European Naturalists and the Constitution of Human Difference in Oceania: Crosscultural Encounters and the Science of Race, 1768-1888

这项研究将促进更好地了解当代澳大利亚区域干预的历史先例、与我们邻国的关系以及种族或民族差异的概念。因此，它直接解决了当前关于历史政治的辩论。关于区域差异的假设是澳大利亚当前态度和政策的基础，这些假设源于关于大洋洲人的种族历史和集体身体差异的更早的辩论，以及关于欧洲人对土著人口的天然统治的信念。该项目将制作一部可查阅的关于这些想法起源的历史，并展示澳大利亚在大洋洲更广泛的背景下的历史根深蒂固。

This research will promote better understanding of the historical antecedents to contemporary Australian regional interventions, relations with our neighbours and conceptions of racial or ethnic differences. It thus directly addresses current debates on the politics of history. The assumptions about regional differences which underpin current Australian attitudes and policies stem from much earlier debates on the racial histories and collective physical variations of Oceanian people and from beliefs about natural European dominance over indigenous populations. This project will produce an accessible history of the genesis of such ideas and demonstrate the historical embeddedness of Australia within the wider context of Oceania.