Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0346645

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0346645

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Colonial encounters: Archaeology at Ebenezer Mission, north-western Victoria. From the 1860s, most Aboriginal people in south-eastern Australia were confined to reserves such as Ebenezer Mission, and despite official accounts which argue for the success of the 'civilising' enterprise, archaeological evidence promises to provide a new Indigenous perspective. Investigation of this key site, in collaboration with Aboriginal descendants, will reveal 1. How everyday life on the mission was experienced by different social groups: Aboriginal girls, boys, families and 'fringe' dwellers, and Moravian missionaries, 2. The role of gender organisation within the colonial process, and 3. How Aboriginal cultural identity was shaped by missionisation. A range of general and scholarly histories will be produced.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 15-01-2003

End Date: 15-12-2008

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $180,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Aboriginal Studies | Archaeology | Historical Archaeology (Incl. Industrial Archaeology) |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

National identity | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage

Other Keywords

Aboriginal Studies | Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage | Archaeology | Historical Archaeology (Incl. Industrial Archaeology) | National identity

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