Indigenous and Aboriginality experts

Murdoch University’s experts on Australian Indigenous Studies and Aboriginality in Australia are involved in the teaching, learning and research of relevant histories, anthropology, politics and sociology.

Murdoch’s on campus Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre is directly involved in fostering programs and initiative that encourage increased participation in tertiary education by Indigenous students.

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Associate Professor Glen Stasiuk_indigenous history and culture expert

Associate Professor Glen Stasiuk

Film production and Indigenous history and community

Associate Professor Glen Stasiuk is the Director of the Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre at Murdoch University and the award-winning Director of The Forgotten, a documentary examining the Aboriginal community's contribution to the Australian Armed Forces in the 20th Century, voted best documentary at the 2003 West Australian Screen Awards (WASA).

Recent productions include Noongar of the Beeliar (Swan River), Weewar, The Ngallak Koort Boodja Project and a short documentary, Footprints in the Sand, which he wrote and directed for the National Indigenous Documentary Initiative (NIDF7) in 2007.

Associate Professor Stasiuk’s latest film Gnulla Katitjin Quoppardar Boodjar (Our Understanding of Beautiful Country) was launched in York in October 2008 to further acclaim.

Dr Bruce Walker_indigenous health

Dr Bruce Walker

Indigenous health, chiropractic practice and public health

Dr Bruce Walker researches spinal pain, harm from treatment and Indigenous health. His teaching areas include evidence-based chiropractic practice and public health.

A senior lecturer at Murdoch’s School of Chiropractic and Sports Science, Dr Walker has more than 30 years’ experience in private practice as a chiropractor and is a member of the Victorian and Queensland Chiropractic Registration Boards and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Chiropractic & Osteopathy.

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