Ayahs and Amahs: Transcolonial Servants in Australia and Britain 1780-1945

该项目着眼于英国殖民主义时期前往澳大利亚和其他地方的印度和中国女性家庭护理人员。两个多世纪以来，这些女性伴随着殖民家庭沿着帝国的路线在澳大利亚、亚洲和英国之间穿梭，她们是非常移动的女性。通过探索这些最早的全球家政工人的历史经历和文化记忆，该项目旨在阐明更广泛的跨殖民家政工作历史。预期成果包括一些出版物和一个网站;该项目通过促进我们对塑造我们当今世界的被遗忘的跨文化关系的历史理解，提供社会和文化效益。

This project looks at female domestic care workers from India and China who travelled to Australia and elsewhere during the period of British colonialism. Accompanying colonial families along circuits of empire between Australia, Asia, and the UK over two centuries, these were extraordinarily mobile women. By exploring the historical experiences and cultural memories of these earliest global domestic workers, the project aims to illuminate a broader transcolonial history of domestic work. Expected outcomes include a number of publications and a website; and the project offers the social and cultural benefits to be gained by advancing our historical understanding of the forgotten cross-cultural relationships that have shaped our world today.