the makers and making of indigenous australian museum collections

Nicolas Peterson is Professor of Anthropology and a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. His research is focused on land and sea tenure, Aboriginal engagement with the Australian economy, history of anthropology and photography of anthropological subjects.

Lindy Allen is Senior Curator at Museum Victoria. Her research is primarily focused on material culture, visual anthropology and art, based on fieldwork across Arnhem Land and on Cape York Peninsula.

Louise Hamby is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Research School of Humanities at the Australian National University. Her research is principally focused on Arnhem Land material culture, both historic and contemporary.