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"A place is a piece of the whole environment that has been claimed by feelings." - Alan Gussow

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Posted by simmone May 10, 2013

Maps and Mapmakers of the Civil War

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Lisa D'Onofrio and Simmone Howell

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After a rather long hiatus Wander-y Projects is back! This site is is a resource, archive and wunderkammer pertaining to creative projects by Lisa D'Onofrio and Simmone Howell. Expect notes, links, woolgathering, maps and writing about walking and real-and-imagined places.

Projects to date:

Map of Lost Places - in progress (2026)
Map of Melbourne Firsts (2015)
Palimpsest: Rewriting the City (Signal 2014)
Mapping Melbourne (Signal, 2013)
Creative Journaling (Signal, 2012)
Caravan of Found Poems (The Village Winterfest, 2012)

We live and work on the lands of the Wurundjeri and Dja Dja Warrung people of the Kulin Nation, where sovereignty has never been ceded. We pay our respects to the traditional owners of these lands, and to Elders past and present.

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