AustLit

This project is supported by an Australian Research Council Discovery Early Career Researcher Award (2013-2015) entitled 'The Australian penal colonies and British print culture, 1786-1900'.

From the Project Summary

This project is the first comprehensive investigation of the literature surrounding convict transportation and the Australian penal colonies, and its relationship to British print culture in the nineteenth century. Grounded in empirical research, the project will foster a new understanding of a foundational aspect of Australian cultural history.