Maria Nugent (historian)

Maria Nugent is an Australian historian, academic and author. She is an associate professor at the Australian Centre for Indigenous History, School of History, Australian National University (ANU). Her areas of interest include cross-cultural history and encounters in Australia, indigenous Australian history and memory studies, and material history and museum collections. She’s best known for researching and interpreting historical collections in possession of public museums and libraries, including the British Museum, the National Museum of Australia, Museum Victoria and the State Library of New South Wales (NSW).

Nugent’s body of work is informed by her 25-year-long involvement with the aboriginal community in La Perouse, NSW.

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