• The memory of the Cowpastures in monuments and memorials

    Author(s):
    Ian Willis (see profile)
    Date:
    2022
    Group(s):
    Place Studies, Settler Colonialism
    Subject(s):
    Colonies, Pioneers, Australia, New South Wales, Memory, Memorials, Monuments
    Item Type:
    Article
    Permanent URL:
    https://doi.org/10.17613/a6ne-0662
    Abstract:
    The Cowpastures was a vague area south of the Nepean River floodplain on the southern edge of Sydney's Cumberland Plain. The Dharawal Indigenous people who managed the area were sidelined in 1796 by Europeans when Governor Hunter named the 'Cow Pasture Plains' in his sketch map. He had visited the area the previous year to witness the escaped 'wild cattle' from the Sydney settlement, which occupied the verdant countryside. According to Kate Darian-Smith and Paula Hamilton, collective memories are 'all around us in the language, action and material culture of our everyday life', and I often wondered why the cultural material representative of the Cowpastures appeared to have been 'forgotten' by our community. The list of cultural items is quite extensive include: roads and bridges, parks and reserves; historic sites, books, paintings, articles; conferences, seminars, and workshops; monuments, memorials and murals; community commemorations, celebrations and anniversaries
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    Pub. URL:
    https://www.history.org.au/newsletter/
    Publisher:
    Federation of Australian Historical Societies
    Pub. Date:
    December 2022
    Website:
    https://www.history.org.au/
    Status:
    Published
    Last Updated:
    9 months ago
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