
Curators & contacts
About our curators

Ross Chadwick
Head of Department
Ross is the manager of the Museum’s Indigenous Repatriation Program (IRP) that seeks to return Aboriginal Ancestral Remains and significant secret/sacred objects back to their relevant community/custodians, and is responsible for the management and planning of the Department’s Collection Management Information System.

Moya Smith
Curator
Moya oversees management of the ancient world elements of the World Cultures collections, the photographic collections and participates in curation of the World Cultures, Aboriginal Cultures and Archaeology collections.

Annie Carson
Curator
Annie manages the Museum’s Archaeology collection, comprising surface collections and excavated material from some of Western Australia’s most significant Aboriginal sites. Annie's research interests and expertise are primarily in Australian Indigenous archaeology, from pre-European colonisation to the historical period, with a particular interest in rock art, Aboriginal coastal economies and the contact period
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