This three-year project commenced in mid-2024 and is a collaboration with distinguished academics: Jane Lydon, Zoe Laidlaw, Catherine Hall, Alan Lester, Keith McClelland, Edmond Smith as well as partner investigators History Trust of South Australia and National Trust of Australia (Victoria).

The project brings Australia into the global history of slavery by exploring the legacies of British slavery in South Australia and Victoria. Through developing methods for biographical research and digital mapping, it will trace the movement of capital, people and culture from slave-owning Britain to the new settler colonies, and produce a new history of the continuing impact of slavery wealth in shaping colonial immigration, investment, and law.  Outcomes of this project include enhanced capacity to build international disciplinary collaborations, new research methods, and research capacity building. Benefits include a radically new perspective on Australian history and the role of the abolition of slavery in its development.