Lead Researcher: Prof. Hugh Craig

System Architect: Dr. Bill Pascoe

Research Partners, 2023 LIEF Grant LE230100079

ProjectResearch PartnersInstitution
Australian Legacies of Slavery Paul Arthur & Isabel SmithECU
Empire and flows of knowledge: History of human rights in AustraliaPenny EdmondsFlinders University
Map collections of place related multimedia Ning Gu & Julie NichlosUSA
Early Modern Resources in AustraliaRosalind SmithANU
Melbourne LanewaysAndrew MayUMelb
Mapping Convict AustraliaHamish Maxwell Stewart & Martin GibbsUNE
The mobile lives of people prosecuted as vagrants in the coloniesCatharine ColeborneUON
Colonial Frontier Massacres Map developmentLyndall RyanUON
OzSpace developmentBill PalmerUON
Slow digitisation of a collection of
objects in Martindale Hall, Clare region, SA
Tully Barnett & Penny EdmondsFlinders University
Hansard and poetry in HansardJulieanne LamondANU
Global consciousness of Australians: Changes in attitudes to specific placesHugh CraigUON

Research Partners, 2021–2022 ARDC grant PL069

ProjectResearch PartnersInstitution
Legacies of Slavery in WAPaul Arthur & Isabel SmithECU
VariousErik ChampionVarious
Historic Census Data / Goldfields Text Database / TLCMap SunsetHugh CraigUON
Waves of WordsRachel HenderyWSU
Transition Of Land To Private OwnershipAndrew Leach, Dallas Rogers,USyd
eMelbourneAndy May & Mitch HarropUMelb
Criminal CharactersAlana PiperUTS
Convict LandscapesHamish Maxwell-Stewart and Martin GibbsUNE
A History of NSW Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board 1883-1969John Maynard & Vicki HaskinsUON
OzSpaceBill PalmerUON
VariousBill PascoeUON / UMelb
Colonial Frontier Massacres in Australia 1780 to 1930Lyndall Ryan & Bill PascoeUON
Dark PlacesRos Smith, Kelly Peihopa and Finn MorganANU

Chief Investigators, 2019–2020 ARC grant LE190100019

NameProjectsFunctionality Required
Prof Paul Arthur
Edith Cowan University
Flora Cultures, Western Australian Aboriginal Journey Ways, ECU Art CollectionAnalyse, visualise, disseminate
Prof Erik Champion
Curtin University
Visualising Geo-Located Images, Historical Image Classification, Feature Matching the SLWA CollectionFace detection Text extraction. Metadata parsing to auto detect data and geolocation
EProf Hugh Craig
University of Newcastle
Mapping Domestic Violence, Mapping Goldfields Newspaper ArticlesVisualise spatial and temporal data on domestic violence. Map and study newspaper articles on Australian goldfields
Prof Ning Gu
University of South Australia
UniSA Smart Cities South Australian Built Cultural Heritage (Burra townships and/or Torrens River), South East Asian Built Cultural heritage (post-disaster reconstruction)UniSA Smart Cities to include map-based large-scale spatial awareness. Expand and disseminate information and awareness on South Australian built cultural heritage. Create databases on South East Asian built cultural heritage to aid post-disaster reconstruction
AProf Mark Harvey
University of Newcastle
Indigenous Spatial HeritageAboriginal Place Names and EthnobiologyMake existing Aboriginal spatial heritage data more accessible from a single access point
Prof Victoria Haskins
University of Newcastle
The NSW Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board: A HistoryIntimacy and Violence in Anglo Pacific Rim Settler Colonial SocietiesBuild a database with spatiotemporal dataDisplay the data as a map with a timeline and show mobility
Prof Andrew May
University of Melbourne
Encyclopedia of MelbourneMake Encyclopedia of Melbourne data more open to research and exploratory visualisation with maps and timelines. Immersive environments. Collection liberated content. Digital storytelling
Prof Lyndall Ryan
University of Newcastle
Colonial Frontier MassacresExtend Colonial Frontier Massacres map to be usable for similar projects, internationally. Ensure certain types of online data remains secure. Workflows for collaborators to maintain data
Prof Ros Smith
University of Newcastle
Dark Places: True Crime In Australia, Early Modern Women And The Poetry Of ComplaintMap literary true crime sites. Map redaction, reception, publication, etc. Map relationships related to literature
Dr Alana Piper
University of Technology Sydney
Criminal CharactersMap historical crime data
Prof Deb Verhoeven (Partner Investigator)
University of Alberta, Canada
HuNI Greek and Italian diasporic cinema. Digital infrastructure design for humanitiesOverlay multiple data types such as public transport, road, local business and demographic data. HuNI will be a delivery platform. Interoperability with HuNI. HuNI to aggregate heterogeneous data from independent sources. HuNI to allow keyword, spatial and temporal discovery