Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP140101841

Funding Activity

Website
http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/Web/Grant/Grant/DP140101841

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

From Sarah Wills Howe to Thomas Wentworth Wills: An Australian Family Biography. This project will be the first biographical study of the Wills family, a significant yet forgotten colonial family. Across three generations, from 1798 to 1880, the project will use the innovations and insights of family biography to reassess key turning points in Australian history in which the Wills family figured prominently. From the economic success of its matriarch Sarah Wills, to the tragic decline and suicide of her grandson, the sublimely gifted sportsman Tom Wills, the project will bring a new perspective to those years. Through the illustrative capacity of family biography this project will not only uncover some forgotten historical figures but will also offer new interpretations of critical aspects of Australian colonial history.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 30-06-2014

End Date: 30-09-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $758,828.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Historical Studies | Australian Government and Politics | Biography | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Understanding Australia's Past | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing |

Other Keywords

Australian Government and Politics | Australian History (excl. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander History) | Biography | Expanding Knowledge through Studies of the Creative Arts and Writing | Historical Studies | Understanding Australia's Past

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