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Published Paper: War Capitalism and the Expropriation of Country: Spatial Analysis of Indigenous and Settler-Colonial Entanglements in North Eastern Australia, 1864–1939

by Mick Morrison | Jul 30, 2021 | Proper history project

Abstract Global processes associated with the expansion of colonialism and the emergence of capitalist economies after 1500 were often driven by a desire to create new capital via the acquisition of land and resources, with severe implications for Indigenous peoples....

Published Paper: Report on excavation of a shell mound site at Mandjungaar, western Cape York Peninsula

by Mick Morrison | Jul 29, 2021 | Proper history project

Abstract This short report presents results of excavation and analysis of a shell mound deposit at Mandjungaar, near Weipa, Cape York Peninsula. This study was initiated as a cultural heritage management project focused on a shell mound site damaged by unauthorised...

Published Paper: ‘My Country is like my Mother…’: respect, care, interaction and closeness as principles for undertaking cultural heritage assessments

by Mick Morrison | Jul 28, 2021 | Proper history project

Abstract Investigation of social values is essential to understanding relationships between people and place, particularly in Indigenous cultural heritage management. The value of long-term ethnographic studies is well recognised, however, such approaches are...

Published Paper: “Their God is their belly”: Moravian missionaries at the Weipa Mission (1898–1932), Cape York Peninsula

by Mick Morrison | Jul 27, 2021 | Proper history project

Abstract The Weipa Mission (1898–1932) on Cape York Peninsula (north-eastern Australia) was one of seven Australian missions designed and staffed by the Moravian Church during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. We present findings of archaeological and...

Published Paper: Mission-Based Indigenous Production at the Weipa Presbyterian Mission, Western Cape York Peninsula (1932–66)

by Mick Morrison | Jul 26, 2021 | Proper history project

Abstract Previous research on remote nineteenth-and early twentieth-century Indigenous missions in northern and central Australia point to their often tenuous existence and the complex nature of engagements between Christian Missionaries and Indigenous people. This...

New Insights into Indigenous History via Food

by Mick Morrison | Mar 8, 2018 | Proper history project

The fascinating, so-far undocumented colonial history of Indigenous food in Cape York Peninsula of north Queensland will unfold under a new, three-year study led by a Flinders University team. Entitled ‘Sugarbag and shellfish: Indigenous foodways in colonial Cape York...
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  • Published Paper: War Capitalism and the Expropriation of Country: Spatial Analysis of Indigenous and Settler-Colonial Entanglements in North Eastern Australia, 1864–1939
  • Published Paper: Report on excavation of a shell mound site at Mandjungaar, western Cape York Peninsula
  • Published Paper: ‘My Country is like my Mother…’: respect, care, interaction and closeness as principles for undertaking cultural heritage assessments
  • Published Paper: “Their God is their belly”: Moravian missionaries at the Weipa Mission (1898–1932), Cape York Peninsula

Recent Posts

  • Published Paper: War Capitalism and the Expropriation of Country: Spatial Analysis of Indigenous and Settler-Colonial Entanglements in North Eastern Australia, 1864–1939
  • Published Paper: Report on excavation of a shell mound site at Mandjungaar, western Cape York Peninsula
  • Published Paper: ‘My Country is like my Mother…’: respect, care, interaction and closeness as principles for undertaking cultural heritage assessments
  • Published Paper: “Their God is their belly”: Moravian missionaries at the Weipa Mission (1898–1932), Cape York Peninsula
  • Published Paper: Mission-Based Indigenous Production at the Weipa Presbyterian Mission, Western Cape York Peninsula (1932–66)

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