Email: Stephen.Bennetts@hotmail.com

Mobile: 0404 674 261

QUALS

PhD (Anthropology) 2013, University of Western Australia
MA, Applied Linguistics (Regional Languages of Australia and the Pacific), Sydney University, 1993
Fellow Australian Anthropological Society;
Member Anthropological Society of Western Australia
(Detailed professional CV available on request)
I have worked since 1994 in the NT and WA on heritage, ALRA land claim and native title issues for a wide range of organisations including the Central Land Council, Northern Land Council, Ngaanyatjarra Council, Wangka Maya Aboriginal Language Centre, Port Hedland, Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority (Alice Springs and Darwin), YMAC, Pilbara Ports Authority
Former co-editor, Indigenous Law Bulletin, UNSW Indigenous Law Centre (1998-2000)
Co-founder, Remembering the 1946 Pilbara Strike
Extensive experience of research and drafting of expert native title claim connection reports in WA and NT under FCA guidelines
Currently teaching applied anthropology course, University of Queensland
Aboriginal languages: conversational knowledge of Pitjantjatjara