Lecture: Uncovering and Understanding the South Australian Frontier and its Legacies. Bought to you by The History Council of South Australia.

HISTORY COUNCIL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

ANNUAL LECTURE IN WHYALLA ON 16/11/23

Dr Skye Krichauff, University of Adelaide

Lecture: Uncovering and Understanding the South Australian Frontier and its Legacies

The research project ‘The South Australian Frontier and its Legacies’ maps the nature and extent of conflict between Aboriginal people and colonists in South Australia, from the arrival of sealers and whalers (in the early 1800s) until Federation (1901). The project is based at the University of Adelaide and emerged out of the call from the Uluru Statement from the Heart to engage in ‘truth-telling about our history’. Research for the project has involved an extensive examination of archival sources and the collection of oral histories from Aboriginal people and settler descendants. Dr Skye Krichauff will demonstrate the website and interactive digital ‘Story map’ developed by the project team. She will focus on Eyre Peninsula and explain why violence in this district was exceptionally long lasting and extensive.