Recipients: Redmond Barry Fellowship

Current and past recipients of the Redmond Barry Fellowship have researched a wide range of topics including Melbourne's literary magazines, the artist Giovanni Battista Piranesi, wildfire and Melbourne as a city.

Current recipient

The 2011 recipient of the Redmond Barry Fellowship is Jim Davidson. Jim will research literary magazine culture in Melbourne between 1940 and 1988, and produce a book manuscript, Bigger than little.

Jim's project focuses on the publications Meanjin and Overland, and the contrasting editorships of Clem Christesen and Stephen Murray-Smith.

Past recipients

2010

Colin Holden's research topic was 'Rome in Melbourne: the Piranesi collections in the Baillieu and State Libraries'.

2009

Andrew Dodd's research topic was 'Unknown genius: the architecture of John James Clark'.

2008

Danielle Clode's research topic was 'A future in flames: wildfire in a changing climate'.

2007

Kristin Otto's research topic was 'Capital: Melbourne when it was the capital city of Australia 1901–27'.

2006

Kathleen Fennessy's research topic was 'Ploughing with one heifer: colonial Victorians learning the land'.

2005

Olivier Burckhardt's research topic was 'Pencilled lines on poetry'.

2004

Leonarda Kovacic's topic was 'From "lubras" to "belles": representations of Aboriginal women, 1850–1950'.

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