Tiffany Shellam

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...

WINNER of the Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2020: Non-Fiction Meeting the Waylo explores the experiences of Indigenous Australians who participated in Australian exploration enterprises in the early nineteenth century. These Indigenous travellers, often referred to as 'guides', 'native aides', or 'intermediaries', have been portrayed in various ways by historians. Earlier historiographies represented them as passive side-players in European heroic efforts...