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Remembrance of Things Past: Historical Commemoration in an Educational Setting

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This chapter explores how an Australian day and boarding college for male students between the ages of 10 and 17 partnered with a regional university to explore the Centenary commemoration of WWI through an Australian Government Arts and Culture Public Fund grant. The respective institutions eschewed traditional commemorative options such as statues, honour rolls and community histories and instead utilized a range of arts forms including music, visual art, multimedia and literature to commemorate the Anzac Centenary. This approach allowed for an alternative vision with major outputs including four large-scale dioramas, a six-panel textile artwork, a children’s picture book, a museum display and a sound and light show projected onto the heritage listed main building of the college.

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    Margaret Baguley & Martin Kerby

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    Margaret Baguley

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Baguley, M., Kerby, M. (2017). Remembrance of Things Past: Historical Commemoration in an Educational Setting. In: Barton, G., Baguley, M. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Global Arts Education. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55585-4_23

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