Ian D. Clark (historian)
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Ian D. Clark is an academic historian
and Toponymist whose primary work has focused on Victorian Aboriginal
history, aboriginal toponymy and the frontier conflict between Indigenous Australians
and immigrant settlers during the European settlement of Victoria
, Australia.
, then a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Diploma of Education at Monash University
. He completed his PhD in western Victorian Aboriginal historical geography at Monash University in 1992.
His academmic posts have included working as a tutor / lecturer in geography, lecturer in tourism at Monash University
, and as a research fellow in history from 1993-1995 at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
. Since 2000 he has worked in the School of Business at the University of Ballarat
first as a senior lecturer in Tourism and now occupies the position of Associate Professor in Tourism.
He has worked extensively in the Victorian tourism industry with a focus on developing indigenous tourism material and facilities. For a time he was the manager of the Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Halls Gap
, Gariwerd. He has also worked as senior researcher in the Koori Tourism Unit of the former Victorian Tourism Commission from 1989-1991.
In 2005 he was chair of the Victorian State Committee of the Australian National Placenames Survey.
. He worked with The Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages and in 2002 published the Dictionary of Aboriginal Placenames of Victoria and several related regional placename publications. He was one of the organisers of the second Trends in Toponymy
conference in Ballarat in 2007, and is researching a book on Aboriginal toponymy for the ANU E-Press series.
Other important published research includes work on massacre sites in Western Victoria in the 1995 publication Scars in the landscape : a register of massacre sites in Western Victoria 1803-1859. The interaction between the Wurundjeri
people and the early settlement of Melbourne
was told in the 2004 book - A bend in the Yarra : a history of the Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School 1841-1851, which Clark co-authored with Toby Heydon.
Clark has also written on the Aboriginal presence on the Ballarat goldfields in the 1850s noting that while there is no evidence for any direct involvement of Aboriginal people in the events of the Eureka Rebellion in 1854, aboriginal people may be relevant to the Eureka story through the event taking place on Wathaurong aboriginal land, the early policing of the Goldfield was done by the Native Police Corps
, and oral history that Aboriginal people looked after some of the children of the Eureka miners after the military storming of the Eureka Stockade and subsequent massacre of miners.
Note: this is a list of major published writings, not a full list of research or publications.
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and Toponymist whose primary work has focused on Victorian Aboriginal
Victorian Aborigines
The Indigenous Australians of Victoria, Australia occupied the land for tens of thousands of years prior to European settlement. According to Gary Presland Aborigines have lived in Victoria for about 40,000 years living a semi-nomadic existence of fishing, hunting and gathering, and farming...
history, aboriginal toponymy and the frontier conflict between Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians
Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago....
and immigrant settlers during the European settlement of Victoria
History of Victoria
This article describes the history of the Australian state of Victoria.-Aboriginal history:The state of Victoria was originally home to many indigenous nations that had occupied the land for tens of thousands of years...
, Australia.
Education and career
Studied Bachelor of Theology at the Melbourne College of DivinityMelbourne College of Divinity
The Melbourne College of Divinity is a theological education organisation located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.The MCD is an ecumenical consortium of a number of theological colleges from a number of denominations...
, then a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) and Diploma of Education at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
. He completed his PhD in western Victorian Aboriginal historical geography at Monash University in 1992.
His academmic posts have included working as a tutor / lecturer in geography, lecturer in tourism at Monash University
Monash University
Monash University is a public university based in Melbourne, Victoria. It was founded in 1958 and is the second oldest university in the state. Monash is a member of Australia's Group of Eight and the ASAIHL....
, and as a research fellow in history from 1993-1995 at the Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
The Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies is an independent Australian Government statutory authority. It is Australia's premier institution for information about the cultures and lifestyles of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It is located on Acton...
. Since 2000 he has worked in the School of Business at the University of Ballarat
University of Ballarat
The University of Ballarat is a dual-sector university in Ballarat, Victoria, Australia. It was formed by the passage of an Act of the Victorian Parliament in 1994, from the Ballarat College of Advanced Education...
first as a senior lecturer in Tourism and now occupies the position of Associate Professor in Tourism.
He has worked extensively in the Victorian tourism industry with a focus on developing indigenous tourism material and facilities. For a time he was the manager of the Brambuk Aboriginal Cultural Centre in Halls Gap
Halls Gap, Victoria
Halls Gap is a town in Victoria, Australia. It is located on Grampians Road, adjacent to the Grampians National Park, in the Shire of Northern Grampians local government area. The town is set in the Fyans Valley at the foot of the of Wonderland and Mount William ranges . At the 2006 census Halls...
