Susan Cochrane is a scholar and curator specialising in contemporary indigenous art. Her research interests since 1984 have been in the field of recent and contemporary Pacific art and art history and the past, present and future representation of indigenous Pacific cultures in museums.Max Quanchi is a Pacific Historian specialising on the history of colonial photography in the Pacific, and on the many historical connections between Australia and the Islands. He is Senior Lecturer in Pacific History at the University of the South Pacific.

"This volume is a very important one for anyone studying the art and material culture of the Pacific. It focuses on collections now in Australia. Even those well versed in museum collections from the Pacific will learn about many important but little-known collectors as well as better-known figures like the anthropologists F. E. Williams and Thomas Farrell, the husband of Queen Emma. This will be a treat for students and specialist alike."—Professor Robert L. Welsch, University of Dartmouth"The books contributes greatly to the scholarship on collecting . . . Many of the essays show evidence of thorough archival research. We read fascinating historical anecdotes, especially from Melanesia; the many black and white photos enhance the volume and often illustrate poignantly the colonial character of these collections . . . Scholars of the Pacific interested in objects will undoubtedly read the book with interest."—Eric Kline Silverman, Pacific Affairs"A valuable addition to published material on collections in Australians institutions."—Geoffrey Gray, The Journal of Pacific History

Susan Cochrane is a scholar and curator specialising in contemporary indigenous art. Her research interests since 1984 have been in the field of recent and contemporary Pacific art and art history and the past, present and future representation of indigenous Pacific cultures in museums.Max Quanchi is a Pacific Historian specialising on the history of colonial photography in the Pacific, and on the many historical connections between Australia and the Islands. He is Senior Lecturer in Pacific History at the University of the South Pacific.

"This volume is a very important one for anyone studying the art and material culture of the Pacific. It focuses on collections now in Australia. Even those well versed in museum collections from the Pacific will learn about many important but little-known collectors as well as better-known figures like the anthropologists F. E. Williams and Thomas Farrell, the husband of Queen Emma. This will be a treat for students and specialist alike."—Professor Robert L. Welsch, University of Dartmouth"The books contributes greatly to the scholarship on collecting . . . Many of the essays show evidence of thorough archival research. We read fascinating historical anecdotes, especially from Melanesia; the many black and white photos enhance the volume and often illustrate poignantly the colonial character of these collections . . . Scholars of the Pacific interested in objects will undoubtedly read the book with interest."—Eric Kline Silverman, Pacific Affairs"A valuable addition to published material on collections in Australians institutions."—Geoffrey Gray, The Journal of Pacific History

Susan Cochrane is a scholar and curator specialising in contemporary indigenous art. Her research interests since 1984 have been in the field of recent and contemporary Pacific art and art history and the past, present and future representation of indigenous Pacific cultures in museums.Max Quanchi is a Pacific Historian specialising on the history of colonial photography in the Pacific, and on the many historical connections between Australia and the Islands. He is Senior Lecturer in Pacific History at the University of the South Pacific.

"This volume is a very important one for anyone studying the art and material culture of the Pacific. It focuses on collections now in Australia. Even those well versed in museum collections from the Pacific will learn about many important but little-known collectors as well as better-known figures like the anthropologists F. E. Williams and Thomas Farrell, the husband of Queen Emma. This will be a treat for students and specialist alike."—Professor Robert L. Welsch, University of Dartmouth"The books contributes greatly to the scholarship on collecting . . . Many of the essays show evidence of thorough archival research. We read fascinating historical anecdotes, especially from Melanesia; the many black and white photos enhance the volume and often illustrate poignantly the colonial character of these collections . . . Scholars of the Pacific interested in objects will undoubtedly read the book with interest."—Eric Kline Silverman, Pacific Affairs"A valuable addition to published material on collections in Australians institutions."—Geoffrey Gray, The Journal of Pacific History