Profile - Professor Dennis Foley

Professor Dennis Foley
Research Academic
Behavioural Sciences Building, Room: W301e
The University of Newcastle
University Drive
Callaghan, NSW 2308 Australia
Ph:  +61 2 492 16811
Email: Dennis.Foley@newcastle.edu.au

Profile:

Professor Dennis Foley is a Fulbright Scholar and an Endeavour Fellow, his publications focus on social inclusion and cross several disciplines from Indigenous literature, history, Indigenous studies to business management (entrepreneurship) and education. Principle areas of research are in Indigenous entrepreneurship and Indigenous epistemology. Dennis identifies as a Koori, his matrilineal connection is Gai-mariagal of the Guringah language group, and his father is a descendant of the Capertee/Turon River people, of the Wiradjuri.

Professional memberships include: Small Enterprise Association of Australia and New Zealand, the Australian New Zealand Academy of Management, the History Council of NSW, the Australian Institute Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies and he is a Fellow of the World Business Institute. His award winning PhD (Gold Medal Best Doctoral Thesis Award, World Business Institute 2006) received the Dean of Research Commendation placing it in the top 10% of UQ’s research degrees.

He is the author of the ethnographic text ‘Repossession: of our Spirit’ published by Aboriginal History Inc. and co-author of the successful 2006 Education text, ‘Education, Change and Society’ Sydney: Oxford University Press. Other publications include a research monograph titled ‘Successful Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs: a Case Study Analysis’ University of Queensland; the 2006 peer reviewed discussion paper ‘Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs: Not Community and Not in the Outback’, CAEPR reference DP. 279/2006 at The ANU; a 2006 book chapter ‘Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs’ in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice: (Asia Pacific Edition); and the 2007 book chapter ‘Leadership the quandary of Aboriginal societies in crises: 1788 to 1830, and 1966’ in Transgressions: critical Australian Indigenous histories, by Aboriginal History, The ANU.

Research Interests:

1. Indigenous business practices investigating leadership, management and the change process of the minority entrepreneur on their entry into business to try and understand motivators and inhibitors of successful minority entrepreneurs, to increase academic and societal understanding of minority entrepreneurship. To review wealth creation, human capital, the construction of social capital in marginalized people.

2. Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Australia, New Zealand and Hawaii.

3. Indigenous education, pedagogies and epistemologies.

4. The maintenance of cultural heritage management within the Indigenous tourism industry.

5. Indigenous social capital, human capital and networking linkages in post-colonial economies

6. Indigenous Social Well-being.

Current Professional Activities:

• 2008 Advisor, Indigenous Forum, Micro Enterprises and Public Issues, Australian Taxation Office
  
  
• 2008 International Editor, Journal of Best Practice in Applied & Indigenous/Maori Vocational Education
  
  
• 2008 Director, Mandurah Hunter Indigenous Business Chamber Inc.
  
  
• 2008 National Selection Committee Australian-American Fulbright Association
  
  
• 2008 Member Endeavour Award Holder Advisory Group Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations
  
  
• 2008 Professorial appointment the University of Newcastle
  
  
• 2007 Australian Research Council - OzReader
  
  
• 2007 Guest Editor Special Issue Journal of Enterprising Communities ‘Entrepreneurship in Indigenous Communities’   http://www.emeraldinsight.com/info/journals/jec/notes.jsp

• Panel Reviewer - Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues
  
  
• The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education
  
  
• 2007 The Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute Research Panel
  
  
• 2007 Marsden Fund, Royal Society of New Zealand
  

Publications:

Books

2007 Education, Change and Society. (1st edition) Raewyn Connell, Craig Campbell, Margaret Vickers, Anthony Welch, Dennis Foley and Nigel Bagnel. Sydney: Oxford University Press. ‘Aboriginality and Pedagogy’, Pp. 94-126.

2001 Repossession: of our Spirit, Canberra: Aboriginal History Inc. ISBN 0 9585637 3 X.

Book Chapters

2008 Indigenous Australian Standpoint. In Andrew Gunstone (editor). History, Politics and Knowledge: Essays in Australian Indigenous Studies. Australian Scholarly Publishing: Melbourne. Pp: 113-133.

2008 Read, Peter. and Foley, D.. ‘Whose Landscape? Who’s Exciled?’ in Landscapes of Exile: Once Perilous, Now Safe. Anna Haebich and Baden Offord (eds). Peter Lang Publishers: Berlin. Pp: 85-96.

