1st Edition
Governance and Public Space in the Australian City Negotiating Public Order in Brisbane, 1875-1914
Introduction. Part One – The Streets 1. "City improvements are not made for men who walk backwards": Safety and Comfort in the Streetscape 2. "Not every person who waits is loitering": Municipal Bylaws and Civil Liberties in the Streetscape Part two – The Slum 3. The ‘Hard’ City Slum – Materiality and Moralism in Frog’s Hollow 4. The ‘Soft’ City Slum: Frog’s Hollow as a Site of Social Otherness Part three – The Natural Environment 5. Breathing Spaces in a Wilderness of Bricks and Mortar 6. Regulating Nature – The Paradox of the Park. Conclusion
Biography
Anna Temby is a Research Associate at the University of Queensland, researching the construction and contestation of space in late-colonial Australian cities. Her research interests include the social appropriation and shaping of space, urban municipalism, discursive urban representation, and the aspirational/imaginative processes of urban formation and city-building.
