Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0346546

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0346546

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Water Dreams, Earthen Histories :The Penrith Lakes Scheme and the Remaking of Old Castlereagh, NSW. The project explores the history, archaeology and environment of Castlereagh and the Penrith Lakes Scheme in Sydney's west. Conceived in the 1960s, this Scheme aims to rehabilitate gravel quarries by creating huge lakes, but is destroying a rich palimpsest of earlier landscapes. Using a multidisciplinary, holistic approach, the project will assess the Scheme's history, impact and management, and will develop a new kind of environmental history: one which integrates science and engineering with history and heritage, and explores the meanings of the place (both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal) and the consequences of its loss and remaking.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2003

End Date: 31-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $135,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Landscape Ecology | History: Australian | Archaeology And Prehistory Not Elsewhere Classified |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Rehabilitation of degraded mining lands | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage

Other Keywords

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage | Archaeology And Prehistory Not Elsewhere Classified | Historical Studies | History: Australian | Landscape Ecology | Rehabilitation of degraded mining lands | Understanding Australia'S Past

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