Paul has worked for the past 25 years with Aboriginal heritage and history. He has been collaboratively researching Sydney’s Aboriginal history for many years with members of the La Perouse Aboriginal community and is the author of the 2017 book Hidden In Plain View. The Aboriginal People of Coastal Sydney (winner of the 2018 NSW Premiers History Award for Community and Regional History). Paul is also an experienced archaeologist who worked for many years in all aspects of Aboriginal cultural heritage management.

Michael has worked for the past 20 years in Aboriginal history, preparing expert reports for NSW native title claims, recording community genealogies and writing regional histories for local councils and government authorities.  More recently, he has recorded oral histories for the State Library of NSW and National Library of Australia.  He is the author of Pathfinders, A History of Aboriginal Trackers in NSW, published in 2020.  A website of the same name went live in 2016, the result of a collaborative project with NSW Police and the descendants of trackers.  Michael has also worked in communications for the NSW Aboriginal Land Council.

Erin came to study history circuitously, with a background in cultural anthropology and museum collections. Through these interests, Erin has recently completed a primarily archival-based PhD focusing on the history of Australian anthropology, Pacific studies, and gender relations in academia. This has resulted in a biography of Australian anthropologist Marie Reay, whose work was undervalued due to both her gender and queerness. Erin has previously assistant curated Piksa Inap Tok (Pictures Can Talk): Contemporary Art from Papua New Guinea which featured over 80 rarely seen artworks from a number of private collections. Currently, Erin is hoping to publish her thesis, a small excerpt of which was provided for a reading at the opening of the exhibition Marie Reay in Papua New Guinea: Exploring Cultures Through Objects.

Allison has over 15 years experience working in the Cultural Heritage and Museums sector. She has extensive experience across the spectra of archaeological collections management in the Australian context, and has a deep interest in the management of and engagement with cultural collections. She has worked with many small teams on numerous excavations and cataloguing projects. She has prepared guidelines and procedures for the management of archaeology collection databases, ensuring that data integrity is maintained and that more complete records are created using digital data. She has an interest in archaeology and geomorphology and where it intersects’ having undertaken studies in this area while teaching at UNSW.

Dan is a highly experienced historical researcher who has written contextual and place-specific Aboriginal and European shared histories for a range of cultural heritage projects for almost 30 years. He is also an archaeologist and heritage consultant with extensive experience in all aspects of cultural heritage management.