Australian rural fences: Heritage challenges for conserving the unconservable

International Journal of Heritage Studies

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 489-510

  Pickard, John ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Burra charter; Fence; Heritage conservation

Indexed keywords

EID: 51249141196     PISSN: 13527258     EISSN: 14703610     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13527250701570796     Document Type: Article

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