Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0559209

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP0559209

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The Life and Writings of Sir Charles Brooke, second Rajah of Sarawak (1829-1917). The benefit of the project is an understanding of the processes and mentality which underlaid what was perhaps history's most successful experiment in enlightened European rule over Asian peoples during the Imperial era. There are lessons here here for Australians' relations with their Southeast Asian neighbours, notably Malaysia and Indonesia. In the British context, it will document and evaluate for the first time the achievement of one of the great figures of the Imperial era. Within Malaysia (and notably Sarawak) it will provide a major contribution towards an understanding of the 'White Rajah' era and its legacy of economic autonomy and political and cultural pluralism.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 11-2005

End Date: 06-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $52,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | History: Asian | History: British

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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