Dr Corioli Souter

Western Australian Museum

Corioli Souter is an archaeologist, curator, cultural heritage manager and Head of the Department of Maritime Heritage at the Western Australian Museum. She has been a practicing archaeologist since 1992 also contributing to collection research, exhibition development, site interpretation and management, film documentaries, academic teaching, and capacity building both in Australia and internationally. Corioli played a key curatorial role in the development of Boola Bardip, the Western Australian Museum’s landmark redevelopment, helping shape its conceptual and thematic frameworks and curating major content. Her research and community projects align with the Museum’s ‘people-first’ philosophy, promoting place-based, collaborative interpretation of maritime archaeological sites across Western Australia and the Indian Ocean region. Committed to ethical, inclusive, and sustainable practices, she advocates for greater accessibility to underwater cultural heritage and museum collections.