Projects
Baudin Legacy
project name: The Baudin Legacy: A New History of the French Scientific Voyage to Australia (1800–1804)
initiating country: Australia
programme area: ARC – contract type: ARCDP – ARC Discovery Project
contract/proposal/call number: DP0557450
status: active
start date: January 2005 duration: 60 months projected finish date: January 2010
Project Budget
total budget: AU$ 492,157
Participants
Note that the follow people may not represent the full extent of the consortium. FEAST has tried to identify the Australian participants, and their collaborators (or coordinator), within the project. Also note that Australian participation may not necessarily be on a formal level.
| name | organisation | state or country |
|---|---|---|
| Prof Margaret Sankey | USyd | NSW, Australia |
| Prof Michel Jangoux | ULB | Belgium |
Further information
summary:
More interested in the British stories of conquest and settlement, historians have largely neglected an important episode in Australian history, the French scientific expedition to New Holland (1800-1804), led by Nicolas Baudin and commissioned by Bonaparte. As well as making Australians aware of the diversity of their past, and thereby contributing in our multicultural society to debates concerning national identity, the project will add significantly to knowledge of early encounters between the Europeans and Aborigines, and to the scientific history of our continent. The Franco-Australian nature of the project will have the particular benefit of strengthening and creating social and collaborative links between Australia and France.
