Collecting the West
Revealing Western Australia through Its Collection
$64.78
- Paperback
332 pages
- Release Date
9 September 2025
Summary
Collecting the West considers the full span of collecting activities undertaken in Western Australia over the four centuries since known European collecting began. What do these collections tell us about who we were, who we are and who we can be?
While collections are thought of as being held in museum, library and gallery stores – or perhaps on public display – they also originate from a place. Collections represent knowledge of and specific understandings of the world. They…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781760802776 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1760802778 |
| Author: | Alistair Paterson, Andrea Witcomb, Gaye Sculthorpe, Tiffany Shellam, Baige Zylstra |
| Publisher: | UWA Publishing |
| Imprint: | UWA Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 332 |
| Release Date: | 9 September 2025 |
| Weight: | 1.30kg |
| Dimensions: | 147mm x 285mm x 19mm |
About The Author
Alistair Paterson
Alistair Paterson is Chair of Archaeology at the University of Western Australia, on the Oceans Institute Executive Research Team and a Research Associate, WA Museum.
Andrea Witcomb is a Deakin Distinguished Professor at Deakin University in the fields of cultural heritage and museology. She is also the Associate Dean Research for the Faculty of Arts and Education.
Gaye Sculthorpe is a Professor of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University. A Palawa woman from Tasmania, she was previously Curator of Oceania at The British Museum, London.
Tiffany Shellam is a Professor of History at Deakin University for the School of Humanities and Social Sciences. Shellam’s book Meeting the Waylo: Aboriginal encounters in the Archipelago (2020) was awarded the Prime Minister’s prize for Australian History in 2020.
Baige Zylstra is a researcher and curator with experience working across academic, gallery and museum institutions. She has worked at The University of Western Australia for the past two decades and is currently Assistant Curator of the Murdoch University Art Collection.
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