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Places for Recreation
A Mallee case study of Walpeup Lake
Grasping the intangible at heritage places ICOMOS Symposium Melbourne 18 October 2014
Museum of Victoria MM7687
Places for Recreation A Mallee case study of Walpeup Lake Grasping - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Places for Recreation A Mallee case study of Walpeup Lake Grasping the intangible at heritage places ICOMOS Symposium Melbourne 18 October 2014 Museum of Victoria MM7687 Children, picnic teas, swimming and boating all happened here. Neighbours met
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Children, picnic teas, swimming and boating all happened here. Neighbours met each other and had time to talk, children could play with friends and cool
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Water in the Mallee (or the lack of it) is a driving force in shaping the region, but this was different. This was about a particular type of water, open water, recreational water.
Museum of Victoria MM7629
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No‐one realized how important it was until it was gone, and the lake and the channels were dry.
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'Don’t get me wrong, the pipeline is a wonderful thing for our economic growth, but from a lifestyle point of view, we’ve probably gone backwards,'
Simon Grigg on Off Track , Radio National
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People still remember those channels and they lead straight back to Walpeup Lake.
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We see boats, we see a little caravan park perhaps, we see cabins, we see tents, we see camping sites, we see barbeques, we see lawn areas, we see just a wonderful social environment for the whole community.’
Simon Grigg, Off Track on Radio National
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It isn’t actually there. Yet.
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