Laura McBride is a Wailwan and Kooma woman and Director, First Nations at the Australian Museum (AM). In this role on the AM Executive Leadership Team, McBride leads the First Nations strategic direction and operations as well as manages the AM’s extensive Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, archaeology, and Pasifika cultural collections.
Laura’s vision for the AM centres on prioritising and amplifying First Nations voices so that Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander, and Pacific communities represent themselves and their cultures within the Museum. Laura’s academic qualifications include a Bachelor of Arts (University of Sydney) conferred in 2008 (double Major in Psychology and Australian Indigenous Studies), and Master of Aboriginal Education (University of Technology Sydney) conferred in 2012.
