Indigenous Studies Unit

Our team

The Indigenous Studies Unit undertakes research aiming to improve outcomes in Indigenous health and wellbeing, particularly in relation to alcohol misuse and family violence, Indigenous data governance, digital archives, cultural heritage, technology and resource management. We make regular contributions to Parliamentary reviews and Inquiries, cross-platform media, and policy development.

We collaborate with international researchers in nations including France, Japan, Canada, the US, Cambodia, East Timor and India. We have partnerships across MDHS and other faculties including the Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Engineering, Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Science (including specific Centres such as the Poche Centre and Murrup Barak).

Our Unit consists of researchers from anthropology, medical anthropology, law and related disciplines. The group’s expertise in designing and implementing strategies for policy reform in Indigenous Australia is highly regarded.

Key research areas

Alcohol management plans in Indigenous communities

Indigenous communities have been central to the development of AMPs, however there has been very little research associated with documenting the effectiveness of the AMP approach, or into the appropriate implementation and evaluation frameworks necessary for such an approach to be evidence-based.

Indigenous family violence

This research investigates the experiences of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women who have experienced family violence, identifies practical and legal supports for men in these communities who perpetrate family violence, and the landscape of policy and legislation in this area.

Indigenous Data Network (IDN)

Assists Indigenous communities in developing the technical capability and resources to enable them to manage their data for community advancement.

See our full list of research and related projects.

2026

Chamberlain, C., Sundbery, J., Segal, L., Krakouer, J., Langton, M., Donnelly J, Kotz J, McEvoy E, Lyon M, Mucabel-Bue N, Karahalios A, Gray P, Gnanamanickam E, Atkinson C, Jones KA, Henderson H, Herrman H, Aboutalebi Karkavandi M, Elliott A, Bundle G, Walker R, Ratajczak T, Kelly B, Andrews S, Fergie D, Walker S, Davis E, Atkinson J, McLachlan H, McCalman P, Forster D, Bowman D, Bright T, Skouteris H, Stewart S, Henry S, Smith, K., Paul C, Canuto K, Fisher J, Reynolds K, Reppington P, Priest N, Kendall S, Reibel T, Andrews J, Carmody D, Lipscomb A, Bell M, Parry C, Russ V, Onwuka SR and Marriott R. 2026. Replanting the Birthing Trees to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander parents and babies: protocol for developmental evaluation of a comprehensive culturally responsive, trauma-aware, healing-informed, continuity of care(r) model. Public Health 13:1721107. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2025.1721107

Langton, M., Smith, K., Clarke, A., Murray, LC.,  Curkpatrick, S., Murray, L., Corporal, S., Bones, J., Lee, A.,  Reweti, E., b2026. Improving Indigenous Data Capabilities in Indigenous Organisations: A report of the Indigenous Data Network Roundtable 2022.  https://doi.org/10.26188/31360348

Langton, M., Smith, K., 2026. The Importance of Data Sovereignty for Communities: A report of the Indigenous Data Sovereignty Symposium 2017. https://doi.org/10.26188/31396575

2025

Langton, M. 2025. Almost full circle: Indigenous exclusion and the legacy of the academy. History Australia, 22(1). pp10-17.  https://doi.org/10.1080/14490854.2025.2454371

Langton, M., Smith, K., Murray, L., Curkpatrick, S., Clarke, A., Corporal, S., Ritte, R., Bones, J., Lee, A., Reweti, E. 2025. Improving Data Capabilities in Indigenous Community Organisations: A report of the Indigenous Data Network Roundtable 2024. University of Melbourne, Parkville. https://doi.org/10.26188/31360348

Chamberlain, C., Krakouer, J., Gray, P., Lyon, M., Onwuka, S., Chang, E. P., Nelson, L., Duffield, V., Mohamed, J., Stocker, S., Yunupingu, Y., Maymuru, S., Rossingh, B., Stanley, F., Cameron, D., Metta, M., Bright, T. M., Gayde, R., Kelly, B., Corrales, T., Walker, R., Lacroix, T., Milroy, H., Weatherstone, A., Jones, K. A., Smith, K., & Langton, M. (2025). Replanting the Birthing Trees: A Call to Transform Intergenerational Trauma into Cycles of Healing and Nurturing. Genealogy, 9(2), 52. https://doi.org/10.3390/genealogy9020052

Rose, J., Langton, M. Smith, K., Clinch, D. 2023, Indigenous Data Governance in Australia: Towards a National Framework, International Indigenous Policy Journal, 14 (1), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2023.14.1.10987

