Sierra Leone and Australia: a case of the vanishing twin

通过将澳大利亚的定居视为一个相互关联的全球帝国中的一个过程，该项目将增加对我们起源的理解，并将澳大利亚的经验注入国际学术。它将增加我们对非洲的了解，“世界上最大的不稳定地区”，这在澳大利亚人的意识中是特别缺失的。保罗·洛夫乔伊，我们的国际PI，是非洲历史上的世界领袖，他对这项倡议的参与将使国际非洲历史社区的注意力集中在澳大利亚。该项目还将提供一个包容性的历史背景，以协助纳入来自塞拉利昂的大批难民。

By considering the settlement of Australia as a process within an interconnected global empire the project will increase understanding of our beginnings and inject Australian experience into international scholarship. It will increase our understanding of Africa, 'the world's largest unstable region', which is peculiarly absent from the Australian consciousness. Paul Lovejoy, our international PI, is a world leader in African history, and his involvement in this initiative will focus the attention of the international African historical community on Australia. The project will also provide an inclusive historical context to assist the incorporation of a large refugee cohort from Sierra Leone.