A study of right-wing movements during Australia's Great Depression. This project studies the social roots of political extremism in Australia and seeks to explain why decent, law-abiding citizens joined organisations like the New Guard which flouted the conventions of liberal, parliamentary democracy. The project will provide historical context for understanding contemporary right-wing political violence. In studying the transformation of a organisation whose initial objectives were civic and h ....A study of right-wing movements during Australia's Great Depression. This project studies the social roots of political extremism in Australia and seeks to explain why decent, law-abiding citizens joined organisations like the New Guard which flouted the conventions of liberal, parliamentary democracy. The project will provide historical context for understanding contemporary right-wing political violence. In studying the transformation of a organisation whose initial objectives were civic and high-minded into a terrorist organisation that contemplated mounting a coup against a democratically elected government, the project will seek to shed light on why 'ordinary people' embraced 'home grown terrorism'.Read moreRead less
Beyond the Bakelite Box: A History of Commercial Radio in Australia. Beyond the Bakelite Box is the first full-scale history of commercial radio in Australia. It is an economic history of commercial radio from its origins in the 1920s to the present day, examining the factors that transformed amateur telegraphy into a means of mass communication, the dynamics of radio advertising, and the emergence and expansion of interlocking media dynasties. It is a political history, addressing the awarding ....Beyond the Bakelite Box: A History of Commercial Radio in Australia. Beyond the Bakelite Box is the first full-scale history of commercial radio in Australia. It is an economic history of commercial radio from its origins in the 1920s to the present day, examining the factors that transformed amateur telegraphy into a means of mass communication, the dynamics of radio advertising, and the emergence and expansion of interlocking media dynasties. It is a political history, addressing the awarding and regulation of licences, the use of radio by politicians, and censorship. It is a cultural history, exploring programming genres, the construction of radio 'communities', and the relationship between commercial and public sector broadcasting.Read moreRead less
A study of Australia's most popular internationally-known comedian, Barry Humphries. This project will offer a fully researched biographical study of Barry Humphries in the context of Australian cultural history from the 1950s to the present. The study will illuminate Australian literature, theatre and cultural politics, and the way it intersects with both British and American cultural history and the development of global entertainment culture since the 1960s. It will fill a gap in the underst ....A study of Australia's most popular internationally-known comedian, Barry Humphries. This project will offer a fully researched biographical study of Barry Humphries in the context of Australian cultural history from the 1950s to the present. The study will illuminate Australian literature, theatre and cultural politics, and the way it intersects with both British and American cultural history and the development of global entertainment culture since the 1960s. It will fill a gap in the understanding of Humphries' life and his immense contribution to the Australian psyche and to the global export of Australian cultural products in the post-imperial era.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0668026
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$350,000.00
Summary
The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging National Information Systems: Networking Research Capability. The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging National Information Systems Project will link the dictionary's scholarly biographical articles with the resources of national cultural institutions, making visible and available to researchers everywhere an unprecedented number of sources for the lives of historical actors and a much larger volume of contextual inform ....The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging National Information Systems: Networking Research Capability. The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online and Emerging National Information Systems Project will link the dictionary's scholarly biographical articles with the resources of national cultural institutions, making visible and available to researchers everywhere an unprecedented number of sources for the lives of historical actors and a much larger volume of contextual information about them. Its leading-edge cultural informatics will make more efficient use of existing information infrastructure and stimulate further development. Researchers using the service will be enabled to make conceptual advances and produce new knowledge about Australian history and society.Read moreRead less
Selling Sex: A History of Female Prostitution in Australia since 1788. Prostitution has played an important role in Australian society since the arrival of the First Fleet. There was always a high demand for commercial sex in 'frontier'settlements. In the twentieth century, the treatment of prostitution remained a highly contested area of public policy. This project will produce the first comprehensive history of this subject. It will analyse the changing roles of prostitutes and prostitution, e ....Selling Sex: A History of Female Prostitution in Australia since 1788. Prostitution has played an important role in Australian society since the arrival of the First Fleet. There was always a high demand for commercial sex in 'frontier'settlements. In the twentieth century, the treatment of prostitution remained a highly contested area of public policy. This project will produce the first comprehensive history of this subject. It will analyse the changing roles of prostitutes and prostitution, examining the culture and economics of the sex industry as well as its symbolic, legal and political meanings. Of direct relevance to policy makers, it will also form the basis for international comparative studies.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0452798