, Gariwerd. He has also worked as senior researcher in the Koori Tourism Unit of the former Victorian Tourism Commission from 1989-1991.
In 2005 he was chair of the Victorian State Committee of the Australian National Placenames Survey.
Historical research
He has written extensively on Victorian Aboriginal history including editing the journals of George Augustus RobinsonGeorge Augustus Robinson
George Augustus Robinson was a builder and untrained preacher. He was the Chief Protector of Aborigines in Port Phillip District from 1839 to 1849...
. He worked with The Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages and in 2002 published the Dictionary of Aboriginal Placenames of Victoria and several related regional placename publications. He was one of the organisers of the second Trends in Toponymy
Toponymy
Toponymy is the scientific study of place names , their origins, meanings, use and typology. The word "toponymy" is derived from the Greek words tópos and ónoma . Toponymy is itself a branch of onomastics, the study of names of all kinds...
conference in Ballarat in 2007, and is researching a book on Aboriginal toponymy for the ANU E-Press series.
Other important published research includes work on massacre sites in Western Victoria in the 1995 publication Scars in the landscape : a register of massacre sites in Western Victoria 1803-1859. The interaction between the Wurundjeri
Wurundjeri
The Wurundjeri are a people of the Indigenous Australian nation of the Woiwurrung language group, in the Kulin alliance, who occupy the Birrarung Valley, its tributaries and the present location of Melbourne, Australia...
people and the early settlement of Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
was told in the 2004 book - A bend in the Yarra : a history of the Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School 1841-1851, which Clark co-authored with Toby Heydon.
Clark has also written on the Aboriginal presence on the Ballarat goldfields in the 1850s noting that while there is no evidence for any direct involvement of Aboriginal people in the events of the Eureka Rebellion in 1854, aboriginal people may be relevant to the Eureka story through the event taking place on Wathaurong aboriginal land, the early policing of the Goldfield was done by the Native Police Corps
Native Police Corps
An Australian Native Police Corps was first established in 1842 in the Port Phillip District of the Australian colony of New South Wales...
, and oral history that Aboriginal people looked after some of the children of the Eureka miners after the military storming of the Eureka Stockade and subsequent massacre of miners.
Major works
- Scars in the landscape : a register of massacre sites in Western Victoria 1803-1859 / Ian D. Clark. (1995) AIATSIS ISBN 0855752815
- A bend in the Yarra : a history of the Merri Creek Protectorate Station and Merri Creek Aboriginal School 1841-1851 / Ian D. Clark and Toby Heydon. Aboriginal Studies Press, 2004. ISBN 0855754699
- The Port Phillip journals of George Augustus Robinson : 8 March - 7 April 1842 and 18 March - 29 April 1843 / edited and with an introduction by Ian D. Clark. Robinson, George Augustus, 1791-1866. Published Melbourne:Department of Geography, Monash University, 1988. ISBN 090968538X
- Sharing history : a sense for all Australians of a shared ownership of their history / [Ian D. Clark] ; Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation. Published: Canberra : Australian Govt. Pub. Service, c1994. ISBN 0644328460 Online version
- Dictionary of Aboriginal placenames of Victoria / Ian D. Clark, Toby Heydon. Published: Melbourne : Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages, 2002. ISBN 0957936028
- The journals of George Augustus Robinson, chief protector, Port Phillip Aboriginal Protectorate / Ian D. Clark, editor 2nd edition Published: Melbourne, Vic. : Heritage Matters, 2000. ISBN 1876404159
- The Yalukit-willam : the first people of the City of Hobsons Bay / [Ian D. Clark]. Published: Hobsons Bay City Council, 2001. ISBN 0646416693
- Aboriginal languages and clans : an historical atlas of western and central Victoria, 1800-1900 / by Ian D. Clark. Published: Melbourne, Vic. : Dept. of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University, c1990. ISBN 090968541X
- Place names and land tenure : windows into Aboriginal landscapes : essays in Victorian Aboriginal history / Ian D. Clark. Published: Ballarat, Vic., Ballarat Heritage Services, c2003. ISBN 1879478373
Note: this is a list of major published writings, not a full list of research or publications.