Coates, Ian2023-11-242023-11-24http://hdl.handle.net/1885/307425This thesis is an attempt to solve the problems involved in extracting information from museum ethnographic collections. Specifically, I examine how such collections may be used to provide information about human behaviour and its relationship to material culture.Western AustraliaAboriginal societyEuropean societyMuseum collectionTraditional groupsEthnographyThe social construction of the John Forrest Australian Aboriginal ethnographic collection : past and present10.25911/YHVS-ZA97