Indigenous Intermediaries: New Perspectives on Exploration Archives

This collection arises from a conference called Local Intermediaries in International Exploration, which was held at The Australian National University in July 2013. Over two days we had 30 speakers present their research on intermediaries of different kinds, who acted as guides, informants, and brokers between local people and the Western explorers and travellers who visited foreign lands in Australia, New Guinea, the Pacific, Asia and Africa.