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$376,066.00
Summary
The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online: A Database of National Biography Facilitating Research into Australia's History. The project will publish the sixteen existing and all future volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography as a freely available relational database on the Internet. The A.D.B. is a fundamental research tool and teaching resource for Australian history, and a valuable source of knowledge about ten thousand past Australians. An innovative web-publication model will ....The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online: A Database of National Biography Facilitating Research into Australia's History. The project will publish the sixteen existing and all future volumes of the Australian Dictionary of Biography as a freely available relational database on the Internet. The A.D.B. is a fundamental research tool and teaching resource for Australian history, and a valuable source of knowledge about ten thousand past Australians. An innovative web-publication model will maximise the availability and searchability of the A.D.B., enabling researchers to pose new questions that will yield novel insights into Australian history. Interoperability with other on-line resources will result in a powerful addition to the country's information infrastructure, one capable of supporting high-quality research projects.Read moreRead less
Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment And Facilities - Grant ID: LE0560774
Funder
Australian Research Council
Funding Amount
$260,338.00
Summary
The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Enhancement Project: Additional Search Capabilities and Greater Interoperability for the ADB Online. The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Enhancement Project will augment the capabilities of the ADB Online. It will provide additional search categories and means of visualising the data in the dictionary's ten thousand biographical articles, enabling researchers to discover relationships, trends and developments, and thus to explore new them ....The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Enhancement Project: Additional Search Capabilities and Greater Interoperability for the ADB Online. The Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Enhancement Project will augment the capabilities of the ADB Online. It will provide additional search categories and means of visualising the data in the dictionary's ten thousand biographical articles, enabling researchers to discover relationships, trends and developments, and thus to explore new themes and gain new insights into the nature of Australian history and society. The project will also develop the website's interoperability with resources provided by the National Library of Australia and other trusted institutions, making the ADB a key element in an evolving national information architecture supporting research in the humanities and social sciences.Read moreRead less
Frontiers of Labour: Identity and Belonging in Australian Mining and Industrial Towns, 1850-2000. This study of mining and industrial towns will be an important intellectual and cultural contribution to understanding the significance and diversity of regional Australia. The research will provide historical information on eleven case studies as well connect those case studies to patterns of national history. The research will highlight the history of places that are often overlooked or disparaged ....Frontiers of Labour: Identity and Belonging in Australian Mining and Industrial Towns, 1850-2000. This study of mining and industrial towns will be an important intellectual and cultural contribution to understanding the significance and diversity of regional Australia. The research will provide historical information on eleven case studies as well connect those case studies to patterns of national history. The research will highlight the history of places that are often overlooked or disparaged in the eyes of outsiders.
The outcomes will provide rich material for other researchers and policy makers to study the historical conditions which generated long-term sustainable prosperity and town development in the often isolated and vulnerable localities that are the subject of this research.
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Subversion and National Security: ASIO and the new social movements, 1968-1972. The project will break new ground through an investigation of security surveillance of the anti-war, student, New Left and Women's Liberation movements in the period 1968-72 , using the most recent archival records. It will also explore covert measures to counter the influence of these movements. The interpretation of events will be based on the organising concept of subversion. The project will analyse historically ....Subversion and National Security: ASIO and the new social movements, 1968-1972. The project will break new ground through an investigation of security surveillance of the anti-war, student, New Left and Women's Liberation movements in the period 1968-72 , using the most recent archival records. It will also explore covert measures to counter the influence of these movements. The interpretation of events will be based on the organising concept of subversion. The project will analyse historically the practical application of this concept, including its management of political difference and dissent, thus casting light on contemporary questions of internal security and the war on terror.Read moreRead less