Chamberlain, C., Gray, P., Bennet, D., Elliott, A., Jackomos, M., Krakouer, J., Marriott, R., O'Dea, B.,  Andrews, J., Andrews, S.  Atkinson, C.  Atkinson, J., Bhathal, A., Bundle, J., Davies, S., Herrman, H., Hunter, S., Jones-Terare, G., Leane, C. Mares, S.,  McConachy, J., Mensah, F.,  Mills, C., Mohammed, J., Mudiyanselage, L. H., O'Donnell, M., Orr, E., Priest, N. Roe, Y., Smith, K.,  Waldby, C., Milroy, H., Langton, M. 2022. Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families to Stay Together from the Start (SAFeST Start): Urgent call to action to address crisis in infant removals. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00, pp1– 21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.200

2024

Pilbrow, J., Smith, K. 2024, Knowledge-holders from Indonesia and the Northern Territory Come Together on Yolŋu and Larrakia Country. Australian Research Data Commons, 2 December. https://ardc.edu.au/article/knowledge-holders-from-indonesia-and-the-northern-territory-come-together/

Langton, M., Smith, K., 2024. Untangling the health crisis and violence, in John Kirton, Ilona Kickbusch and Catherine Chamberlain (eds). Health: A Political Choice, in Health: A political choice - Advancing Indigenous peoples' rights and well-being. GT Media Group, WHO, WHS, London, United Kingdom, pp.14-7 .https://g7g20.utoronto.ca/books/hapc2024-ih/index.html

Eastman, T., & Langton, M. (2024). Racial and cultural passing in the academy. In J. Ravulo, K. Olcoń, T. Dune, A. Workman, & P. Liamputtong (Eds.), Handbook of Critical Whiteness Deconstructing Dominant Discourses Across Disciplines (1st ed., Vol. 1). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-97-5085-6_75

Egidy, M. L., Aitken, A., Ryan, J., Langton, M., & Main, T. (2024). 65,000 Years: A Short History of Australian Art. Thames and Hudson, University of Melbourne, Potter Museum of Art. https://doi.org/10.26188/26132698

Curkpatrick, S., Corn, A., & Langton, M. (2024). Local Wisdom, Expansive Vision: Australian Perspectives on Indigenous Knowledge. In M. Langton, A. Corn, & S. Curkpatrick (Eds.), Indigenous Knowledge: Australian Perspectives (1st ed.). Melbourne University Press.

Langton, M., Curkpatrick, S. and Reweti, E. (2024) ‘The Responsibility and Gift of Indigenous Knowledge’, in Langton, M., Corn, A., and Curkpatrick, A. (eds) Indigenous Knowledge: Australian Perspectives. 1st edn. Melbourne University Press.

Jones, R.L., Waghorne, J. and Langton, M. (2024) ‘Introduction’, in Jones, R.L., Waghorne, J., and Langton, M. (eds) Dhoombak Goobgoowana: A History of Indigenous Australia and the University of Melbourne. 1st edition. Melbourne University Publishing.

Thieberger , N., Aird , M., Bracknell , C., Gibson , J., Harris , A., Langton , M., Sculthorpe , G. and Simpson , J. (2024) The New Protectionism: Risk Aversion and Access to Indigenous Heritage Records, Archives & Manuscripts, 51(2), pp. 23-42. https://publications.archivists.org.au/index.php/asa/article/view/10971.

Curkpatrick, S.; Wilfred, D., The Wind Is Always Blowing: Generative Crosscurrents of Ethnographic Dialogue in Australia, Oceania, 2024, Vol. 94 (1), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1002/ocea.5392

Curkpatrick, S.; Case, L.; Skinner, A., Imagining Togetherness Amid Dislocation: Three scenes from Australian music making, Performance Research, 2024, Vol. 29 (2), 93-101. 10.1080/13528165.2024.2417574

Curkpatrick, S.; Susanto, H.; Pawu, W.J., Symbolic Cohesion and Interpretive Freedom: Embodying Unity in Diversity through Warlpiri ngurra-kurlu and Indonesian Pancasila, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, 2024, Vol. 37 (2), 243-266. https://doi.org/10.1558/jasr.26695.

2023

Langton, Marcia, and Corn, Aaron 2023. First Knowledges Law: The Way of the Ancestors. Thames & Hudson Australia.

