Collecting along the Herbert River: Economies of Specimens, Labour, and Knowledge (1880-1900)

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk

Description

Speaker at the International Council of Museums and the Committee for University Museums and Collections (2023), Chau Chak Wing Museum, Sydney, entitled 'Truth-telling Through University Museums and Collections'. The paper covered natural history collecting in nineteenth-century Queensland's sugar industry and the role of Pacific Islanders within the production of scientific knowledge.
Period2023
Held atUniversity of Sydney
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • Natural History
  • Sugar Plantations
  • Labour
  • Pacific
  • Queensland
  • Museums
  • Natural Science Collections
  • Indigenous Histories
  • South Sea Ilsanders