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Gavan McCarthy

Honorary
Historical and Philosophical Studies
Archives
Museums
Libraries
History of Australian Science and Technology
science & technology
technology
information science & library science
social sciences
arts & humanities
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A/Prof

Gavan McCarthy

 
Division
Arts
 
Primary Interest
e-Scholarship
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Gavan McCarthy.

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Profit and Loss: The commercial trade in Indigenous human remains

2020 - 2023
Active
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INDIGENOUS STORYTELLING AND THE LIVING ARCHIVE OF ABORIGINAL KNOWLEDGE

2020 - 2023
Active
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The Saunders Family Collection: Working Class Life in Port Melbourne (1920s-1980s)

2019 - 2019
Completed
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RESTORING DIGNITY: NETWORKED KNOWLEDGE FOR REPATRIATION COMMUNITIES

This project aims to build a digital facility that supports the repatriation of Indigenous human remains. Repatriation contributes to reconc..

2018 - 2021
Completed
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RESTORING DIGNITY: NETWORKED KNOWLEDGE FOR REPATRIATION COMMUNITIES

This project aims to build a digital facility that supports the repatriation of Indigenous human remains. Repatriation contributes to reconc..

2018 - 2021
Completed
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THE ABORIGINAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

This project aims to create an online archive of records about Aboriginal self-determination, the land rights movement and Aboriginal commun..

2017 - 2018
Completed
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THE ABORIGINAL HISTORY ARCHIVE

This project aims to create an online archive of records about Aboriginal self-determination, the land rights movement and Aboriginal commun..

2017 - 2018
Completed
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The Invisible Farmer: Securing Australian Farm Women's History

This project, believed to be the first national study of farm women in Australia, aims to address their historical and contemporary invisibi..

2016 - 2019
Completed
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Australian Stroke Research Network

2016 - 2018
Completed
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The Invisible Farmer: Securing Australian Farm Women's History

This project, believed to be the first national study of farm women in Australia, aims to address their historical and contemporary invisibi..

2016 - 2019
Completed

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Projects

Project Types

25

Research Grant

10

Research Contracts

4

Internal Research Grant

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Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Gavan McCarthy.

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Can archives fly? Delivering Australian archives to researchers

P Tonoli, G McCarthy

Conference Proceedings  |  2018  |  VALA2018 Proceedings

This paper outlines the rationale and initial development of a service that will allow digital materials held by archives to be de..

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Documentation, Digitisation and Dissemination: Preparing for the History of CSIRO

undefined Adam, G Mccarthy, AH Smith

Presentation  |  2017

In February 2017 Tom Spurling and Terry Healy delivered 34 A1 archive boxes of records to the eScholarship Research Centre (ESRC) ..

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Building the History of Australian Science: Five Projects of Professor R. W. Home (1980-present)

Sara Maroske, Libby Robin, Gavan McCarthy

Journal article  |  2017  |  Historical Records of Australian Science

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The Dorothy Howard Collection: revealing the structures of folklore archives in museums

Mike Jonesa, Kate Darian-Smitha, Deborah Tout-Smith, Gavan McCarthy

Journal article  |  2017  |  ARCHIVES AND MANUSCRIPTS

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The eScholarship Research Centre: working with knowledge in the twenty-first century

GJ McCarthy, HL Morgan, E Daniels

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Australian Library Journal

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Selected publications of the Australian Science Archives Project, Austehc and the ESRC (The University of Melbourne) 1985-2015

Gavan McCarthy, Elizabeth Daniels

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Australian Library Journal

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The Encyclopedia of Australian Science: a virtual meeting of archives and libraries

Ailie Smith, Gavan McCarthy

Journal article  |  2016  |  The Australian Library Journal

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Australian Women Lawyers as Active Citizens

H Morgan, G Mccarthy, K Rubenstein, N Henningham

Dataset  |  2016

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Self-determination and archival autonomy: advocating activism

Joanne Evans, Sue McKemmish, Elizabeth Daniels, Gavan McCarthy

Journal article  |  2015  |  Archival Science

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Aboriginal Rules: The Black History of Australian Football

Sean Gorman, Barry Judd, Keir Reeves, Gary Osmond, Matthew Klugman, Gavan McCarthy

Journal article  |  2015  |  The International Journal of the History of Sport

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine
Non-Oriented Research
Expanding Knowledge
Library and Information Studies
Information Systems
Curatorial and Related Studies
Information Services
Heritage
Historical Studies
Social Work

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2007

For contributions advancing archival practice

National Archives of Australia - Ian McLean Award

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Credentials

Positions

Hr/Finance Delegation

Historical and Philosophical Studies

Professional Member

Australian Society of Archivists

Education

Master of Arts

Monash University

Bachelor of Arts

La Trobe University

Links

International Linkages

Imperial College London

United Kingdom

International Atomic Energy Agency

Austria

Bethlam Royal Hospital Archives and Museum

United Kingdom