Website
https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/IN160100007
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The genomic history of Indigenous Australia. The aim of the project is to analyse genomic DNA from historic hair samples collected by anthropological expeditions in the early 20th century to generate a detailed genetic map of Aboriginal Australia and to reconstruct Australia’s pre-European genetic history. The genomic data and detailed contextual and genealogical information from museum archives will be used to work with Aboriginal individuals to trace past population movements and augment oral historical records. The project aims to reconstruct the first detailed genomic history of indigenous Australia, including adaptation to the challenging Australian environment, and to generate important information for indigenous communities and the Australian public more widely.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2016
End Date: 06-2019
Funding Scheme: Discovery Indigenous
Funding Amount: $635,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Evolutionary Impacts of Climate Change | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History | Biogeography and Phylogeography | Evolutionary Biology
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Understanding Australia's Past | Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciences |
