Re-Mapping the Lost Literary Capital: Darwin/Larrakia Nation (2025-2028)
Abstract
This project yokes together the scores of novels, plays, short stories, poems, and genre fiction titles that have portrayed Darwin from Federation to the present. In so doing, it aims to pull Darwin from the literary void it has sat in for much of the twentieth century and restore it to the national imaginary. We will work with AustLit and AusStage to offer a series of public lectures and exhibitions at the NT Library, guided literary tours of Darwin, and a monograph that organises the literary texts into a series of accessible themed chapters for future educators, students and researchers. Other benefits include increased cultural visibility for north Australian writers and increased capacity for cultural tourism to the regions.