2007 Foley, D. ‘Leadership the quandary of Aboriginal societies in crises: 1788 to 1830, and 1966.’ In Transgressions: critical Australian Indigenous histories. Mark Hanna and Ingereth Macfarlane (Editors) Aboriginal History Monograph 15: 177-192. Canberra: The ANU. E Press version: http://epress.anu.edu.au/transgressions_citation.html

2007 Foley, D. What has Native Title done to the urban Koori in NSW who is also a traditional custodian? In The Social Effects of Native Title Recognition, Translation, Coexistence, Benjamin R. Smith and Frances Morphy (Editors) CAEPR Research Monograph 27: 167-182. Canberra: ANU E Press. E Press version: http://epress.anu.edu.au?c27_citation.html

2007 Foley, D. Indigenous (Australian) Entrepreneurship: WHAT, WHEN, HOW and WHY? In Gillin, L. M. (ed.)

2007, Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2007. Swinburne University, Melbourne, VIC. E Press version: Pp. 56-66.
http://www.swinburne.edu.au/lib/ir/onlineconferences/agse2007/

2006 Foley, D. ‘Indigenous Entrepreneurs in Australia’, Chapter 20: Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs: Women and Indigenous Populations by Howard Frederick and Dennis Foley, in Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice: (Asia Pacific Edition) Howard Frederick, Donald F. Kuratko and Richard M. Hodgetts (ed.). Thompson Press: Melbourne. Pp: 564-595.

Refereed Monograph

2000 ‘Successful Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs: a Case Study Analysis’. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Unit Research Report Series. Vol. 4, Brisbane: Merino Lithographics. ISSN 1322-7157.

Invited submissions to the House of Representatives

Foley, D. and Boyd Hunter. (2008) 'Developing Indigenous enterprises—the road to economic independence’ Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs (HORSGATSIA) Inquiry 31 July 2008.

Foley, D. 2005 ‘There are success stories in Indigenous employment; they are the urban Aboriginal entrepreneurs.’ Submission to the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs Committee on Indigenous Employment, Indigenous Australians at Work: Successful initiatives in Indigenous employment. 19 June 2005

Peer Reviewed Published Discussion Papers

Foley, D.  (2006) ‘Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs: Not Community and Not in the Outback’. Centre for Aboriginal Economic Research, The Australian National University DP: 279/2006. Canberra: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Research.

Journal Articles

Foley, D. (2009) What determines Māori sustainable entrepreneurship in tourism? Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Vol. ( ): . (in review)

Foley, D. (2009) Does Education Compensate for the lack of Indigenous Entrepreneurs Social Capital ? Closer Encounters with Indigenous Peoples: What Can Management Educators Learn? Journal of Management Education. Vol. ( ): . (in review)

Foley, D. & Allan Oconnor (2009) Social and Human Capital and the Networking Practices of Indigenous Entrepreneurs Small Business Management Vol. ( ): . (in review)

Klyver, K. & D. Foley, (2009) Networking and Culture for Minority Entrepreneurship.  Journal of Entrepreneurship & Regional Development Vol. ( ): . (in review)

Selvarajah, C., E. K. Masli, & D. Foley, (2009) Ethnic Entrepreneurial Business Cluster Development: Chinatowns in Melbourne & Honolulu. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Vol. ( ): . (in review)

Foley, D. (2008) What Determines the bottom Line for Maori Tourism SMEs? Small Enterprise Research. The Journal of SEAANZ.  2 (3): 86-97.

Foley, D. (2008) Australian Aboriginal Leadership in Modernity: born or trained? Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues. Vol. 11(4): 36-49.

Foley, D. (2008) Indigenous (Australian) Entrepreneurship? International Journal of Business and Globalisation. Vol. 2 (4) Pp. 419-436.

Foley, D. (2008) Does Culture and Social Capital impact on the Networking attributes of Indigenous Entrepreneurs? ’ Journal of Enterprising Communities: People and Places in the Global Economy. Vol. 2 (3): 204-224.

Fredericks, H. and Foley, D. (2006) Indigenous Populations as Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs in Australia and New Zealand. International Indigenous Journal of Entrepreneurship, Advancement, Strategy & Education Vol. II (2). On-line version http://www.indigenousjournal.com/IIJEASVolIIIss2Frederick.pdf 16 pages.

