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Australian Legacies of British Slavery: Capital, Land and Labour
We are pleased to announce that our project has been further supported by the award of an Australian Research Council-funded Discovery grant to extend our research program (2024-2026, DP240101389). ‘Australian Legacies of British Slavery: Capital, Land and Labour’ aims to bring Australia into the global history of slavery by exploring the legacies of British slavery in South Australia and …
Explore New Biographies on People Australia
The latest Legacies of Slavery entries for People Australia shed light on the complex lives of historical figures who played pivotal roles in Australia’s colonial era. One recent addition by Caroline Ingram is
Congratulations to Dr. Aoife Nugent on the completion of her doctoral thesis, 'From Slavery to a Swan River Settlement: Three Family Histories in the Indian Ocean, 1770 – 1850'.
Aoife’s research investigates the histories of British families who sought new opportunities in the Swan River Colony, exploring how the legacies of British slavery and the global Indian Ocean world shaped trade and labour in early Western Australia. By tracing the lives of three influential families with ties to the East India Company, Aoife highlights how shifting imperial ambitions brought …
From Slavery to Settler Colonisation
Telling Human Stories With Time-Layered Cultural Map
Deny and Disavow: Distancing the Imperial Past from the Culture Wars
Congratulations to Professor Alan Lester, Partner Investigator on the publication of his latest book.
Launch of special issue of Australian Journal of Biography and History
History Workshop Blogpost: Slavery and Australian Colonisation, Jane Lydon
This short 'companion' essay accompanies the special History Workshop Journal Feature: LEGACIES OF SLAVE OWNERSHIP.
Commemorating James Stirling
Listen to 'Commemorating James Stirling' created by Dr Georgina Arnott, Postdoctoral Fellow
Professor Zoe Laidlaw in conversation with Professor Len Collard
Places and their names can be very meaningful to the people connected to them. But what happens when some in a community are uncomfortable with a historical figure or association a place is named for, or feel that different aspects of history should be honoured? Many communities around Australia, and the world, are grappling with this right now. Listeners and experts share their thoughts on …
The Conversation Friday Essay: Beyond ‘statue shaming’ — grappling with Australia’s legacies of slavery
A new series on slavery's Australian legacies was launched on July 9 with Jane Lydon and Zoe Laidlaw's Friday essay "Beyond 'statue shaming' — grappling with Australia's legacies of slavery". This initiates a new series in The Conversation to run over the next few years.