Andrew, B., Langton, M. and Neath, J. (2023) Reflections on Representation, Remembrance and the Memorial, in Palgrave Handbook on Rethinking Colonial Commemorations. Springer International Publishing. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-28609-4_8

Skinner, A., Palmer, L., Langton, M., Corn, A., Smith, K., Gumbula-Garawirrtja, B., Gondarra, R., Hadrawi, M., Pilbrow, J., 2023, Reflections on sustaining Trade and Kinship Traditions between Makassans and Yolŋu, Melbourne Asia Review, 15, https://doi.org/10.37839/MAR2652-550X15.5

Langton, M. (2023) ‘We are hoping Australians will vote ’Yes’, Meanjin, 82(2), pp40-47.

Smith, K., 14 April 2023. A Conversation with Kristen Smith, Author of “Medical Tourism and Inequality in India”. Lexington Books’ Anthropology of Tourism Author Conversation Series, moderated by series editor Di Giovine: West Chester University, Pennsylvania. https://digitalcommons.wcupa.edu/anthrosoc_facpub/178/

Anderson, I.; Paradies, Y.; Langton, M.; Lovett, R.; Calma, T., Racism and the 2023 Australian constitutional referendum, The Lancet, (2023) Vol. 402 (10411), 1400-1403.  https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(23)01954-2/abstract

Curkpatrick, S.; Wilfred, D., Woven Together in Song: Collaborative Knowledge and the Creativity of Raypirri, Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2023, Vol. 44 (5), 785-797. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2023.2192911

Pawu, W.J.; Curkpatrick, S., Gift to One Another: Interpreting Songlines Through the Relational Dynamics of Kuruwarri, Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2023, Vol. 44 (5), 760-771. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2023.2239561

Curkpatrick, S., Difference within Identity: Recognition, Growth and the Circularity of Indigenous Knowledge, Journal of Australian Studies, 2023, Vol. 47 (3), 547-565. https://doi.org/10.1080/14443058.2023.2207169

Curkpatrick, S., Soundings on a Relational Epistemology: Encountering Indigenous Knowledge through Interwoven Experience, Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2023, Vol. 44 (5), 658-677. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2023.2192467

Rose, J.; Langton, M.; Smith, K.; Clinch, D., Indigenous Data Governance in Australia: Towards A National Framework, International Indigenous Policy Journal, 2023, Vol.14 (1), https://doi.org/10.18584/iipj.2023.14.1.10987

Jackson, S.; O'Donnell, E.; Godden, L.; Langton, M., Ontological Collisions in the Northern Territory's Aboriginal Water Rights Policy, Oceania, 2023-11-01, Vol. 93 (3), 259-281. https://doi.org/10.1002/ocea.5388

Curkpatrick, S.; Bacaller, S.; Pawu, W.J.; Wilfred, D., Interweaving Fibres: Relational Dynamics in Indigenous Australian Thought and Performance, Journal of Intercultural Studies, 2023, Vol. 44 (5), 649-657. https://doi.org/10.1080/07256868.2023.2239561

Brown, A.; Haregu, T.; Gee, G.; Mensah, F.; Waters, L.; Brown, S.J.; Nicholson, J.M.; Hegarty, K.; Smith, D.; D’Amico, S.; Ritte, R.; Paradies, Y.; Armstrong, G., Social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in Aboriginal controlled social housing, BMC Public Health, 2023, Vol. 23 (1), - 1935. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16817-y

Rose, J.; Curkpatrick, S., The Gathering Ground: Composing Collaboration in Nyilipidgi, a Dynamic Meeting of manikay and jazz, Jazz Perspectives, 2023, https://doi.org/10.1080/17494060.2023.2173634

Liddle, J.; Langton, M.; Rose, J.; Rice, S., Apmerrke Areye-kenhe Utnenge Rlterrke-irrirtne-tyenhenge, Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 2023, Vol. 17 (12), 1222-1226. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.13473

Curkpatrick, S.; Burke, R.; Gaby, A.; Knight, P.; Wilfred, D., Resounding Relations: Habits of improvisation in Yolŋu song and contemporary Australian jazz, Performance Research, 2023, Vol. 28 (6), 47-56. https://doi.org/10.1080/13528165.2023.2334632

2022

O’Donnell, Erin, Sue Jackson, Marcia Langton, and Lee Godden (2022) Racialized water governance: the ‘hydrological frontier’ in the Northern Territory, Australia. Australasian Journal of Water Resources 26, no. 1 Pp 59-71. https://doi.org/10.1080/13241583.2022.2049053

