urban history

Melbourne's 1985 Swanston Street party aimed to bring people back into the city.

Imagine a city: Swanston Street Party and the greening of Melbourne

by Lucy Salt—May 24, 2018

Urban planners need to accept the Indigenous history of Australian cities. Image: Newtown Graffiti

Planning & policy

Indigenous communities are reworking urban planning, but planners need to accept their history

by Libby Porter, Louise Clare Johnson & Sue Jackson—May 17, 2018

Artist Jon Tarry's Waterline is one of a number of art installations in Yagan Square

Yagan Square connects Perth’s once-divided urban heart; can it do the same for the city’s people?

by Julian Bolleter—May 10, 2018

Melbourne's once grotty laneways have now become a haven for small restaurants, shops and bars. Image: Gary Sauer-Thompson.

Planning & policy

Rob Adams on the forces reshaping Melbourne for better… and for worse

by Kim Dovey and Rob Adams—February 23, 2018

‘View of Melbourne, Victoria, from the Botanic Gardens’, Henry Gritten / NGV (1866).

Planning & policy

Reimagining Australia’s “temperate Kakadu”

by Foreground—January 25, 2018

Reko Rennie's ‘Always Was, Always Will Be‘ for Melbourne Festival 2016. Image: Ian Green / VicSig.

From an urban country to urban Country: Confronting the cult of denial in Australian cities

by Libby Porter—December 22, 2017

What's the plan for Tasmania, where 48 percent of adults lack essential literacy and numeracy skills?

Planning & policy

After metrics: new narratives to revive the regions

by Tim Horton—November 14, 2017

Newcastle's Ocean Baths (pictured) have been in operation since 1922.

From segregation to celebration: the public pool in Australian culture

by Hannah Lewi—October 24, 2017

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by Peter Salhani—September 11, 2017

Simpson Desert scrub. Image: John Benwell.

Beautiful ugly. Ugly beautiful: Painting the Australian landscape

by Landscape Conversations—August 30, 2017

Children in Victorian-era slums. Image: Ted Hood.

The birth of the larrikin: Melbourne’s colonial children

by Simon Sleight—June 28, 2017

The city-as-palimpsest: A primer on ‘psychogeography’

by Siobhan Lyons—June 22, 2017