The Australian government nonetheless provided him with permission and funds to undertake ethnographic work within their territories and Malinowski chose to go to the Trobriand Islands, in Melanesia where he stayed for several years, studying the indigenous culture.
O goberno australiano, con todo, deulle permiso e fondos para realizar un traballo etnográfico nos seus territorios e Malinowski escolleu ir ás illas Trobriand (Melanesia) onde permaneceu varios anos, estudando a cultura indíxena.