Gaye Sculthorpe

Biography

Gaye Sculthorpe is Professor of Cultural Heritage and Museum Studies at Deakin University, Melbourne. After a distinguished career in museums and native title in Australia, Gaye worked as Curator and Head of Oceania at The British Museum London between 2013 and 2022. Her research and curatorial projects focus on improving public knowledge and understanding of Australian Indigenous history and cultures. This had been done working with Indigenous communities as well as Australian colleagues and institutions, particularly the Australian National University, of which she is a graduate. Her work is characterized by commitment to making museum collections more widely accessible to the descendants of their makers. In 2017, Gaye was honoured by ANU as Indigenous Alumna of the Year. Her Aboriginal ancestors are from northeast Tasmania.