Corioli Souter
Head of Maritime Heritage
Corioli Souter is a curator, archaeologist, and Head of the Department of Maritime Heritage.
She has been a practicing archaeologist since 1992 undertaking archaeological fieldwork, research, exhibition development, film documentaries and capacity building and teaching in Australia and abroad.
Corioli has developed and contributed to interagency research and community projects in line with WAM’s ‘people-first’ philosophy which provide place-based, collaborative interpretation of maritime archaeological sites in Western Australia and the Indian Ocean region.
She is committed to making Underwater Cultural Heritage (UCH) and its related museum collections accessible to all researchers and the public and endeavours to incorporate critical approaches to maritime archaeology and collection interpretation with consideration of current issues—such as environmental sustainability—while maintaining ethical and inclusive best practice.
She is a member of ICOMOS International Committee in the Underwater Heritage (ICUCH).
