Facing new worlds: comparative histories of Australasia and North America

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Research partner(s)
Macquarie University

Facing New Worlds turns around a major exhibition to be held at the National Portrait Gallery in 2020 in conjunction with the Smithsonian. This exhibition will explore comparisons between indigenous and settler experiences in Australia and the United States, through portraiture and biography, from the late 18th to the early 19th centuries.

Our research project extends the remit of this exhibition to look at the Australia-Pacific region as a whole, as well as all of North America, during this critical era of modern imperial formation. Its focus on life representation brings together historians, art historians, curators, and cultural analysts. Our team will work together on an earlier mini-exhibition of the Australasian region, as well as on a scholarly catalogue to accompany the major exhibition, and numerous other academic and public outputs and events.

We gratefully acknowledge the support of the Australian Research Council, the National Portrait Gallery, Macquarie University, the University of Sydney, and the Australian National University.

Output(s)

Facing New Worlds
Type
Website
Authors
Kate Fullagar, Michael A. McDonnell, David Hansen, Joanna Gilmour, Angus Trumble, Shino Konishi, Alice Te Punga Somerville, Shannon Brett, Jodie Dowd, Liz Miller
Publication date
Not listed.
Bennelong Revealed: The Ban Behind The Myth
Type
Podcast
Authors
Pauline Clague, Keith Vincent Smith, Peter Mitchell, Kate Fullagar, all people with particular knowledge of Bennelong and his times.
Publication date
Rights notice
MUSIC: Bennelong and Yemmerrawanne 1793; A Song of the Natives of New South Wales performed by Clarence Slockee and Matthew Doyle
2SER RECORDING: Anthony Dockrill
PODCAST PRODUCER: Pauline Clague
PRODUCTION / RESEARCH ASSISTANTS: Paula Maling, Ashley Little
SOUND EDITOR AND ADDITIONAL RECORDING: Missi Pesa
SOUND MIXER: Andrew Belletty
WEB DESIGNER: Limes Digital - Manjula Ravji Kerai
INITIAL CONCEPT TEAM: Fabian Veron and Adam Joseph
ARTWORK: Courtesy of Gwiyaala Arts
Facing new worlds
Type
Database
Publisher
National Library of Australia
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Not listed.
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