Centre for Native Title Anthropology funded

The Centre for Native Title Anthropology will receive $677,050 over three years from the Department of the Attorney-General. 

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC and Member for Fraser Dr Andrew Leigh today visited The Australian National University to announce Native Title Anthropologist Grants for the next three years.

The Centre for Native Title Anthropology is a unique collaboration between ANU and the Australian Government Attorney-General’s Department which began three years ago. It was established in response to an identified shortage of Native Title Anthropologists.

The grants announced today aim to expand the capacity of groups working with native title claimants around Australia and this is the core aim of the Centre.

The Director of the Centre, Professor Nic Peterson says that the funding from the Attorney-General Department will allow the Centre for Native Title Anthropology to build on a number of successful existing programs.

“We will also begin a new suite of activities which specifically target mid-career anthropologists over a three year period.”

The Centre for Native Title Anthropology uniquely offers a mix of programs reaching native title practitioners at all stages of their careers, from undergraduate university students through to the most senior consultants who act as experts in cases before the Federal Court.

Image caption: Professor Nic Peterson talks to ANU Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) Professor Margaret Harding, Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus QC and the Member for Fraser Andrew Leigh about ongoing work at the Centre for Native Title Anthropology.