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(...) this book is undeniably an important contribution to Heritage Studies, as it offers a thorough analysis of the emerging issues of the relationship between children and cultural heritage. It is a valuable resource for practitioners, researchers and students of Heritage Studies, Childhood Studies and Children's Histories. - Bronia Cross, School of Environmental Sciences, University of Hull

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Kate Darian-Smith is Professor of Australian Studies and History at University of Melbourne, and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She has published widely on Australian and imperial history; on memory studies, material culture and heritage; and the historical and contemporary dimensions of children’s play. She has held advisory positions with many cultural institutions, and led major research projects in partnership with government, museums and heritage organizations. Carla Pascoe is a Research Fellow at the University of Melbourne, an Honorary Associate at Museum Victoria and a professional historian. She has published a monograph Spaces Imagined, Places Remembered: Childhood in 1950s Australia (2011) and in leading Australian and international journals. She is currently completing a social history of Melbourne’s tram workers, contributing to a biography of eminent Australian H.V. Evatt and teaching undergraduate history courses.

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