Foley, D. (2006) ‘Indigenous Standpoint Theory: An Acceptable Academic Research Process for Indigenous Academics’ The International Journal of Humanities’ Vol. 3 (8).

Foley, D. (2006) ‘Aboriginal Leadership in crises’ Journal of Indigenous Australian Issues. 9 (4): 3-24.

Foley, D. (2006), ‘Does Business Success make you any less Indigenous?’ In Gillen, M. Butler J. Campbell, A.

Davidsson, P. Frederick, H. Hindle, K. Lindsay, N. Maritz, A. Massey, C. Reihana, F. Selvarajah, C. Shepherd, D. Tan, Wee Liang. Watson, J. Yencken, J. (Eds), Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2006: Proceedings of the Third Annual AGSE International Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Swinburne Press, Hawthorn. Pp.241-257.

Foley, D. (2005) ‘Do Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs fit into mainstream society’. In
Gillin, L. Murray, John Butler, Evan Douglas, Kevin Hindle, Frank La Pira, Noel Lindsay, Dean Shepherd, John Yencken, Shaker Zara, (Eds), Regional Frontiers of Entrepreneurship Research 2004: Proceedings of the Second Annual Regional Entrepreneurship Research Exchange. Melbourne: Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship in association with Babson Kauffman Entrepreneurship Research Conference, Babson College and Brisbane Graduate School of Business, Pp. 243-257.

Foley, D. (2003) ‘An Examination of Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs’. Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship. Vol. 8(2):133-152.

Foley, D. (2003) ‘A Dichotomy: Indigenous epistemological views’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues. Vol. 6(3): 13-28.

Foley, D. (2003) ‘Indigenous Epistemology and Indigenous Standpoint Theory’. Social Alternatives Vol. 22(1): 44-52.

Foley, D. (2002) ‘Indigenous Standpoint Theory: an Indigenous epistemology’. Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues. Vol. 5(3): 3-13.

Foley, D. (2000) ‘Indigenous Research, Differing Value Systems’, The Australian Journal of
Indigenous Education. Vol. 28(1): 17-30.

Foley, D. (2000) ‘Too White to be Black, Too Black to be White’, Social Alternatives. Vol. 19(4): 44-49.

Foley, D. (2000) ‘Aboriginality: the plight of the fair-skinned Indigenous Australian student in the Secondary School System’, Aboriginal Studies Association. Journal. Vol.1: 51-55.

Foley, D. (1999) ‘Entrepreneurship in Indigenous Australia: the importance of Education.’ The
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education Vol. 27 (2): 47-54.

Budby, J & D. Foley. (1998) ‘Where to know- Cultural Liberation or Continued Subjugation?’ The
Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, Vol. 26 (2): 28-41.

Budby, J & D. Foley. (1998) ‘Where to know- Cultural Liberation or Continued Subjugation?’
Aboriginal Studies Association Journal. Vol. 1: 147-160.

Foley, D. (1996) ‘A Perspective on Effective Student Support for Indigenous Students in a Tertiary
      Institution.’ The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education, Vol. 24 (2): 53-55.

Key Note Address

2009 ‘Indigenous Entrepreneurship’ Institute for Land Water and Society Research Forum, Charles Sturt University, Wagga Wagga. June 17.

2008 ‘Yennibue Eulogy’ Margis:- World Youth Celebrations, St. Ignatius College, Riverview, Sydney. July 12.

2007 ‘Indigenous Standpoint in alternative modes of education’, International Democratic Education Annual Conference & annual Australasian Association for Progressive and Alternate Education in Australia Conference, Terry Hills, October, 3.

2007 ‘Indigenous Standpoint in a Business School’ address to the Business School Equity and Diversity Annual Luncheon and Awards, Auckland University of Technology, Sept. 28.

2007 ‘Indigenous Entrepreneurship in Australasia’ Small Enterprise Conference 2007, Manukau City, New Zealand, September 25.

2007 ‘Indigenous businesses: not all in the bush and not all community’, Koori Business Network Conference keynote, Melbourne Hilton, April 26.

2006 ‘A Sense of Place’:  75% of Indigenous Australians Live in Urban Environments: What Are the Challenges in Service Delivery? Conference, Institute of Public Administration Australia, ACT Division, A.I.S. Theatrette, Leverrier, Bruce, ACT, September 28

2006 ‘An Indigenous Academic Voice’, Indigenous Knowledge in the Workplace: A Workshop for Indigenous Practitioners. National Centre for Indigenous Studies, AIATSIS Canberra, September 7-8.

