Photogrammetry and Geophysics for Archaeological and Historical Research Using Immersive Environments: The Case of Martindale Hall

Jarrad Kowlessar, Tully Barnett, Anna M. Kotarba-Morley, Heather Burke, Ian Moffat, Penelope Edmonds

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Abstract

Martindale Hall is a Georgian stately home in the mid-north of South Australia, built on Ngadjuri land in the 1850s and owned by two prominent colonial families – the Bowmans and the Mortlocks. The house was gifted to the University of Adelaide and then to the Government of South Australia in the 1970s and 1980s, with extant collections of objects and furniture, an eclectic international collection in what has become known as ‘the Smoking Room’: a highly gendered masculine space that functioned as both office and library. This chapter discusses the process of capturing the building using three different mechanisms, including geophysics and photogrammetry, to digitise the building, its contents, and its surrounds and render them in The Void, the virtual production facility at Flinders University, Adelaide. This process creates immersive environments for research purposes to better understand the relationality of materials in and around the house, enhanced pathways for virtual object biographies, and for preservation purposes given the ongoing uncertainty concerning the building and its future. Digital network maps of objects, lands, and peoples, which are being collected and created by the research project team using ‘slow digitisation’ methodology, build a rich picture of the politics and contested postcolonial landscapes over time.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBeyond Virtual Production
Subtitle of host publicationIntegrating Production Technologies
EditorsTully Barnett, Jason Bevan, Cameron Mackness, Zoë Wallin
Place of PublicationAbingdon, Oxon
PublisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group
Chapter14
Pages166-181
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)9781003449492
ISBN (Print)9781032582931, 9781032582924
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2025

Keywords

  • Martindale Hall
  • photogrammetry
  • geophysics
  • archaeological research
  • historical research
  • immersive environments
  • virtual objects
  • digital network maps

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