AustLit

The project was led by Associate Professor Anna Johnston at the University of Tasmania and The University of Queensland.

An extensive bibliographical project of this kind is only possible with a team of researchers, and the Australian Research Council is gratefully acknowledged for its funding (DP0770685).

The State Library of Tasmania provided the base collection from which physical records were identified, and Tony Marshall and Ian Morrison provided exceptional access and advice. Librarians at the State Library of New South Wales, the National Library of Australia, and Fryer Library at The University of Queensland have also provided advice and enabled access to at times rare material.

A team of research assistants have worked successively on this dataset, identifying, verifying, documenting, and finally uploading the data to AustLit. The following are warmly thanked for their meticulous work, intellectual engagement, and professional and personal support: at UTAS, Darien Rozentals, Rebecca Dorgelo, and Elizabeth Mead; at UQ, Gemmia Burden, Olivia Formby, Ellen Gardner, and Ingrid Finnane.

Jenny Johnston provided exceptional detective work into the family histories of many obscure travellers, smoothing the distinction between public figures and amateur writers and considerably enhancing our understanding of the richness of the archive.

Over many years, Kerry Kilner and Catriona Mills at AustLit have been both supportive and patient in enabling the dataset to reach its full potential and to find its ideal audience through AustLit’s readers and subscribers.