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Imperial Power Dialogues in Melbourne's Streets

Webber, M-L (HTAV, 2021)

The location of significant public facilities in Melbourne's 'Hoddle Grid' deliberately imposes representations of colonial power from the Ancient Roman empire onto the lands of the Kulin Nations.
La Trobe’s Garden City and the Lost Sculptures of Fitzroy Gardens

Webber, M-L (The C J La Trobe Society, 2021)
Torchlight, Winckelmann and Early Australian Collections

Webber, M (INTELLECT LTD, 2020-04-01)

Abstract Mid-nineteenth-century Melbourne wanted to be more than a British outpost in southern Australia. Before its second decade, in 1854, the city founded an impressive museum-library-gallery complex. As European museums developed cast collections, Redmond Barry – Melbourne’s chief patron – filled Melbourne’s halls with a considerable selection. With time, these casts were discarded. The now lost collection seldom receives more than a passing remark in scholarship. However, these early displays in (what would become) the National Gallery of Victoria reimagined European Winckelmann-inspired curatorial models. The resulting experience made viewing into a performative action of nascent civic identity. Considered within current practice, Melbourne’s casts expose the implications of curatorial ideology.