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When: 29 January to 7 February 2025
Where: Australian National University
What: We are seeking expressions of interest to take part in an Indigenous Family Research Residency. This is
being hosted by Ann McGrath’s ARC Laureate Program and the Research Centre for Deep History.

This residential program is for Indigenous women interested in building their skills in family history research.
The program includes workshops at ANU, primarily led by Indigenous historians and researchers, including
collaborating scholars and special guests of the Research Centre for Deep History.

 The Residency also includes introductory sessions and practical research experience at three of Canberra’s
key research sites:

• Developing a research plan
• Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), led by the Family History Unit
• National Library Australia, led by the Indigenous Engagement Team
• National Archives Australia, led by the Aboriginal Engagement Team

Participants will learn about practical strategies and tools to help with family research including:

• Where to start
• Navigating catalogues
• Using digital archives
• Experiencing the reading room and handling archival material
• Making connections between different collections
• Organising research material
• Getting started with writing

The Residency includes:

• Self-contained, shared accommodation at ANU from Tuesday 28 January – 8 February 2015 (2-bedroom apartments)
• An allowance of $30 per day, per person for day-to-day costs, as well as some catering
• Contribution towards travel costs to Canberra (up to $400 per person)
• A travel card with two bus trips per day to facilitate independent travel to the research sites (AIATSIS, NLA and NAA)
• Access to shared office space in the School of History at ANU
• A take-home Research Pack
• A certificate of completion
• The opportunity to provide feedback and suggestions for future workshops

To apply:
Please email admin.rcdh@anu.edu.au with the following:
1) A one-page CV including your education, work experience, and participation or volunteering in any similar workshops
or community programs.
2) A one- page application that responds to the following questions:

• What are the aims of your family research?
• What family research have you undertaken so far?
• How will you and/or your community members benefit from this research residency?
• Are you able to participate in the two-week program at ANU in Canberra from 29 January to 7 February?

Who is eligible?
No specific academic qualifications are required.
Applications are open to Indigenous women engaged in family history.
Applicants must be able to spend 10 days in Canberra, from 29 January to 7 February 2025.
Selection will be based on:

• The potential for participation in the residency to benefit the applicant’s research aims.
• The overall quality of the application.

Key Points

• Please submit your expressions by 22 November 2024.
• Successful applicants will be notified by 29 November 2024.
• Applications should be emailed to: admin.rcdh@anu.edu.au

If you have any questions, please call Beth on 0407057919 or email beth.marsden@anu.edu.au

The RCDH acknowledges and gives thanks for the feedback provided by participants in the first version of thi\
workshop in April 2024. This input has been integral to the development of this Residency Fellowship.
Follow this link for more information about the first workshop.

The RCDH acknowledges that this Residency is being held on the unceded lands of the Ngunnawal and Ngambri people
of the Canberra region. We pay our respects to elders past and present.
This Program is an initiative of the Kathleen Fitzpatrick Laureate Program ‘Rediscovering the Deep Human Past
Laureate project (FL170100121) funded by the Australian Research Council and the Australian National University

This image by Ethel Aardvark is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.

The Indigenous Family History Research Residency for Spring 2024 has closed. We thank everyone who took the time and care to apply, and hope for a future opportunity to run a similar program. If you would like to be contacted of any future opportunities should they arise, please contact us at rcdh.admin@anu.edu.au

A reminder that the expression of interest for the Indigenous Family Histories Research Residency Fellowship (Oct 27 – Nov 8) will close next Monday 2nd September (5pm). Follow the link below for more information about the fellowship. Thank you to all the people who have sent applications so far.

The Director of the Research Centre of Deep History, Distinguished Professor Ann McGrath has been appointed as a member of the National Museum of Australia Council for a three-year term. Ann joins three other distinguished women as new council members: Professor Clare Wright OAM as the new Chair of the Council, Professor Megan Davis and Ms. Janine Freeman. “I’m honoured to be appointed to the Council of this crucial national institution,” says Ann. “Its role in addressing our nation’s full history is significant for us now, as well as for future generations of Australians. I am looking forward to working with this talented group of fellow Council members and museum staff.” Read more on the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences website.

Image credit Jamie Kidston@ANU

Congratulations to RCDH Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr. Beth Marsden for being awarded an Australian Academy of the Humanities Travelling Scholarship for her project “Children’s School Journeys: Experiences of Mobility for Education”. The project examines children’s journeys to school in postwar Australia and Finland as forms of historical experience. See the 2024 Humanities Travelling Fellowship page for more details.

Congratulations to RCDH collaborating scholar Dr. Shauna Bostock who has accepted the position of Indigenous Australian Research Editor (Indigenous Identified Position) in the National Centre of Biography at the Australian National University. Shauna will be working with the Australian Dictionary of Biography, specifically on the First Nations Biography Australia Project. Shauna is a former doctoral students at the School of History at the ANU, and published her thesis in 2023 titled Reaching Through Time: Finding My Family’s Stories (Allen & Unwin). Shauna begins her position on the 15th of July, 2024.