Making an Edgier Interpretation of the Gold Rushes

Contrasting Perspectives from Australia and New Zealand

Bibliographic Data

ID5884904
AuthorsWarwick Frost (0000-0002-3656-7338, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume11
Issue3
Pages235-250
Publication date2005-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Heritage Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1352-7258 • E-ISSN: 1470-3610
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13527250500160526
OpenAlexW2016642239
LanguageEN
Citations received11
References cited25

This article examines the interaction between changing interpretations of history and visitor interpretation provided at heritage tourist sites. Generally, the literature distinguishes between history (which is seen as objective and fixed) and heritage interpretation (which is characterised as biased, selective and serving parochial interests). It is argued that history is actually far more dynamic and subjective and that this requires an ongoing revision of interpretation for visitors as historical interpretations change. To illustrate these processes, Goodman's concept of a new ‘edgier history of Gold’ is applied to interpretation at Sovereign Hill and the Mount Alexander Diggings in Australia and the Central Otago Heritage Trail in New Zealand

Aesthetics · Archaeology · Art · Cultural heritage · Cultural heritage management · Heritage tourism · Mount · Parochialism · Political science · Sociology · Sovereignty · Visitor pattern · Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Engineering · History · Law · Museums and Cultural Heritage · Philosophy

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