Smith, K. (2022) Medical Tourism and Inequity in India: The Hyper-Commodification of Healthcare, Lexington Books. https://www.doi.org/10.5040/9781666994735

Chamberlain C, Gray P, Bennet D, Elliott A, Jackomos M, Krakouer J, Marriott R, O'Dea B, Andrews J, Andrews S, Atkinson C, Atkinson J, Bhathal A, Bundle G, Davies S, Herrman H, Hunter S, Jones-Terare G, Leane C, Mares S, McConachy J, Mensah F, Mills C, Mohammed J, Hetti Mudiyanselage L, O'Donnell M, Orr E, Priest N, Roe Y, Smith K, Waldby C, Milroy H, Langton M. (2022). Supporting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Families to Stay Together from the Start (SAFeST Start): Urgent call to action to address crisis in infant removals. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 00, pp1– 21. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.200

Liddle, J.; Langton, M.; Rose, J.W.W.; Rice, S., 2022 New thinking about old ways: Cultural continuity for improved mental health of young Central Australian Aboriginal men, Early Intervention in Psychiatry, Vol. 16 (4), pp461-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.13184

2021

Stanley, F.; Langton, M.; Ward, J.; McAullay, D.; Eades, S., Australian First Nations response to the pandemic: A dramatic reversal of the ‘gap’, Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health, 2021-12-01, Vol. 57 (12), 1853-1856. https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15701

Stewardson, M.J.; Bond, N.; Brookes, J.; Capon, S.; Dyer, F.; Grace, M.; Frazier, P.; Hart, B.; Horne, A.; King, A.; Langton, M.; Nathan, R.; Rutherfurd, I.; Sheldon, F.; Thompson, R.; Vertessy, R.; Walker, G.; Wang, Q.J.; Wassens, S.; Watts, R.J.; Webb,, The politicisation of science in the Murray-Darling Basin, Australia: discussion of ‘Scientific integrity, public policy and water governance’, Australian Journal of Water Resources, 2021, Vol. 25 (2), 141-158. 10.1080/13241583.2021.1996681

Brown, A.; Mensah, F.; Gee, G.; Paradies, Y.; French, S.; Waters, L.; Arabena, K.; Armstrong, G.; Nicholson, J.; Brown, S.J.; Hegarty, K.; Ritte, R.; Meiselbach, K.; Kelaher, M., Evaluation of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander strengths based coaching program: a study protocol, BMC Public Health, 2021, Vol. 21 (1), - 1451. https://doi.org/10.1080/13241583.2021.1996681

Stanley, F., Langton M., Ward, J., McAullay D., and Eades, S. (2021) "Australian First Nations response to the pandemic: A dramatic reversal of the ‘gap’." Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health 57, no. 12 Pp. 1853-1856, https://doi.org/10.1111/jpc.15701

Russ, Vanessa. 2021. A History of Aboriginal Art In the Art Gallery of New South Wales, New York: Routledge.

Liddle, J., Langton, M., Rose, J. W. W., & Rice, S. (2021). ‘New thinking about old ways: Cultural continuity for improved mental health of young Central Australian Aboriginal men’. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 1– 5. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.13184

Smith, K., Russ, V., Hunter, A., Bennett, I., Langton, M. 2021. Alcohol and Drugs Research Innovation Agenda (ADRIA) Grant Rapid Review, Lowitja Institute, Melbourne.

2020

Langton, M., Smith, K., Eastman, T., O’Neill, L., Rose, M., Cheesman, E. 2020, Improving family violence legal and support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (Research Report, 25/2020). Sydney: ANROWS.

Langton, M., Smith, K., Eastman, T., O’Neill, L., Rose, M., Cheesman, E. 2020, Family violence policies, legislation and services: Improving access and suitability for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men (Research Report, 26/2020). Sydney: ANROWS.

Huebner, S., Hermes, A., Easteal, S. 2020, ‘The practice of engaging Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in genome research’, in L. MacDonald, J. Tuari, L. George (Eds), Indigenous Research Ethics: Claiming Research Sovereignty beyond deficit and the colonial legacy, Emerald Publishing, United Kingdom.

Prictor M, Huebner S, Teare HJA, Burchill L, Kaye J. Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Collections of Genetic Heritage: The Legal, Ethical and Practical Considerations of a Dynamic Consent Approach to Decision Making. J Law Med Ethics. 2020 Mar;48(1):205-217. https://doi.org/10.1177/1073110520917012

Russ, V. 2020. A New Art History of Australian Aboriginal Art. International Journal of Art and Art History. vol.8 no.1. pp.48-57.

