Category Archives: Consultants

Email: mahnaz.alimardanian@gmail.com

M: 0411 515 522

Website: www.piir.com.au

Experience:

I am a social scientist with professional research experience in socio-cultural anthropology, and in conducting applied research.
PiiR stands for Professional Independent Indigenous Research.
PiiR Consulting provides social and cultural research and community engagement services for:

• Native title, Indigenous land and cultural rights, compensation, and social justice claims

– Preparation of expert evidence reports (fieldwork and desktop research)
– Assessment and peer review of documents and submissions.

• Cultural value and social impact assessments

– Community engagement, consultation, and evaluation
– Research and strategy development for project outcomes
– Systematic review of research-evidence and literature
– Preparation of qualitative research reports, guidelines & publications.

• Trauma informed and healing centered social projects (Community development or creative arts projects)

– Community engagement and consultation
– Project management
– Background research
– Mentorship.

In PiiR Consulting, the following key principles guide community engagement and research:

Free Prior Informed Consent, Privacy of personal information, Respect of the ownership of information, and Commitment to the best practice guidelines and standards including United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Code of Ethics (Australian Anthropological Society), Guidelines for Ethical Research in Australian Indigenous Studies (Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies), and Expert Evidence Practice Note (Federal Court of Australia).

Email: office@archae-aus.com.au

M: (+61) 08 9433 11271

Address: 1/107 Stirling Highway, North Fremantle WA 6159

Website: www.archae-aus.com.au

Staff anthropologists (alphabetical order of surname):

Koa Jaensch, Dr Adele Millard, Phoebe Oliver, Dr Jaimal Sandhu, Dr Janelle White.

Collective areas of anthropological expertise: native title research in land, sea, regional, and urban settings; cultural heritage research and management; customary marine tenure; public health; Indigenous genealogy; cultural mapping; GIS mapping; ethnographic compliance; due diligence assessments; project coordination; facilitating cultural camps for intergenerational knowledge sharing; oral history recording; environmental monitoring; Indigenous economic development; cultural capacity building; social inclusion; ethnographic and documentary filmmaking; academic research; education and training; working with Indigenous communities, governments, academic institutions, and NGOs.

Experience:

• research and writing native title claim reports;
• preparing native title genealogies;
• native title filmmaking for early evidence;
• preparing expert witness reports;
• giving court evidence and undergoing cross-examination;
• PBC development and management.

Email: catherine.wohlan@gmail.com

M: 0488 992 616

Worked in native title and related areas since 1996, including experience working in the private sector for indigenous land councils and as a consultant.
Expertise includes cultural mapping, heritage impact assessment, native title including compensation, and inquiries undertaken under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, Northern Territory.
Author of multiple reports providing internal expert advice and for filing in the Federal Court.

Email: alli_thatch@yahoo.com.au

M: 0439 030 491

Address: 71 Tanami Drive, Bilingurr (Broome) WA, 6725

Summary of Experience and Skills:

Education:

* Master of Anthropology (Advanced), Australian National University (2017);
* Postgraduate Diploma of Arts (Research), Monash University (2009);
* Bachelor Arts, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (1999).

Experience:

• 20 years’ experience working with Australian First Nations communities and their organisations as well as the government and private sector throughout the Northern Territory, North Queensland, Victoria, and Western Australia.

Skills:

• Native title: anthropology research, report writing, compiling genealogies, community engagement and project management.
• Cultural heritage management: site surveys, cultural values assessments, and report writing.
• Post determination: Prescribed Body Corporate support including policy writing, strategic planning, community consultation, and implementing systems to evaluate and respond to future act notifications.

Website – www.pbclink.com.au

Linkedin – pbclink

Areas of Expertise

Working with boards and operations teams across all aspects of PBC operations, governance, business and strategy.

Experience

• Agreement review and advisory
• Stakeholder management
• Joint venture negotiation
• Governance training
• Strategic planning
• Business development
• Policy development (preferential procurement / preferential employment)
• Cultural governance frameworks
• Cultural heritage management systems
• Funding facilitation including grant opportunities
• Project planning and management