First Nations LGBTQIASB+ Pride

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Many researchers use Trove to access primary resources from historical periods such as diaries, letters, archives, newspaper articles, oral histories and maps. They also supplement these with secondary resources published more recently, including books, journal articles, reports and archived websites. As Professor Corinne Sullivan puts it:

I use Trove when I am trying to uncover information that might not typically be found elsewhere. I find it particularly useful when sourcing historical sources.

And for Andrew Farrell:

I began exploring Trove in undergraduate history classes where I used it to investigate settler colonial media representations of my community. Trove continues to be useful in class settings, in lectures and tutorials.

But did you know that the outcomes of their research are then also deposited into and made available in Trove?

In the first of our new First Nations academics series we’re showcasing the work of some of Australia’s eminent First Nations academics who work in the field of LGBTQIASB+ (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, Asexual, Sistergirl, Brotherboy and others) studies.

Featured researchers

Please note this list is neither exhaustive, nor in any particular order.

Honorary Research Associate Bep Uink 

Portrait of Bep Uink

Bep Uink is a Noongar woman from Perth, Western Australia and Dean of Indigenous Knowledges at Murdoch University. She is an investigator on the Walkern Katatdjin-Rainbow Knowledge project at the Telethon Kids Institution which explores Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander LGBTQIA+ young peoples’ social emotional wellbeing and mental health.

The growing amount of high- quality research in this space is due to the tireless work of Aboriginal LGBTQIA+ scholars and advocates who continue to push for representation in research.

Professor Corrinne Sullivan 

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A scholar from the Wiradjuri Nation in Central-West of New South Wales. She is a Professor in Human Geography, and the Associate Dean (Indigenous Education) in the School of Social Sciences at Western Sydney University. 

The impacts of Indigenous LGBTQIA+SB research means that we are beginning to see more attention paid across health and other wellbeing spaces. There is more Indigenous queer representation in queer spaces. And we are creating a dialogue in which we speak to each other but also to wider, Indigenous studies scholars, and gender and sexuality diverse studies scholars.

Professor Braden Hill

Portrait of Braden Hill

Professor Braden Hill is a Nyungar (Wardandi) man from the south-west of Western Australia and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Students, Equity and Indigenous) at Edith Cowan University.  

Professor Sandy O’Sullivan 

Portrait of Sandy O'Sullivan

Sandy is a Wiradjuri transgender/non-binary person. A professor in the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University and a 2020-2025 ARC Future Fellow.

My work is essentially anti-colonial, from challenging the colonial project of gender to talking up the remarkable work of other queer, anti-colonial scholars who are making expansive worlds for our kin.

Dr Andrew Farrell

Portrait of Andrew Farrell

Andrew Farrell is a lecturer in the Department of Critical Indigenous Studies, Macquarie University. Andrew is a Wodi Wodi descendant from the Jerrinja Aboriginal community on the South Coast of NSW.

LGBTQIA+SB Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research continues the path of Indigenous self-determination in academic research, transforming what we know about Indigenous peoples, settler colonialism, and Australian history. I am interested in how future generations of Indigenous scholars engage with this work. 

 

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