Mick Dodson. Photo by Belinda Pratten.
A major new project led by researchers from The Australian National University will trace the history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the defence of Australia. The project - Serving our country: a history of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the defence of Australia - was awarded more than $1 million as part of the Australian Research Council's Linkage Projects funding, announced on Saturday. The funding amount is the second largest in this round. The project will be led by Professor Ann McGrath from the Australian Centre for Indigenous History in the ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences and Professor Mick Dodson from the National Centre for Indigenous Studies at ANU. Over the course of five years, it will aim to provide authoritative accounts of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander contributions to national defence. Professor McGrath said the research will shed light on a little-known part of Australian heritage. "This is an untold part of Australian history," she said.
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