Michael has carried out collaborative research with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in numerous contexts, including ‘remote’ Aboriginal and Islander communities (Cape York), and Aboriginal people from regional centres (Townsville, Bowen, Wollongong) and urban areas (Sydney). He has 20 years employment and consultancy experience with Aboriginal organisations across a spectrum of responsibilities, as well as professional roles in environment NGOs and state agencies. In 2004 he received a Churchill Fellowship to carry out international comparative research with Indigenous people in arctic Scandinavia.
Articles
Leading the Way: Indigenous knowledge and Collaboration at the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre (with Colleen McGloin and Anne Marshall), Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice (2012)
This paper derives from collaborative research undertaken by staff at the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre, into...
Engaging with the (Un)Familiar: Field Teaching in a Multi-Campus Teaching Environment (with Nicholas Gill and Christine Eriksen), Journal of Geography in Higher Education (2012)
Field trips have long been central to geography, but have been subject to assessment of...
Indigenous -Government Co-Management of Protected Areas: Booderee National Park and the National Framework in Australia (with David Farrier), Faculty of Science - Papers (2011)
This case study first describes and assesses co-management governance arrangements for Booderee National Park on...
Leading the Way: Indigenous Knowledge and Collaboration at the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre (with Colleen McGloin and Anne L. Marshall), Faculty of Arts - Papers (2009)
This paper derives from collaborative research undertaken by staff at theWoolyungah Indigenous Centre, into our...
Foundational Myths: Country and conservation in Australia, Faculty of Science - Papers (2008)
In Australia, while each state has responsibility for the creation and management of their own...
Contributions to Books
Arctic to Outback: Indigenous Rights, Conservation and Tourism, Faculty of Science - Papers (2011)
Bush lemons and beach hauling: evolving traditions and new thinking for protected areas management and Aboriginal people in New South Wales (with Vanessa Cavanagh and Bridget Edmunds), in D. Smyth & G. R. Ward (Eds.), Protecting Country: Indigenous Governance and Management of Protected Areas (2008)
Aboriginal communities in New South Wales currently are engaged in negotiating with government agencies about...
Bush lemons and beach hauling: Evolving traditions and new thinking for protected areas management and Aboriginal peoples in New South Wales (with Vanessa Cavanagh and Bridget Edmunds), Faculty of Science - Papers (2008)
Aboriginal communities in New South Wales currently are engaged in negotiating with government agencies about...
Beyond Yellowstone? Conservation and Indigenous rights in Australia and Sweden, Faculty of Science - Papers (2005)
Faced with the paradox of a large global increase in conservation reserves and a simultaneous...