Indigenous Knowledges Research

Find an expert

The University of Melbourne has a strong cohort of Indigenous researchers and others working with Indigenous knowledge holders in Australia and internationally. You can read more at the following Find an Expert profiles (alphabetical by surname): 

• Shawana Andrews
• Lou Bennett 
• Aaron Corn 
• Zena Cumpston
• Michelle Evans 
• Michael-Shawn Fletcher 
• Lee Godden 
• Duane Hamacher
• Melitta Hogarth
• Barry Judd
• Marcia Langton 
• Elizabeth McKinley
• Rachel Nordlinger 
• Erin O'Donnell
• Tiriki Onus 
• Lyndon Ormond-Parker 
• Lisa Palmer
• Amanda Porter
• Juliana Kaya Prpic 
• Nick Thieberger
• Sally Treloyn 

Other Library Guides

The following guides may be of interest:

• University of Melbourne
  • Australian Indigenous Studies
  • Australian Indigenous Arts
  • Australian Indigenous Education
  • Indigenous Law (Australia)
  • Australian Indigenous Health
  • Open Access and Indigenous knowledge
• Charles Darwin University Indigenous Studies Guide: Indigenous Knowledge and Policy
• Queensland University of Technology Indigenous knowledge: Research ethics
• Dalhousie University Indigenous Studies

Useful links and resources

General

• UoM Indigenous Knowledge Institute 
• Reconciliation at UoM
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Curricula Project
• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples
• AIATSIS guides
• Memorial University's Indigenous Research Guide
• BC Campus Indigenisation guides

Ways of working and ethics

• IKI Charter for Research with Indigenous Knowledge Holders
• Our Knowledge Our Way Guidelines
• AIATSIS ethics guides
• NHMRC ethics guides
• MSEI ethical remuneration guidelines
• Lowitja ethics hub

Indigenous cultural and intellectual property

• Terri Janke Law Resources Page
• IP Australia- Indigenous knowledge
• IP Australia- What more needs to be done to better understand the value of Indigenous knowledge?
• IP Australia- Tools to help support the protection of Indigenous knowledge

• Dhawura Ngilan: A vision for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander heritage in Australia and the Best Practice Standards in Indigenous cultural heritage management and legislation

Data

• Indigenous Data Network
• Maiam nayri Wingara- key data sovereignty principles
• CARE principles for Indigenous data governance
• Te Mana Rararunga- Māori data sovereignty principles 
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Data Archive
• Mukurtu CMS- data storage 
• Keeping culture- data storage

Collections

• UoM Archive
• UoM Indigenous Collections
• AIATSIS Collection and Knowledge Exchange Platform
• AIATSIS Thesauri
• Pacific and regional archive for digital sources in endangered cultures 
• Analysis and Policy Observatory's First Peoples and Public Policy Collection

Maps 

• Victorian Registered Aboriginal Parties and interactive map 
• 50 Words- Indigenous language map
• AIATSIS map of Indigenous Australia