The shape of absence: Community Archaeology and the heritage of the Queensland Native Mounted Police, Australia
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Article Title | The shape of absence: Community Archaeology and the heritage of the Queensland Native Mounted Police, Australia |
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ERA Journal ID | 210829 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Burke, Heather, Wallis, Lynley A., Davidson, Iain, Cole, Noelene, Barker, Bryce and Hatte, Elizabeth |
Journal Title | Journal of Community Archaeology and Heritage |
Journal Citation | 9 (2), pp. 120-133 |
Number of Pages | 14 |
Year | 2022 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 2051-8196 |
2051-820X | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/20518196.2021.1996155 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20518196.2021.1996155 |
Abstract | This paper explores the notion of absence as a key, but elusive, element in the contemporary recognition, perception and reception of Australian frontier conflict. It derives from a four-year-long community archaeology project to document the lives and legacies of a devastating frontier paramilitary policing force – the Queensland Native Mounted Police (NMP). The sources of absence in the heritage of the NMP are complex, deriving from silences in historical records, the partial nature of archaeological data, and the vicissitudes of memory work. We offer an introductory taxonomy for the kinds of absence that characterize the NMP and use this to consider the potency of absence in theorizing, reconstructing, defending and interpreting the heritage of Australian frontier conflict. |
Keywords | Native police; frontier conflict; difficult heritage; absence; interpretation |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 439999. Other history, heritage and archaeology not elsewhere classified |
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Byline Affiliations | Flinders University |
Griffith University | |
University of New England | |
James Cook University | |
Institute for Resilient Regions | |
Northern Archaeology Consultancies, Australia |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/z01v3/the-shape-of-absence-community-archaeology-and-the-heritage-of-the-queensland-native-mounted-police-australia
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