Russ, V., Gibson, J. 2020. 'Perth already has a museum of Indigenous art and culture. With proper funding, It could be our national centre’. The Conversation, 2 September.

Langton, M., Smith, K., Eastman, T., O’Neill, L., Cheesman, E., & Rose, M. (2020). Family violence policies, legislation and services: Improving access and suitability for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men (Research report, 26/2020). ANROWS.

Langton, M., Smith, K., Eastman, T., O’Neill, L., Cheesman, E., & Rose, M. (2020). Improving family violence legal and support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women (Research report, 25/2020). ANROWS.

2019

Langton, M., 2019, Welcome to Country: An Introduction to Our First Peoples for Young Australians, Melbourne: Hardie Grant.

Longbottom, M., McGlade, H., Langton, M. and Clapham, K., 2019. Indigenous Australian children and the impact of adoption legislation in New South Wales. The Lancet, 393(10180), pp.1499-1500. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736(19)30252-1

Corn, A., Ormond-Parker, L., & De Largy Healy, J. (Eds.) 2019. Special Issue: A Reflection of the Day: Essays in Honour of Joseph Neparrŋa Gumbula. Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture. (Vol. 47, Iss. 1-2). Germany: De Gruyter.

Ormond-Parker, L., & Corn, A. 2019. Information technologies and Indigenous communities, Archives and Manuscripts (Vol. 47). Routledge Journals. https://doi.org/10.1080/01576895.2019.1587809

Smith, K., Langton, M., Chenhall, R., Smith, P., Bawden, S. 2019. The Alcohol Management Plan at Pormpuraaw, Queensland, Australia: An ethnographic community-based study. Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education, Canberra.

Russ, V. 2019. Out of the Boxes: And Into the Desert. Berndt Museum of Anthropology. Perth: University of Western Australia.

Smith, K., Langton, M., Chenhall, R., Smith, P., Bawden, P., 2019.  The Alcohol Management Plan at Pormpuraaw, Queensland, Australia: An ethnographic community-based study. Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education

2018

Langton, M., 2018, Welcome to Country: A travel guide to Indigenous Australia, Melbourne: Hardie Grant (Winner of the 2019 Indie Book Award for Non Fiction).

Langton, M., 2018. For her, we must: No excuses, time to act. Griffith Review, (60), pp.328-338.

Langton, M. 2018. Traditional Aboriginal Healing Practice, in Healy, J. (Ed), The Art of Healing Australian Indigenous Bush Medicine. Melbourne:  The University of Melbourne.

Corn, A., Ormond-Parker, L., & De Largy Healy, J. (2018). From the Guest Editors, Aaron Corn with Lyndon Ormond-Parker and Jessica de Largy Healy. Preservation, Digital Technology and Culture, 47(3-4), 68-69.

Langton, M. (2018). Joe Gumbula, the Inaugural Liya-ŋärra’mirri Visiting Fellow. Preservation, Digital Technology & Culture, 47(3-4), 91-101.

Russ, V. 2018. Stockyards and Saddles: A Story of Gibb River Station. Berndt Museum of Anthropology. Perth: University of Western Australia.

2017

Smith, K. 2017, ‘The cashless debit card trial: A public health, rights-based approach to better health and social outcomes’, Indigenous Law Bulletin, (8) 29, pp. 22-27.

Russ, Vanessa.2017. Milingimbi: A Living Culture. Berndt Museum of Anthropology. Perth: University of Western Australia.

2016

Davis, M. & Langton, M. (eds.) 2016. It's Our Country: Indigenous Arguments for Meaningful Constitutional Recognition and Reform, Carlton: Melbourne University Publishing.

Smith, K., Chenhall, R., McGuire, S., Kowal, E. 2016, Digital futures in Indigenous communities: From health kiosks to community hubs, Melbourne Networked Society Institute, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, pp.1-48.

Huebner, S. & Flowers, E. 2016, It’s a resting place, where our spirits go’: bringing back lost ancestor memories to Western Australia’s Great Southern – Noongar boodja, Journal of Arts & Communities, 8:1+2, pp. 75-92.

Langton, M., Smith, K., Chenhall, R., 2016. Indigenous Narratives about alcohol impacts and sobriety, The Lowitja Institute International Indigenous Health and Wellbeing Conference, Melbourne Conference Centre, Australia, 8-10 November.

