Associate Professor Robert Foster

Robert was appointed to the History Department in 2000, and his research focus has focussed on the history of Australia's First Nations people,, Comparative Indigenous History and general South Australian History. He has also worked as a consultant historian, especially in Native Title research. He has collaborated with Amanda Nettelbeck on a variety of projects dealing with the history and memory of frontier violence in Australia and Canada. He teaches courses on Australian Indigenous History, Australian History and Ethnic Cleansing and Genocide. Until recently he was head of the History Department. He is currently working on an ARC Linkage project entitled 'Reconciling with the Frontier: Accounting for Colonial Conflict'. In collaboration with the South Australian Museum, State Library of South Australia, History SA, State Records of South Australia and Reconciliation SA, the project seeks to map the extent of frontier conflict in Colonial South Australia and make this information available to the general public through an online 'Story Map'. In addition, the project will seek to gather stories of the frontier from Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities.