Australians and the past: a national study into the ways Australians learn about, value and act on their history

Funding: 1999: $37,000
2000: $37,000
2001: $40,000

Project Member(s): Goodall, H., Hamilton, P., Ashton, P.

Funding or Partner Organisation: Australian Research Council (ARC Large Grant)

Start year: 1999

Summary: This project will investigate the processes by which the general public learn about, evaluate and make use of the past. In seeking to document and understand the historical sensibilities of contemporary Australian society, the project aims to both inform and influence educational curriculum development; and cultural policy relevant to history and heritage. The putcomes will include a major monograph, discussion papers, public forums, radio programs, a web site and an exhibition. The project will have significance for professional historians, history educatiors, community groups , broadcasters, film makers and heritage practitioners.

Publications:

Goodall, H 2023, 'Barka: The Forgotten River exhibition Barka: The Forgotten River , developed by Uncle Badger Bates and Justine Muller with the Barkandji community, Australian Museum, until 23 July 2023.', History Australia, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 438-439.
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Goodall, H 2023, 'Diane Kirkby, Lee-Ann Monk and Dmytro Ostapenko give a global view of maritime unions grappling with rapid change Maritime Men of the Asia-Pacific: True-Blue Internationals Navigating Labour Rights, 1906-2006 , by Diane Kirkby with Lee-Ann Monk and Dmytro Ostapenko, Liverpool, UK, Liverpool University Press, 2022, 352 pp., $AU293 (hbk), ISBN 9781802077193, Publisher’s website: https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk', Informa UK Limited, pp. 596-598.
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Hamilton, P 2003, 'Contested Pasts' in Hodgkin, K & Radstone, S (eds), Contested Pasts: The Politics of Memory, Routledge, London, UK, pp. 136-152.
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Hamilton, PI & Ashton, P 2003, 'At Home with the Past: Background and Initial Findings from the National Survey', Australian Cultural History, vol. 22, pp. 5-30.

Goodall, H 2002, 'Too early yet or not soon enough? Reflections on sharing histories as process', AUSTRALIAN HISTORICAL STUDIES, vol. 33, no. 118, pp. 7-24.
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Ashton, P & Hamilton, P 2000, 'Blood Money? Race and Nation in Australian Public History', Radical History Review, vol. 2000, no. 76, pp. 188-207.
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FOR Codes: Humanities, History: Australian

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.