Anthropological perspectives on ethnographic collecting by Australian colonial administrators in Papua and New Guinea and their contribution to museum collections.

澳大利亚殖民管理者在巴布亚新几内亚和新几内亚的人种学收藏品及其对博物馆收藏品的贡献的人类学观点。澳大利亚在巴布亚新几内亚的殖民统治者建立了大量的人种学收藏品。这项研究将考察从巴新土著人民那里获得“人种学”物品的背景，并特别强调休伯特·默里爵士的作用。这将是第一次研究目前由澳大利亚国家博物馆收藏的大量PNG收藏品的历史和文化背景。它将为澳大利亚作为太平洋殖民强国的作用提供一个新的视角，使用人种学对象来探索行政当局关键人物与土著人民之间的关系。

Anthropological perspectives on ethnographic collecting by Australian colonial administrators in Papua and New Guinea and their contribution to museum collections. Australian colonial administrators in PNG built up large ethnographic collections. This study will examine the contexts in which 'ethnographic' objects were acquired from Indigenous peoples in PNG with particular emphasis on the role of Sir Hubert Murray. This will be the first study to examine the historical and cultural context of the large PNG collections now held by the National Museum of Australia. It will provide a new perspective on Australia's role as a colonial power in the Pacific using ethnographic objects to explore the relationship between key figures in the Administration and Indigenous people.