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Protecting Local Heritage: A Historian's Perspective
In the current planning, social and cultural climate, heritage needs to evolve. Let's look to history for guidance.
3 days ago3 min read
Re-Thinking Heritage and Housing: Register Now for the Walking Tour
As part of the Australian Heritage Festival 2025, Heritage Workshop + Andever are hosting a free walking tour event in Melbourne.
Apr 41 min read
Housing, Heritage, Density: Panel Event
Join Heritage Workshop and an esteemed panel for this Royal Historical Society of Victoria, Australian Heritage Festival Event.
Mar 311 min read
Old Heritage Values, New Heritage Values: Conference Keynotes
James Lesh gave prominent talks in Canberra and Rockhampton on heritage values and conserving places.
Sep 16, 20241 min read
Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia: Book Published
James Lesh's 'Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia' a new book, has been released.
Jun 20, 20243 min read
City of Melbourne Heritage Strategy
Check out Heritage Workshop's latest project: our contribution to the City of Melbourne Heritage Strategy.
Mar 2, 20241 min read
Lecture on Fed Square: Public Space, Community and Heritage in Melbourne
This recorded lecture provides a first-hand account of the events and issues raised by the abandoned Apple Store at Fed Square.
Sep 5, 20231 min read
The Australian Heritage Movement: Change and Continuity
ICOMOS 21st General Assembly and Scientific Symposium Scientific Symposium Heritage Changes 31 August – 9 September 2023, Sydney,...
Aug 31, 20233 min read
James Lesh Public Lecture at the University of Sydney on Values in Cities: Urban Heritage in Twentieth-Century Australia
Join us at 6 pm on Wednesday 24 May 2023 at the University of Sydney for James Lesh speaking about his book ‘Values in Cities’.
May 4, 20231 min read
Heritage Educator Panel
James Lesh joins a panel of esteemed heritage educators to discuss Jorge Otero-Pailos' essential text.
Feb 3, 20231 min read
A New History of the Australian Heritage Movement: In Conversation
Chaired by Professor Philip Goad (University of Melbourne), join James Lesh and panel for a discussion on Australian urban heritage.
Jul 26, 20222 min read
University of Melbourne Heritage MicroCerts Information Session
Check out James Lesh's information session on professional education in urban and cultural heritage at the University of Melbourne.
Feb 1, 20221 min read
Our Heritage for the Future Webinar
James Lesh joins a panel to discuss 'Our Heritage for the Future'.
Feb 3, 20211 min read
‘Questioning the Consensus? Urban Conservation in 1990s Sydney and Melbourne
James Lesh will be speaking at a virtual seminar in the UK.
Jul 13, 20202 min read
Victoria’s Queer History with the Australian Queer Archive (AQuA), Heritage Victoria, and the University of Melbourne
James Lesh hosts a panel discussion on Victoria's Queer Heritage, with Heritage Victoria, ALGA and Melbourne University.
Jan 5, 20201 min read
Forty years of the Burra Charter and Australia’s heritage vision
As the Burra Charter turns 40, James Lesh looks back at the global influence of its innovative approach to heritage.
Jul 14, 20195 min read
The Burra Charter turns 40
James Lesh joins an expert panel at the University of Melbourne to discuss the Burra Charter at 40!
Jun 27, 20191 min read
Historians, places and the past: Discussion Panel
Come along for a seminar on the role of historians in place-making and heritage projects.
Apr 14, 20192 min read
Heritage preservation, urban transformation and everyday life in the twentieth-century Australian city: Seminar
A seminar on the history of Australian heritage conservation.
Jun 7, 20182 min read
Conservation Echoes in East Melbourne: A Walking Tour
Tracing a 1964 Heritage Itinerary!
Apr 19, 20181 min read
Brisbane and Gold Coast urban heritage in the early 1970s (and today)
James Lesh explores community heritage voices in Queensland in the 1970s.
Oct 5, 20164 min read
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