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Dr. Jonathan Richards serves as an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow within the School of Historical and Philosophical Inquiry at the University of Queensland's Faculty of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. His academic profile demonstrates active engagement in Australian historical research with specific focus on colonial-period dynamics.
Richards' research centers on Australian colonial history, particularly examining frontier violence, Indigenous-settler relations, and policy development in Queensland. His work critically analyzes topics including Native Police operations, Aboriginal dispossession, massacre documentation, and the evolution of protectionist policies. Through meticulous archival research and spatial analysis techniques, he contributes to understanding systemic violence and its enduring legacies in the Australian context.
His publication record reveals strong collaborative patterns, frequently working with scholars like Mark Finnane and Paul Memmott on interdisciplinary projects. The ARC Discovery Grant project 'Violence on the Australian Colonial Frontier, 1788-1960' represents a significant research contribution, utilizing historical geography methods to map frontier conflicts. Richards actively participates in scholarly discourse through book reviews and historiographical analyses, demonstrating methodological rigor in Aboriginal history studies.
- Available for postgraduate supervision
- Principal investigator on ARC-funded violence mapping project
- Regular contributor to Queensland Historical Atlas
