Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP0557757

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP0557757

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Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

A matter of history: possession, colonialism and Batman's treaties. Australia continues to be possessed by its dispossession of the Aboriginal owners of this country. Settler Australians declare the past is past but dispossession continues to be a matter of history in another sense. By considering the only treaty ever made between settlers and Aborigines, this research investigates why Aboriginal rights to land were denied by the governments in Australia, and what histories settlers and Aborigines have told to legitimise their rights to that land. Since the moral basis of any nation lies in true stories, this research seeks to advance a truer history than the ones we have.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2005

End Date: 31-12-2006

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $32,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History: Australian | History: Other | Historical Studies Not Elsewhere Classified |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Civics and citizenship | Ownership of the land

Other Keywords

Civics and citizenship | Historical Studies Not Elsewhere Classified | History and Philosophy Of Specific Fields | History: Australian | History: Other | Ownership of the land | Understanding Australia'S Past

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