Previous fellows: AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellowships

Library users researching in the La Trobe Reading Room

A broad range of projects has been undertaken by previous recipients of the AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellowship. This reflects not only the richness of our collection, but also the creative and scholarly diversity of applicants for the fellowship

Black and white photo of members of Snitterfield brass band seated and holding musical instruments 1880s

2013: AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellows

Brass bands, 1930s cricket and Asian–Australian poetry were the focus of research for 2013 fellows.

Etching of Cremorne Gardens, Richmond, viewed from across the Yarra River in 1854

2012: AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellows

Research projects about children's literature, the life and work of Margaret Kiddle and the Cremorne Gardens were awarded in 2012.

View of Mount Franklin and the Loddon Valley from Castlemaine

2011: AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellows

Research in 2011 stretched from Aussie rules football to Aboriginal dispossession in the Western district.

Women's work exhibition souvenir photograph dated 1907 depicting Royal Exhibition Building

2010: AGL Shaw Summer Research Fellows

In 2010 AGL Shaw Summer Research fellows investigated Australian women artists, experiments in perception and handwriting in colonial documents.