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| Lindy Allen
Adjunct/associate Researcher
Architecture Theory, Culture and History Research Centre
University of Queensland (Australia)
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About |
Independent scholar, curator & cultural heritage consultant - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage specialist & valuer. Consultant services - Indigenous community consultation; national & international repatriation; exhibitions; acquisition, storage, significance & risk assessment of ATSI cultural collections; provenance research. Listed Provider - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Heritage Protector Act 1984; Expert Examiner for Protection of Cultural Heritage Act 1987; Expert Assessor (International) Australian Research Council.
Over 45 years curatorial experience including Senior Curator, Museums Victoria (1989-2018) & curator, University of Queensland Anthropology Museum (1978-1989). Museum & field-based material culture & collections research.
Partner Investigator on 5 Australian Research Council Linkage Projects incl. How Meston’s "Wild Australia Show" Shaped Australian Aboriginal History (2013-2018)'. Organised 'Milingimbi Makaratta Forum' (2016). Curated 35+ major exhibitions. Co-edited volumes incl. "The Makers and Making of Indigenous Australian Museum Collections" (MUP); published around 40 book chapters, journal & online articles, exhibition catalogue entries.
Broader research focus on visual anthropology; institutional & other collection histories; history of Indigenous art; Indigenous agency & representation in museums, collections & collecting; & the history, distribution & use of glass beads by Indigenous Australians. |
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Discipline(s) |
Anthropology
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Member of |
Australian Anthropological Society (AAS)  European Society for Oceanists (ESfO) |
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Geographic places |
Australia (area)
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Historical periods |
The Colonial time
20th century
21st century
Precolonial Australia
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Experiences |
Consulting Work (2018 to now)
— Self Employed
An independent cultural heritage advisor/consultant, researcher, curator and anthropologist providing specialist advice and services relating to Australian Indigenous cultural heritage, museum and art collections (objects, photographs, original records, related archival and historical sources), consultation with Indigenous communities regarding cultural heritage collections and related material.
These specialist services include
- exhibition and collection development and curation
- repatriation of cultural heritage and Ancestral Remains (national and international)
- significance and risk assessment
- provenance research and storage and management
- valuations including for the Commonwealth government’s Cultural Gifts Program
- ATSI cultural heritage legislation and relevant policy |
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