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The prime minister's potato and other essays
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A curator's journey to uncover the stories behind everyday objects and preserve history for the common good. After thirty years confined within museum walls, a restless history curator steps out for air. In this book of essays, Anne-Marie Condé grants herself freedom to ask fresh questions...
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Description
A curator's journey to uncover the stories behind everyday objects and preserve history for the common good.
After thirty years confined within museum walls, a restless history curator steps out for air. In this book of essays, Anne-Marie Condé grants herself freedom to ask fresh questions about the significance of objects and places within the lives of ordinary people. Cemeteries, junk shops, war memorials. Stones and scraps and scrawls. These are where this author goes for inspiration.
Whether it's a wet greasy pavement in Hobart or a message in chalk in Sydney, Condé can coax a historical narrative out of the most meagre sources. Along the way she asks why anyone would offer a potato as a gift to a prime minister. How could this humble vegetable help us think about Australia's past?
Throughout, Condé casts a patient and gently curious gaze over her subjects. Many writers are fascinated by unrecorded lives, but where there are records, Condé is sure to find them.
Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9781763733138
Publisher: Upswell Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 03 June 2025
Country: Australia
Imprint: Upswell Publishing
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 13.0mm
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 210.0mm
Weight: 276g
Pages: 208
About the Author
Anne-Marie Conde is a curator and historian living in Canberra. Her published work mainly concerns the history of archives, recordkeeping and museums in Australia. She is currently a senior curator at the Museum of Australian Democracy and has previously held roles at the National Museum of Australia and the Australian War Memorial.
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