Beyond Reconciliation Grand Challenge
The call for a thorough-going process of truth-telling about – and not merely reconciliation with – Australia’s past is growing louder and more urgent. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
Australia's Ancient and Recent Pasts: A History of the Willandra Lakes
In August 2011, Professor Ann McGrath started work on a three year ARC Discovery project which aims to forge innovative approaches to writing deep time history. With Research Associate Dr Malcolm…
The NSW Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board, 1883-1969: A History
Between 1883 and 1967 the lives of Aboriginal people in NSW were in the hands of the NSW Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board. The impact of the Board’s systematic control over Aboriginal communities…
Unsettling Histories: Australian Indigenous Modes of Historical Practice
This major investigation into Indigenous Australian historical practices seeks to find fresh perspectives and constructive methods of collaboration and historical innovation. By extending Nabokov's…
People of the Cedar First - Nations Art from the Northwest Coast of Canada
People of the Cedar - First Nations Art from the Northwest Coast of Canada was exhibited in the Gallery of First Australia, National Museum of Australia, form 2 March to 28 May. This was a joint PhD…
Australian Indigenous collectors and collections
This project considers Indigenous people's contemporary roles in shaping private and public collections, and the influence of historical circumstances and ideas of communal ownership and…