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Biographical Details
Associate Professor David Andrew Roberts has over twenty years experience as a researcher and supervisor, with expertise in early Australian History. He is the editor (since 2003) of the Journal of Australian Colonial History. His current research is funded by an ARC Discovery Project Grant, "Inquiring into Empire: Remaking the British Empire after 1815 [DP180100537]".
Teaching
HIST150 Colonial AustraliaHIST338 Australian Frontiers: Rural and Regional HistoriesHIST351 Convict AustraliaHIST511 Crime, Incarceration, Servitude: Historical Views (with Dr Andrew Piper)HINQ200 History - Uses and AbusesHINQ201/501: Researching History
Education/Academic qualification
Honours, University of Newcastle
Doctorate, University of Newcastle
Research Interests
- Australian Colonial History
- History
- Indigenous Studies
- Legal Studies
Approved to Supervise
- Approved PhD/HDR supervisor
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Panopticon to Plexus: Analysing Colonial Labour and Migration in 1820s NSW
McLean, M., Roberts, D. A. & Gibbs, M., 19 Nov 2025, In: Labour History. 129, p. 119-144Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ghosts and the machine: testing the use of Artificial Intelligence to deliver historical life course biographies from big data
McLean, M. A., Roberts, D. A. & Gibbs, M., 31 Jul 2024, In: Historical Methods. 57, 3, p. 146-162Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access5 Citations (Scopus) -
Criminal Law and the Administration of Justice in Early New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land
Roberts, D. A., 2022, The Cambridge Legal History of Australia. Cane, P., Ford, L. & McMillan, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 581-604Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus) -
'Inspection, the only effective instrument of reformative management': Bentham, surveillance, and convict recidivism in early New South Wales
Allen, M. & Roberts, D. A., 28 Apr 2022, Jeremy Bentham and Australia: Convicts, utility and empire. Causer, T., Finn, M. & Schofield, P. (eds.). 1 ed. London, United Kingdom: University College London Press (UCL Press), p. 137-161Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
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Settlement and Dispossession
Ford, L. & Roberts, D. A., 2022, The Cambridge Legal History of Australia. Cane, P., Ford, L. & McMillan, M. (eds.). 1 ed. Cambridge, United Kingdom: Cambridge University Press, p. 305-327Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › Research › peer-review
1 Citation (Scopus)
Projects
- 3 Finished
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Inquiring into empire: remaking the British world after 1815 (via UNSW)
Roberts, D. (UNE Lead Investigator), Halliday, P. (Partner Investigator), Laidlaw, Z. (Partner Investigator), Lester, A. (Partner Investigator), Stern, P. (Partner Investigator), Doherty, S. (Chief Investigator), Ford, L. (Chief Investigator) & McKenzie, K. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/18 → 31/12/23
Project: Grant
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Landscapes of Production and Punishment: the Tasman Peninsula 1830-77
Gibbs, M. (UNE Lead Investigator), Godfrey, B. (Partner Investigator), Hood, S. (Partner Investigator), Roe, D. (Partner Investigator), Steele, J. (Partner Investigator), Tuffin, R. (Postdoctoral Research Fellow), D'GLUYAS, C. (HDR Student), GILES, R. (HDR Student), JORDAN, C. M. (HDR Student), Maxwell-Stewart, H. (Chief Investigator) & Roberts, D. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/17 → 30/11/21
Project: Grant
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Anti-transportation, LIberty and the Empire of Mortality
Carey, H. (Chief Investigator) & Roberts, D. (Chief Investigator)
1/01/10 → 31/12/12
Project: Grant