Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile
Articles by Gaye Sculthorpe
Friday essay: Indigenous afterlives in Britain
Readers are advised this article contains content relating to violent colonial practices and deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which some may find distressing. Ancestors of Indigenous Australians are represented in Britain not only by the objects they made. The Ancestral Remains of Aboriginal people still lie in museums or in graves, marked and unmarked. A number of Aboriginal people who travelled to Britain in the late 18th and 19th century died there.
We identified 39,000 Indigenous Australian objects in UK museums. Repatriation is one option, but takes time to get right
Campaigns for the repatriation of certain objects in prominent museums dominate media reporting on the fraught legacies of historical collections. The Parthenon (Elgin) Marbles, Benin Bronzes, and the “Gweagal” shield are among the most conspicuous examples.
Friday essay: 5 museum objects that tell a story of colonialism and its legacy
Two new Australian museums are emerging from old ones as the year draws to a close. The new Chau Chak Wing Museum at the University of Sydney assembles rich collections from across the campus, and the WA Museum Boola Bardip (Noongar for “Many Stories”) has opened in Perth. Museums remain relevant in a globalised world where stories of objects and collecting connect people, institutions, places and ideas.
Newcomers to early Sydney quizzed Indigenous locals about Captain Cook. The answers were fascinating
Posted April 26, 2020 05:00:44 In the early Sydney colony, newcomers commonly quizzed Indigenous locals about their memories of Captain Cook and the Endeavour. They believed the arrival of a shipload of British men who stayed for a week was an incredibly memorable event; and assumed that details of it would have been preserved — even treasured — over time. The accounts given are hardly ever a straightforward recounting of what Cook did.
Tall ship tales: oral accounts illuminate past encounters and objects, but we need to get our story straight
Captain James Cook arrived in the Pacific 250 years ago, triggering British colonisation of the region. We’re asking researchers to reflect on what happened and how it shapes us today. We will be publishing more stories in this series in the coming week. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains images and names of deceased people. In the early Sydney colony, newcomers commonly quizzed Indigenous locals about their memories of Captain Cook and the Endeavour.
Howzat! The 1868 Aboriginal Australian cricket tour of England
The first Australian cricket team to tour England was an all-Aboriginal side in 1868. Between May and October 1868, a group of 13 cricketers, mostly from the state of Victoria, played matches at various towns in England. Before or after the cricket game, they displayed their traditional skills in throwing and dodging spears, boomerangs and clubs.
Weapons of resistance: Jandamarra, a hero of the Bunuba people
Across Australia, each of the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander groups have historical figures that live on in the memory of people today. For the Bunuba people of the east Kimberley region of north-west Australia, Jandamarra (once referred to by Europeans as ‘ Pigeon’, 1873–1897) is considered a hero of the resistance. In the 1890s the Kimberley region was a violent place. Bunuba territory was invaded by Europeans looking for land for cattle.
Indigenous Australia: before the sheep arrived
As curator of the BP exhibition Indigenous Australia: enduring civilisation it is a great privilege to be presenting this major exhibition in London. Over the past two years, it has been a special and sometimes moving experience to view and discuss objects in the collection with artists and community visitors from Australia – and to see these special objects up close.
Friday essay: Indigenous afterlives in Britain
Readers are advised this article contains content relating to violent colonial practices and deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, which some may find distressing. Ancestors of Indigenous Australians are represented in Britain not only by the objects they made. The Ancestral Remains of Aboriginal people still lie in museums or in graves, marked and unmarked. A number of Aboriginal people who travelled to Britain in the late 18th and 19th century died there.
Show More
loading
Actions
Is this you?
As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.Get in touch with Gaye
Contact Gaye, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.
Learn more about Muck Rack