Linkage Projects - Grant ID: LP0218849

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/LP0218849

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Anthropological perspectives on ethnographic collecting by Australian colonial administrators in Papua and New Guinea and their contribution to museum collections. Australian colonial administrators in PNG built up large ethnographic collections. This study will examine the contexts in which 'ethnographic' objects were acquired from Indigenous peoples in PNG with particular emphasis on the role of Sir Hubert Murray. This will be the first study to examine the historical and cultural context of the large PNG collections now held by the National Museum of Australia. It will provide a new perspective on Australia's role as a colonial power in the Pacific using ethnographic objects to explore the relationship between key figures in the Administration and Indigenous people.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 09-04-2002

End Date: 08-04-2005

Funding Scheme: Linkage Projects

Funding Amount: $67,635.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | History: Australian | Archival Studies | History: Pacific |

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

National identity | Studies in human society

Other Keywords

Archival Studies | Historical Studies | History: Australian | History: Pacific | National identity | Studies in human society | Understanding Australia'S Past

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