Gaye Sculthorpe
Biographic Data
| ID | 157996 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gaye Sculthorpe |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gaye |
| FAMILY NAME | Sculthorpe |
| SIGNATURE | SCULTHORPE G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Deakin University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0881-8961 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Rikawa
Water containers made of kelp from lutruwita (Tasmania) are one of the rarest object types found in ethnographic museum collections. Only two, well-documented, historic examples still exist. The British Museum holds one given to it in 1851, after the Great Exhibition of London. An older example, which formed part of the collections of a French naturalist engaged on the d’Entrecasteaux expedition in southern lutruwita in the early 1790s, was locat…
The New Protectionism
This article discusses the problems encountered in accessing archival Indigenous language records, both by Indigenous people looking for information on their own languages and by non-Indigenous researchers supporting language work. It is motivated by Indigenous people not being able to access materials in archives, libraries, and museums that they need for heritage reasons, for personal reasons, or for revitalisation of language or cultural perfo…
Connecting Collections
Australia's vast collections of biological, natural history, ethnographic, and social-historical materials remain largely disconnected from each other and from the public. Connecting these distributed collections, currently dispersed in local, state, national, and global locales, is critically important to generate new knowledge for national and global benefit. The vision of making these collections accessible at scale, alongside innovative metho…
Will my boomerang come back? New insights into Aboriginal material culture of early Sydney and affiliated coastal zone from British collections
Aboriginal material culture of the Sydney region has been analysed extensively by Australian archaeologists, notably Vincent Megaw and Val Attenbrow, yet many new insights can be obtained through the examination of hitherto unidentified and unexamined museum objects and dispersed archival documentation in Britain and Ireland. Close engagement with these sources permits a more informed explication of the variety of objects in use in colonial Sydne…
A Shield Loaded with History
This article discusses an Aboriginal shield in the British Museum which is widely believed to have been used in the first encounter between Lieutenant James Cook's expedition and the Gweagal people at Botany Bay in late April 1770. It traces the ways in which the shield became ‘Cook-related’, and increasingly represented and exhibited in that way. In the wake of its exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in late 2015 and early 2016, the s…
A corroboree for the Countess of Kintore
This paper discusses a corroboree performed in Darwin in 1893 to illustrate the potential of British ethnographic collections for researching overlooked historical events. The performance was brought to light after a collection of Aboriginal artefacts used in it was noted and examined by the author in the collections of Marischal Museum, Aberdeen, in 2016. The description of the performance and associated objects extends understanding of the natu…
Dialogue des cultures et circulations des œuvres
Emmanuel Kasarherou, Gaye Sculthorpe, Nicolas Thomas, Michel Coté et Vincent Négri © musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, photo Cyril Zannettacci M. Emmanuel KASARHEROU Je suis l’adjoint au directeur du patrimoine et des collections. Je suis en poste à Branly depuis cinq ans. J’étais auparavant directeur du Centre culturel Tjibaou en Nouvelle-Calédonie, qui est une autre architecture et un autre centre culturel intéressant aux antipodes de ce m…
Recognising Difference
A Shield Loaded with History
This article discusses an Aboriginal shield in the British Museum which is widely believed to have been used in the first encounter between Lieutenant James Cook's expedition and the Gweagal people at Botany Bay in late April 1770. It traces the ways in which the shield became ‘Cook-related’, and increasingly represented and exhibited in that way. In the wake of its exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in late 2015 and early 2016, the s…
Recognising Difference
Recognising Difference
Dialogue des cultures et circulations des œuvres
Emmanuel Kasarherou, Gaye Sculthorpe, Nicolas Thomas, Michel Coté et Vincent Négri © musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, photo Cyril Zannettacci M. Emmanuel KASARHEROU Je suis l’adjoint au directeur du patrimoine et des collections. Je suis en poste à Branly depuis cinq ans. J’étais auparavant directeur du Centre culturel Tjibaou en Nouvelle-Calédonie, qui est une autre architecture et un autre centre culturel intéressant aux antipodes de ce m…
A Shield Loaded with History
This article discusses an Aboriginal shield in the British Museum which is widely believed to have been used in the first encounter between Lieutenant James Cook's expedition and the Gweagal people at Botany Bay in late April 1770. It traces the ways in which the shield became ‘Cook-related’, and increasingly represented and exhibited in that way. In the wake of its exhibition at the National Museum of Australia in late 2015 and early 2016, the s…
A corroboree for the Countess of Kintore
This paper discusses a corroboree performed in Darwin in 1893 to illustrate the potential of British ethnographic collections for researching overlooked historical events. The performance was brought to light after a collection of Aboriginal artefacts used in it was noted and examined by the author in the collections of Marischal Museum, Aberdeen, in 2016. The description of the performance and associated objects extends understanding of the natu…
Will my boomerang come back? New insights into Aboriginal material culture of early Sydney and affiliated coastal zone from British collections
Aboriginal material culture of the Sydney region has been analysed extensively by Australian archaeologists, notably Vincent Megaw and Val Attenbrow, yet many new insights can be obtained through the examination of hitherto unidentified and unexamined museum objects and dispersed archival documentation in Britain and Ireland. Close engagement with these sources permits a more informed explication of the variety of objects in use in colonial Sydne…
Rikawa
Water containers made of kelp from lutruwita (Tasmania) are one of the rarest object types found in ethnographic museum collections. Only two, well-documented, historic examples still exist. The British Museum holds one given to it in 1851, after the Great Exhibition of London. An older example, which formed part of the collections of a French naturalist engaged on the d’Entrecasteaux expedition in southern lutruwita in the early 1790s, was locat…
The New Protectionism
This article discusses the problems encountered in accessing archival Indigenous language records, both by Indigenous people looking for information on their own languages and by non-Indigenous researchers supporting language work. It is motivated by Indigenous people not being able to access materials in archives, libraries, and museums that they need for heritage reasons, for personal reasons, or for revitalisation of language or cultural perfo…
Connecting Collections
Australia's vast collections of biological, natural history, ethnographic, and social-historical materials remain largely disconnected from each other and from the public. Connecting these distributed collections, currently dispersed in local, state, national, and global locales, is critically important to generate new knowledge for national and global benefit. The vision of making these collections accessible at scale, alongside innovative metho…
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