2006 ‘Indigenous Education’, International Democratic Education Conference, Riverview, July 10.

2006 ‘Eora’ a symposium with Keith Vincent Smith, Professor Peter Read and Tom Keneally, NSW State Library, June 26 (and live on ABC Radio).

2006 ‘Indigenous Australia: Sorry Day’ St Ignatius College, Lane Cove May 26.

2006 ‘Indigenous Entrepreneurship’ UNESCO Clubs Australia Melb. Conference May 27.

2005 ‘Working Cross-Culturally, Rethinking Community’, Symposium with Professor Marilyn Lake (La Trobe University) and Professor Peter Read (ANU), The Royal Society of the Arts, The University of Sydney 20 September.

2005 ‘Indigenous Knowledge’ The Green Dialogues Forum, Glenaeon Rudolf Steiner School, Middle Cove. September 10.

2005 ‘Gai-mariagal’ Lane Cove Historical Society, July 26.

2005 ‘The Voice of Indigenous Poetry’ Sorry Day, The ANU, May 26.

2005 ‘Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs: Successful and Invisible’. Enquiry into Indigenous Employment, House of Representatives Standing Committee on Torres Strait Islander Affairs Parliament House Canberra, May 23.

2005 ‘An Indigenous Perspective’, IGL 2005 Conference: Safe Families and Healthy Relationships, Gilston, March 3.

2003 Beyond Reconciliation. Reconciliation Week Address, Owen J Wordsmiths Room, Gardens Point, QUT. May 26, http://www.oodgeroo.qut.edu.au/academic_resources/academicpape/beyondreconc.jsp

2002 ‘Indigenous Standpoint Theory’, Presidents Guest Speaker Forum, University of Hawaii, West Oahu and Hilo Campus. February 1.

2002 ‘Black Literature in Australia’, English Faculty Winter Guest Lecture Series, University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus.

2002 ‘Mabo and Beyond: Indigenous land-rights in Australia’, Law Faculty Winter Guest Lecture Series, University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus.

2001 ‘Indigenous Health in Australia’, East-West Centre, Guest Speaker Forum, University of Hawaii, Manoa Campus, Winter lecture series.

Peer Reviewed Conference Paper

2009 Foley, D.   Does Education Compensate for the Absence of Social Capital Experienced by Indigenous Entrepreneurs? Asia Pacific Symposium on Entrepreneurship & Innovation 1-3 April.

2009 Foley, D. Māori Indigenous sustainable entrepreneurship within tourism: Is the determining sustainable factor economic or is it Indigenous cultural values? 6th Annual Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Conference. University of Sth. Australia. Adelaide Feb, 3-6.

2009 Foley, D. & Edwina Pio. Inextricable Identity & Ideology: Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs in Australia & Hawaii. 6th Annual Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Conference. University of Sth. Australia. Adelaide. Feb, 3-6.

2008 Gunstone, A. & D. Foley, ‘The role of Indigenous Studies journals in the discipline of Indigenous Studies’. World Indigenous Peoples Education Conference Melb. Dec 3-6

2008 Foley, D. ‘Māori Indigenous sustainable entrepreneurship within tourism: Is the determining sustainable factor economic or is it Indigenous cultural values?’ ANZAM Conference, Auckland New Zealand, December 2-5.

2008 Foley, D and Barnes, J. ‘Selling cultures without selling out: producing new Indigenous tourism(s)’, Association of Social Anthropologists. Auckland University December 8-12.

2008 Foley, D. ‘What are the determining factors in Māori sustainable entrepreneurship?’ SEAANZ Conference, Sydney September 14-17.

2008 Foley, D. ‘Does Social Capital impact on Networking for Indigenous Entrepreneurs?’ 5th Annual Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship Conference Swinburne University, Melbourne. February 7.

2007 Foley, D. ‘Do we understand Indigenous entrepreneurship?’ SEAANZ Conference, Manukau City, New Zealand. September 24.

2007 Maritz, A. and Foley, D. Winning, creating and retaining customers in small enterprises. SEAANZ Conference, Manukau City, New Zealand .September 24.

2007 Foley, D. Indigenous Entrepreneurs: When What How and Why. 4th International Business Research Exchange, Brisbane 6-9 February. Awarded - Best Paper

2007 Foley, D. and Fredericks, Howard. Indigenous in Australia and New Zealand: A Test of Social Marginality Theory. 4th International Business Research Exchange, Brisbane 6-9 February.

