Author: kfullagar

For the inevitable Cook250 fest in April-May 2020, Australia's The Conversation commissioned nearly 20 articles highlighting revisionist research on Cook. My bit was on Cook's little-noticed Islander shipmates: https://theconversation.com/the-stories-of-tupaia-and-omai-and-their-vital-role-as-captain-cooks-unsung-shipmates-126674    

With the new book out, I'm chatting a lot more about history. Here's a little Sunday morning segment on why I am a historian, the book, and an upcoming Bennelong podcast: thanks to Sydney's favourite community radio, 2SER, for having me along  (2nd Feb. 2020): click here for the link: https://2ser.com/the-warrior-the-voyager-and-the-artist/    

Tamson provoked me with this recent 14-min video from the IPA. Bella: If you were starting a new society, how would you do it? How would you decide the government you wanted, the type of legal system you wanted to put in place and how to create wealth in your new society? The early Australian … Continue reading If the IPA video on Enlightenment in Australia had included more historians

This summer, as the State Library celebrates its new permanent exhibition of paintings — many from the early days of the colony — the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra is rejigging its own ‘early Australian’ rooms. Its Robert Oatley Gallery usually presents the faces of our so-called Founding Fathers, with James Cook taking centre stage … Continue reading Three Portraits in the State Library of NSW

A little booster I wrote for our exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery last summer (only now online). Includes cartoon image of me at end as well! "The National Portrait Gallery rehangs its permanent galleries at least twice a year. This summer, the Robert Oatley gallery, which typically displays the ‘earliest works from the NPG … Continue reading Rethinking Foundational Histories

A Lecture for the Kaldor Art Project 2018: Anri Sala I just noticed that a mini-lecture I did for this fabulous Art Group is up on vimeo. We were all given a brief to help explicate the art work for that year, Anri Sala's intriguing meditation on the so-called clash of Enlightenment (represented in Mozart's … Continue reading Colonialism and the Age of Enlightenment

I had a lot of fun doing this podcast with my friend Peter Moore. He came up with the idea for this series for the well-known British magazine, History Today. I was thrilled to be the third cab off the ranks after guests such as Michael Palin; apparently Simon Schaffer is up next. Peter's idea was … Continue reading Travels Through Time: 1776

Over on my other website, you'll find updates on this collaborative project with the National Portrait Gallery. Currently on show is the first exhibition from our endeavours: Facing New Worlds in the Robert Oatley Gallery. Get along to see it before April 2019! (Click this post heading to get hyperlinks.)