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James Semple Kerr 1932-2014

Friday 17 October 2014

Dr James Semple Kerr died on Wednesday. Today I have spent a little time with the biography he wrote of Joan, his wife and part­ner. It was a pleasure to read it again​—​sad, but still a plea­sure because it is so imbued with Jim’s wry ob­ser­va­tion and clarity of thought. I can hear his voice as I read it.

A group of ICOMOS members chatting as they look over the Burra mining landscape, during the meeting when the charter was adopted in 1979. Jim Kerr is the tall bearded man, centre left. [photo by Richard Allom]

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