2006 Fredericks, Howard and Foley, D. Indigenous Entrepreneurs in Australia and New Zealand: A Test of Social Marginality Theory. Australian & New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA) Wellington New Zealand November 16-18.

2006 Foley, D. and K. Klyver, Networking and Culture in Entrepreneurship. Australian & New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) 2006 Conference Rockhampton, Dec 6-9.

2006 Foley, D. and Fredericks, Howard. Indigenous Entrepreneurs in Australia and New Zealand: A Test of Social Marginality Theory. Wadhwani Centre for Entrepreneurship Development, Gachibowli, Hyderabad, India. Centre on Entrepreneurship in Emerging Regions, Dec 5-7.

2006 Foley, D. The relationship between networking and culture for minority entrepreneurs. 3rd International Business Research Conference, Melbourne, Nov 20-22.

2006 Foley, D. and Fredericks, Howard. Indigenous Populations as Disadvantaged Entrepreneurs:  The Cases of Marginality Theory in Australia and New Zealand. Australian & New Zealand International Business Academy (ANZIBA), Victoria University Wellington, Nov. 16-18.

2006 ‘Does business success make you any less Indigenous?’ 3rd Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship International Research Exchange, UNITEC, Auckland. January. Awarded-Highly Commended Paper. February 8-10.

2005 ‘What has Native Title done to the Urban Koori who is a Traditional Custodian?’ Native Title Conference, CAEPR and AIATSIS, the ANU, Canberra. (by invitation only), 27 October.

2005 ‘A search for a more complex truth in Academia: Indigenous Standpoint Theory’, 3rd World Humanities Conference, Cambridge, UK August 2-5.

2005 ‘Do Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs fit into mainstream society?’ 2nd Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship International Research Exchange Swinburne University, Melbourne. January 10-11.

2004 ‘Where do Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs fit into mainstream society?’ 18th ANZAM (Australian New Zealand Academy of Management) Conference, Dunedin, NZ. December 8-11.

2004 ‘Indigenous Standpoint Theory: Why? When? Who for?’ Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies Conference, ‘Indigenous Studies-Sharing the cultural and theoretical space: Conference November 22-25.

2003 ‘Indigenous Entrepreneurs: Native Hawaii: A Case Study Analysis.’ 17th ANZAM (Australian New Zealand Academy of Management) Conference, Fremantle, WA December 2-5.

2003 ‘Micro-economic reform, Indigenous Entrepreneurship, a Case Study’ The School of Economics and Commerce Annual PhD Conference UWA (Invitation only), Perth, November 5-7.

2002 ‘In Search of an Indigenous Standpoint Theory’. Critical Contexts and Crucial Conversations: Whiteness and Race Symposium. Coolangatta, Queensland. April 3-5

2002 ‘An Alternate Research Approach: Indigenous Standpoint Theory’. Australian Studies National Conference. Flinders University, Adelaide. July, 11-13.

2002 ‘An Insight into Indigenous Entrepreneurship’. 15th Annual SEAANZ Conference. Adelaide. July 22-25.

2000 ‘A Case Study Analysis of Successful Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs’ International Council for Small Business Conference: Brisbane.

2000 ‘The plight of the fair skinned Indigenous Australian student in the Secondary School System’. Aboriginal Studies Association Conference Sydney, July.

1999 ‘Survival in a White Territory System’, World Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education, Hilo, Hawaii, USA.

1998 ‘Where to know- Cultural Liberation or Continued Subjugation?’ Aboriginal Studies Association Conference, Sydney.

1996 ‘Effective Student Support for Indigenous Australians in a Tertiary     Institution’, Worlds Indigenous Peoples Conference: Education, Albequque,    NM, USA.

Other Publications, Conference Papers

2008 ‘How to build an authentic Maori tourism business’ with PhD candidate Chellie Spiller, (Auckland University) Annual NZ Māori Tourism Council Conference, Rotorua, NZ. September 8-9.

2008 Fulbright Symposium. Flinders University.

2008 ‘Hidden in a Word’ The Journal of Indigenous Australian Issues. (11) 2: 45.

2008 ‘Sorry Day - one step - one foundation stone in a nation’s history’ Editorial Comment. The Journal of Indigenous Australian Issues. (11) 2: 43-4.

