Michael Pearson, AO Dr. Michael Pearson in front of the Amitabha Buddha, Kamakura, Japan. Photo: Supplied Noel Bissett, OAM Petronella Wensing, OAM Kris Macauley, AM Mike Callaghan, AM By collaborating with an international network of heritage professionals, Michael Pearson has put back on the map long-forgotten places of significance in Australia and abroad. In one case, Dr Pearson, who is chairman of the Institute of Professional Practice in Heritage and the Arts at the ANU's Research School of Humanities, stepped in to preserve an important part of Japan's coal mining industry. The community had suffered economic depression after the mines closed and, while proud of their own history,...
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