Background to the Project: Heritage Curricula and Multiculturalism (HC&M)

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Between worlds: Belinda Mason and Blur Projects
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Alasdair Foster

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Body, remember: Wrap me in a sister cloak
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Ali Gumillya Baker

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Regimes of care: Concerning the afterlife of artists
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ACE Open
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The idea of redemption: Artmaking in prison
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Alasdair Foster

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On thin ice: Creating a life beyond addiction
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Ginger Gorman

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Flesh after fifty: Changing images of older women in art
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Jacqueline Millner

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Guildhouse
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Reuben Keehan

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Shahidul Alam: You're blocking the sun
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Kelly Hussey-Smith

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Background to the National Agenda for a Multicultural Australia with the final report to be released by the Office of Multicultural Affairs OMA in mid 1992. See also the article by Helen Andreoni in this issue.

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