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Preserving Sydney's built heritage in the early twentieth centuryFootnote∗

Robert Freestone University of New South Wales,
Pages 44-60 | Published online: 30 Sep 2008

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  • My thanks to Tim Bonyhady, James Lindgren, two anonymous referees and the editor for their critical commentaries on earlier versions of this paper, which was first presented to the Ninth International Conference of Historical Geographers, University of Western Australia, July 1995. I am grateful to several former students for research assistance, notably Kristen Brookfield, Marian Higgins, Melissa Hutchison, Craig McGaffin, Marcus Rolfe, Amanda Treharne and Rita Vella.

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