of the founders, staff and volunteers of the organisation. Heritage battles for the Barracks Arch, the Palace Hotel, the Swan River and the Swan Brewery are covered, as well as the integral role played by grassroots heritage groups. Relations between the Trust, developers and the State Government and changing practices of interpretation and conservation are also discussed. What emerges is not only a history of the National Trust in Western Australia but also the people that shaped it. It is also a history of the ways in which heritage has been understood and practised across Australia.

worst naval disaster, the sinking of the HMAS Sydney. The Carnarvon Heritage Precinct is administered by Carnarvon Heritage Group Inc. which formed in 1998 from an amalgamation of the Carnarvon Jetty Restoration Group, Carnarvon Light Railway Association and the Gascoyne Historical Society.