2007 ‘So you want to employ a Koori academic!’ Education Equal Opportunity Practitioners in Higher Education Conference, Ethics and Equity: Revaluing Responsibility in Higher Education. November 20-22, Melbourne University.

2007 ‘The inclusion of Indigenous studies within curriculum’, Australasian Association for Progressive and Alternate Education in Australia Conference, Terry Hills, October, 3.

2007 ‘Tribute to Aunty Kath’ The Best Australian Poetry. Brisbane: University of Queensland Press. Page 16-17.

2006 ‘An Urban Koori in Oral Histories’ with Professor Peter Read. The National Museum, Canberra. Lunchtime Seminar Series. November 16.

2006 ‘Collaborative Oral Histories’ with Professor Peter Read. The Australian Historical Association 2006 Biennial Conference July 3-7, The Australian National University.

2006 ‘Tourist Gaze’ Black Time: Indigenous Australia. Meanjin. 65 (1).

2006 ‘Tribute to Aunty Kath’ Black Time: Indigenous Australia. Meanjin. 65 (1).

2006 ‘Identity & Belonging’, Senses of Place Conference, University of Tasmania, 6-8 April.

2006 ‘Yennibu’ Opera House performance, NSW Education Department. May 18.

2005 Foley, D., Lui-Chivizhe, L., Minter, P., Thorpe, K., & Tiakwal, S.J., ‘Relevance, Resistance, and Responsibility: Teaching and Learning with Indigenous Knowledge’s in Universities. Pre-conference workshop Higher Education Research Development Society Australasia Conference, University of Sydney, July, 3.

2005 CAEPR ANU seminar presented 18 May, 'Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurship: Fact or Fiction?’ This seminar is envisaged to form the basis for CAEPR Discussion Paper titled: ‘Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs: Not Community and Not in the Outback’.

2004 Furneaux, C., Christie, M., & Foley, D. Indigenous economic development. In N. Ryan (Ed.), Meeting challenges: Making choice literature review, A report prepared for the Department of Premier and Cabinet. Brisbane: Queensland University of Technology.

2003 ‘From Pemulway to Rigney, the fight to retain Indigenous Knowledge.’ PhD Symposium (History PhD’s), ‘Transgression Symposium’, The Centre for Cross-cultural Research, ANU. August.

2001 “Indigenous Epistemology: The Right of an Indigenous Scholar,” Center for Pacific Island Studies Seminar, University of Hawaii. October 4.

1999 Successful Indigenous Australian Entrepreneurs: a case study analysis’. Thesis-MBA, Griffith University.

1996 ‘A Perspective on Effective Student Support for Indigenous Australian Students’, National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Student Network Conference, Townsville.

1994 Griffith Uni. Recruitment and Career Development Strategy; Policy Document.

1994 ‘Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Employment in the University System’,    Equity Practitioners in Higher Education Conference, Brisbane.

1994 ‘Why Indigenous Australian Unemployment Rates Are So High’, National Conference on Unemployment Challenges and Solutions, Brisbane.

Book Reviews:

2008 Foley, D. & Jillian Barnes. Terra Nullius: A Journey through No One’s Land, Sven Lindqvist. Granta Books: London. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. Vol. 37 (1): 185-188.

2007 Chiefs of Industry: Maori Tribal Enterprise in Early Colonial New Zealand, Hazel Petrie, Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. Vol. 36 (3): 41-3.

2007 Treading lightly: the hidden wisdom of the world’s oldest people. Sveiby & Skulthorpe. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. Vol. 36: 114-117.

2006 Stanner Award, 4 books reviewed, AIATSIS. Canberra.

2006 Botany Bay, Where Histories Meet. Maria Nugent, Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. Vol. 35.

2001 Cooloola Coast Noosa to Fraser Island: The Aboriginal and Settler Histories of a Unique Environment by Elaine Brown, St Lucia: UQP.  The Australian Public Intellectual Network, September. API Network: Curtain University of Technology. 

2000 Decolonising Methodologies: Research and Indigenous Peoples. Linda Tuhiwai Smith. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education. Vol. 28(1).

1999 Serpent Dust, Debra Adelaide. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education Vol. 27 (1).

1998 Minjerribah: An Indigenous Story of North Stradbroke Island. Iselin and others. Australian Journal of Indigenous Education Vol. 26 (2).

1998 Plants, Bush Tucker and other uses of Minjerribah. Iselin & Shipway, Australian Journal of Indigenous Education Vol. 26 (2).