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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP200100559
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Funded Activity Summary
Before Cook: Contact, Negotiation and the Archaeology of the Tiwi Islands. The narrative of culture contact in Australia is dominated by British colonisation, yet Indigenous Australians in Northern Australia had a much earlier connection with global explorers and traders. We aim to conduct the first systematic maritime and terrestrial archaeological investigations of the Tiwi Islands, alongside the study of material culture, oral history and archival materials associated with early Dutch explorers, British colonists, and Macassans. This multi-disciplinary approach will broaden our understanding of long-term race relations in Australia, the past presence of foreign visitors to Northern Australia, develop cultural heritage public policy and consolidate Tiwi cultural identity and history into the historical record.Funded Activity Details
Start Date: 11-2020
End Date: 12-2024
Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
Funding Amount: $695,700.00
Funder: Australian Research Council
Research Topics
ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)
Archaeology | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Archaeology |
ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)
Conserving Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Heritage | Expanding Knowledge in History and Archaeology
