Torres Strait has an established place in the history of anthropology because of its association with the Cambridge University Expedition of 1898 organised by A. C. Haddon. This early British anthropological expedition is regarded as a seminal event…

In 1898 a team sponsored by the University of Cambridge set out for the Torres Strait. Led by A. C. Haddon, their goal was to make an unprecedentedly comprehensive anthropological study embracing ethnology, physical anthropology, psychology, linguis…