Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP110101875

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP110101875

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Mobile modernities: 'Around-Australia' automobile journeys, 1900-1955. Driving around Australia in a car was a something only a few intrepid people could attempt in the first half of the twentieth-century, but the journeys fascinated national audiences. This study explores how Around-Australia journeys shaped our national life and gave rise to a distinctive Australian car culture.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2011

End Date: 12-2016

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $97,338.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Australia's Past | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology

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