Ormond-Parker, L., Langton, M., Huebner, S., Coleman, J., Pearson, C., Sloggett, R., . . . Clarke, K. (2016). When Magnets Collide: Digital Preservation and Access of At-Risk Audiovisual Archives in a Remote Aboriginal Community (1). Parkville, Australia: Melbourne Networked Society Institute, The University of Melbourne.

Smith, K., Chenhall, R., McQuire, S., Kowal, E., 2016. Digital Futures in Indigenous Communities: From Health Kiosks to Community Hubs. Parkville, Australia. Melbourne Networked Society Institute, The University of Melbourne.

2015

Smith, K., Langton, M. & Chenhall, R. 2015, Alcohol policy and assemblages of intervention: Managing alcohol in Indigenous communities, Addiction 2015: Alcohol, Other Drugs, Behavioural Addictions: Prevention, Treatment and Recovery, Surfers Paradise, Australia, 20 – 22 May 2015, pp. 101-114.

2014

Smith, K., Langton, M., d'Abbs, P., Room R., Chenhall, R. & Brown, A. 2014. Alcohol Management Plans, in Elizabeth Manton, Robin Room, Caterina Giorgi and Michael Thorn (eds) Stemming the tide of alcohol: Liquor licensing and the public interest. Foundation for Alcohol Research and Education in collaboration with The University of Melbourne, Canberra, pp.167-76.1  https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/6612429

Smith, K., Langton, M, Chenhall, R, 2014. Alcohol Management Plans in the Northern Territory: At the intersection of policy, social and spatial dynamics, Kettil Bruun Society Thematic Conference on Alcohol Policy Research, Centre for Alcohol Policy Research, Melbourne, Australia, 8-11 September 2014.

Freemantle, C.J., Ritte, R., Smith, K., Iskander, D., Cutler, T., Heffernan, B., Zhong, G., Mensah., F & Read, A. 2014. Victorian Aboriginal Child Mortality Study: Patterns, Trends and Disparities in Mortality between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Infants and Children, 1998-2008, Melbourne: The Lowitja Institute.

2013

Smith, K., Langton, M., d'Abbs, P., Room, R., Chenhall, R., & Brown, A. 2013. Alcohol management plans and related reforms, Sydney: Indigenous Justice Clearinghouse.

Huebner, S. 2013, ‘A digital community project for the recuperation, activation and emergence of Victorian Koorie knowledge, culture and identity’, in L Ormond-Parker, A Corn, C Fforde, K Obatz & S O’Sullivan (eds), Information Technology and Indigenous Communities, AIATSIS, Canberra, pp. 171-184.

Leonard, S. N., Mackenzie., Kofod., Parsons., Langton, M. , . . . Smith, K. 2013. Indigenous climate change adaptation in the Kimberley region of North-western Australia: Final Report. AU (Parkville): University of Melbourne.

O’Connell, J., Ormond-Parker, L., Spunner, S., & Sloggett, R. (2013). Waringarri Aboriginal Arts: Rethinking practices in conservation documentation through assessing the needs of a community arts centre. AICCM Bulletin, 34(1), 75-84. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1179/bac.2013.34.1.009

Ormond-Parker, L. C., & Spunner, S. (2013). L'invention aborigene de la technologie et la museologie cooperative. In V. Gaulter, C. Cohen, M. Surya, C. Gaunt, L. Garond, J. deVoge, & A. Morvan (Eds.), Memoires Vives une histoire de l'art Aborigene (2013 ed., pp. 194-202). FR: Editions de la Martiniere.

Ormond-Parker, L., Corn, A., Obata, K., & O'Sullivan, S. 2013, Information technology and indigenous communities, Canberra: AIATSIS. https://aiatsis.gov.au/sites/default/files/products/monograph/information-technology-indigenous-communities-ebook.pdf

The Indigenous Studies Unit podcast explores our key research projects, insights and areas of interest, in the voice of researchers themselves.

Episode 1: Professor Marcia Langton on alcohol-related family violence

Professor Marcia Langton discusses one of the Indigenous Studies Unit's current projects, ‘Improving understandings of and responses to alcohol-related family violence for Aboriginal people’.

Find out more about  our research into alcohol management in Indigenous communities.

Episode 2: Dr Kristen Smith on  family violence research

Senior Research Fellow Dr Kristen Smith discusses two research reports on family violence:  ‘Improving family violence legal and support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women’ and ‘Improving family violence legal and support services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander men who are perpetrators of family violence’, published at the end of 2020.

Find out more about our research into Indigenous family violence.