Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140102288

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140102288

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Populating the Nation: A Genealogy of Colonial Australian Character Types. This project investigates the vast array of character types mobilised by colonial writers in Australia from the mid-1800s to the beginning of the First World War. Rural Australia saw numerous character types introduced into the landscape (the rouseabout, the selector, the bush parson, and so on), but the cities also saw a proliferation of types that turned metropolitan Australia into a fluid, complex and often spectacular social space. This project examines colonial character types across print and visual culture as a matter of national investment, conceived in terms of their capacity to contribute to a rapidly-growing and increasingly modern colonial cultural economy.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2014

End Date: 01-03-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $220,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Literary Studies | Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Australia's Past |

Other Keywords

Australian Literature (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Literature) | Literary Studies | Understanding Australia's Past

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