Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP170100219
Funding Status
Closed
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Funded Activity Summary
The last outlaw: Making a nation from the crimes of Jimmy Governor. This project aims to produce a legal history of the murderer Jimmy Governor to discover the extent to which law-making was generated by acts of law-breaking. The Australian Federation laid the foundations for the nation’s legal institutions under the rule of law. The Aboriginal serial killer, Jimmy Governor, was outlawed and convicted on the threshold of Federation, in 1900. Through Governor’s legal history, the project will produce an account of the law and its outsiders at an important historical moment. This project expects to provide knowledge about punishment, surveillance and imprisonment in the emerging nation, and a history of the rules of evidence and criminal procedure.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 2017
End Date: 12-2020
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $239,000.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Law and Society | Law | Legal Institutions (incl. Courts and Justice Systems) | History and Philosophy of Law and Justice |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Understanding Australia's Past | Criminal Justice | Legal Processes
