Indigenous Intermediaries: New Perspectives on Exploration Archives

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and has also published articles on Australian mission history, gender and heritage, and women in business, including in History Australia and Law and History Review. Len Collard is Professor with the School of Indigenous Studies at the University of Western Australia. He is a Whadjuk Noongar and a Traditional Owner of the Perth Metropolitan area, its surrounding lands, rivers, swamps and ocean, and its culture. He has a background in literature and communications and his research interests are in the area of Aboriginal Studies, including Noongar interpretive histories and Noongar theoretical and practical research models. Len has conducted research funded by the Australian Research Council, the National Trust of Western Australia, the Western Australian Catholic Schools, the Swan River Trust and many other organisations. Len's research has allowed the broadening of the understanding of the many unique characteristics of Australia's Aboriginal people and has contributed enormously to improving the appreciation of Aboriginal culture and heritage of the southwest of Australia. Len's groundbreaking theoretical work has put Noongar cultural research on the local, national and international stages. Bronwen Douglas was a Fellow and Senior Fellow in Pacific and Asian History at The Australian National University for 16 years and is an Adjunct Associate Professor in 'retirement'. She is a historian of the interplay of race, geography, and practical encounters with people and places in Oceania. Her research IndIgenous IntermedIarIes xii interests include the identification of traces of Indigenous agency and the power of place in colonial and elite representations and the use of visual materials and maps as ethnohistorical texts. She is author of Across the Great Divide (Harwood