability, Vitality and Vulnerability, 24-27 november, Perth, pp. 1-28. ISBN 1 86308 156 9 (2009) [Refereed Conference Paper]
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Abstract
Urban rehabilitation, regeneration and renewal have intermittently been identified within
federal (as well as state) policy circles as central to the functioning of Australian cities since
at least the 1940s. This paper adds to existing knowledge by exploring the role of the Federal
Department of Urban and Regional Development (DURD) in the 1970s in facilitating a series
of urban renewal and regeneration projects in Australia’s largest cities. The paper utilises
previously unavailable data sources. Drawing upon ministerial correspondence and minutes
recently out of confidential embargo, the genesis of an holistic urban regeneration agenda is
explored. The paper traces the ideological foundations of and approaches to federal
intervention at a time marked by disillusionment with the comprehensive redevelopment
paradigm. It explores the relationships and tensions apparent between and within different
levels of government in establishing a federal presence. The focus is on the relationships and
processes which surround the rejuvenation of three inner city neighbourhoods in Sydney:
Waterloo, Glebe and Woolloomooloo. The significance of the interventions is considered to
lie primarily in the pioneering of an all-of-government approach that repays study at the
present time when a renewed federal interest in Australian cities is evident.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Conference Paper |
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Research Division: | History, Heritage and Archaeology |
Research Group: | Historical studies |
Research Field: | Australian history |
Objective Division: | Construction |
Objective Group: | Construction planning |
Objective Field: | Urban planning |
UTAS Author: | James, P (Dr Peggy James) |
ID Code: | 93623 |
Year Published: | 2009 |
Deposited By: | School of Humanities |
Deposited On: | 2014-08-10 |
Last Modified: | 2014-10-27 |
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