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Featured image: 'A Malay native from Batavia at Coepang' by Thomas Baines, 1856. © Kerry Stokes Collection, Perth

Research on the Collections

We actively support and enable research on the Society's Collections and welcome approaches for new collaborations and partnerships.

Hidden Histories of Exploration

A workshop investigating the role indigenous people played in the history of exploration, compiled by Joy Slappnig.

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