Gavan Mccarthy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3962660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gavan Mccarthy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gavan |
| FAMILY NAME | Mccarthy |
| SIGNATURE | MCCARTHY G |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Melbourne |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8411-3173 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Building the History of Australian Science: Five Projects of Professor R.W. Home (1980–present)
R. W. Home was appointed the first and, up to 2016, the only Professor of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of Melbourne. A pioneering researcher in the history of Australian science, Rod believes in both the importance and universality of scientific knowledge, which has led him to focus on the international dimensions of Australian science, and on a widespread dissemination of its history. This background has shaped five …
The eScholarship Research Centre: Working with knowledge in the twenty-first century
The eScholarship Research Centre at the University of Melbourne was established in 2007 but its origins can be traced back to the foundation of the Australian Science Archives Project in 1985. In its 2015 review, the Centre stated its four key activities as engagement, scholarly services, research and collaboration. What identified the Centre as different from other research centres was that it was not located in a faculty but within the Universi…
Self-determination and archival autonomy: Advocating activism
Aboriginal Rules: The Black History of Australian Football
This paper is interested in the significance of Australian football to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. In particular, this paper is interested in the cultural power of football and how it has foregrounded the struggle and highlighted the contribution that Indigenous people have made to the national football code of Australia. This paper also discusses key moments in Indigenous football history in Australia. It quest…
Improving the Archiving of Records in the Out-of-home Care Sector
Senate Inquiries into the lives of people who grew up in care, highly critical Ombudsman reports, and advocacy groups for recent and past “care leavers” draw attention to the significance of the records for children growing up in out-of-home care. This article reports on a project in which an interdisciplinary team of social workers, archivists, and historians worked together with 12 community-sector (nongovernment) organisations to look at the q…
Fractional Identities: The Political Arithmetic of Aboriginal Victorians
Established as a British Colony in 1835, Victoria was considered the leader in Australian indigenous administration-the first colony to legislate for the "protection" and legal victualing of Aborigines, and the first to collect statistical data on their decline and anticipated disappearance. The official record, however, excludes the data that can explain the Aborigines' stunning recovery. A painstaking investigation combining family histories; V…
Self-determination and archival autonomy: Advocating activism
Aboriginal Rules: The Black History of Australian Football
This paper is interested in the significance of Australian football to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. In particular, this paper is interested in the cultural power of football and how it has foregrounded the struggle and highlighted the contribution that Indigenous people have made to the national football code of Australia. This paper also discusses key moments in Indigenous football history in Australia. It quest…
Fractional Identities: The Political Arithmetic of Aboriginal Victorians
Established as a British Colony in 1835, Victoria was considered the leader in Australian indigenous administration-the first colony to legislate for the "protection" and legal victualing of Aborigines, and the first to collect statistical data on their decline and anticipated disappearance. The official record, however, excludes the data that can explain the Aborigines' stunning recovery. A painstaking investigation combining family histories; V…
Improving the Archiving of Records in the Out-of-home Care Sector
Senate Inquiries into the lives of people who grew up in care, highly critical Ombudsman reports, and advocacy groups for recent and past “care leavers” draw attention to the significance of the records for children growing up in out-of-home care. This article reports on a project in which an interdisciplinary team of social workers, archivists, and historians worked together with 12 community-sector (nongovernment) organisations to look at the q…
Fractional Identities: The Political Arithmetic of Aboriginal Victorians
Established as a British Colony in 1835, Victoria was considered the leader in Australian indigenous administration-the first colony to legislate for the "protection" and legal victualing of Aborigines, and the first to collect statistical data on their decline and anticipated disappearance. The official record, however, excludes the data that can explain the Aborigines' stunning recovery. A painstaking investigation combining family histories; V…
Improving the Archiving of Records in the Out-of-home Care Sector
Senate Inquiries into the lives of people who grew up in care, highly critical Ombudsman reports, and advocacy groups for recent and past “care leavers” draw attention to the significance of the records for children growing up in out-of-home care. This article reports on a project in which an interdisciplinary team of social workers, archivists, and historians worked together with 12 community-sector (nongovernment) organisations to look at the q…
Self-determination and archival autonomy: Advocating activism
Aboriginal Rules: The Black History of Australian Football
This paper is interested in the significance of Australian football to the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people of Australia. In particular, this paper is interested in the cultural power of football and how it has foregrounded the struggle and highlighted the contribution that Indigenous people have made to the national football code of Australia. This paper also discusses key moments in Indigenous football history in Australia. It quest…
The eScholarship Research Centre: Working with knowledge in the twenty-first century
The eScholarship Research Centre at the University of Melbourne was established in 2007 but its origins can be traced back to the foundation of the Australian Science Archives Project in 1985. In its 2015 review, the Centre stated its four key activities as engagement, scholarly services, research and collaboration. What identified the Centre as different from other research centres was that it was not located in a faculty but within the Universi…
Building the History of Australian Science: Five Projects of Professor R.W. Home (1980–present)
R. W. Home was appointed the first and, up to 2016, the only Professor of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS) at the University of Melbourne. A pioneering researcher in the history of Australian science, Rod believes in both the importance and universality of scientific knowledge, which has led him to focus on the international dimensions of Australian science, and on a widespread dissemination of its history. This background has shaped five …
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Australian Indigenous Culture and History (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Library science (3 works) · Public relations (3 works) · History (2 works) · Indigenous (2 works) · Media studies (2 works)