Curriculum Vitae
QUALIFICATIONS:
- 1994 – graduated PhD, Griffith University, Queensland
- 1989 – graduated BA (Hons) Humanities
- 1988 – graduated BA Humanities
- 1984 – commenced BA, Griffith University, Queensland
POSITIONS:
- Patron, Australians for Native Title and Reconciliation (ANTaR) (Queensland)
- Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Member, Professional Historians Association (Queensland) Inc
- Member, Royal Historical Society of Queensland
- Member, Brisbane Labour History Association
- Winner, Peacewomen Award, The Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, 2013.
PUBLICATIONS:
- 2014 – ‘Justice Now’. Ejournal Right Now. Human Rights in Australia (Sep)
- 2012 – ‘Aboriginal Workers, Aboriginal poverty’, chapter in Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies. ANU Ebooks. (May)
- 2010 – ‘Who Paid for the Lucky Country?’ in The Queensland Journal of Labour History. (Mar)
- 2009 – ‘Missing in Action: Industrial Relations and Aboriginal Labour’, chapter in Work & Strife in Paradise, Bradley Bowden, Simon Blackwood, Cath Rafferty, Cameron Allan (eds). (Feb)
- 2009 – ‘Accounting for history…’ in Queensland History Journal, RHSQ. (Feb)
- 2008 – ‘Wealth and Poverty’, in History, Politics & Knowledge: Essays in Australian Indigenous Studies, Andrew Gunstone (ed). (Dec)
- 2007 – Trustees on Trial shortlisted for NSW Premiers’ History Awards. (Sep)
- 2007 – Hard Labour: Stolen Wages. National report on Stolen Wages. ANTaR. (Sep)
- 2006 – Trustees on Trial. Aboriginal Studies Press. (Sep)
- 2006 – ‘The revolutionary potential of Walsh’s law’, in Alternative Law Journal. (Sep)
- 2006 – Taken on Trust. Submission to Senate Legal and Constitutional References Committee for Inquiry into Stolen Wages Nationally. (Aug) Transcript of evidence to Inquiry, Brisbane (Oct) – Dr Ros Kidd at p8
- 2004 – ‘Australia’s Debt: Unpaid wages to Indigenous pastoral workers’, in Australian Prospect. (Apr)
- 2003 – ‘Abuse of Trust: the government as banker in Queensland and the United States’ in Indigenous Law Bulletin. (Sep)
- 2002 – Black Lives, Government Lies. New edition published by Ros Kidd. (Oct)
- 2002 – Many voices: reflections on experiences of Indigenous child separation. (Contributor). Oral History Project. National Library of Australia. (Nov)
- 2002 – ‘Duty of Care’. Fact Sheet. ANTaR. (Aug)
- 2002 – ‘Stolen Wages’. Fact Sheet. ANTaR. (June)
- 2002 – ‘Discovering Whiteness’, in Journal of the Doctors Reform Society (Winter edition)
- 2002 – ‘Wealth and Poverty’, in Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues (Feb)
- 2001 – Cape York Justice Study. (Contributor, chapter on alcoholism, policing, violence). (Nov)
- 2001 – ‘Aboriginal History of South Brisbane’, in Journal of the Royal Historical Society of Queensland. (Aug)
- 2001 – ‘Whose Accountability?’, in ATSIC News (Aug)
- 2000 – Black Lives, Government Lies. University of New South Wales Press (Oct)
- 2000 – Aboriginal History of the Princess Alexandra Hospital Site. (Feb)
- 1999 – Green Meat & Oily Butter. Memoirs of a Yarrabah teacher. Molly Coleman. Produced and published by Ros Kidd. (Aug)
- 1998 – ‘The Story of a Gentle Man’, in Becoming Australia. UQP Symposium Series (Dec)
- 1998 – ‘Deficits of the Past or Deceits of the Present? Defining Aboriginal Disadvantage’, in Southern Review (June)
- 1998 – The Way We Civilise shortlisted for Australian History Prize NSW Premiers’ History Awards (May)
- 1998 – ‘Justice: A Variable Commodity’, in Social Alternatives (April)
- 1997 – The Way We Civilise (adaptation of PhD thesis). University of Queensland Press. (June)
- 1997 – ‘Profiting from Poverty. State Policies and Aboriginal Deprivation’, in Queensland Review. (Apr)
- 1996 – ‘The Price of Justice’, in Hecate. (Oct)
- 1995 – FAIRA Occasional Papers Series:
– ‘You Can Trust Me – I’m with the Government’
– ‘State Designs on Aboriginal Housing’
– ‘Hidden Agendas’ (the sacking of Mapoon) - 1994 – Regulating bodies: administrations and Aborigines in Queensland 1840-1988, PhD thesis, Griffith University. (June)
- 1994 – ‘You Can Trust Me – I’m with the Government’, in Queensland Review. (June)
- 1993 – ‘The powers of protectors: conflicts surrounding Queensland’s 1897 Aboriginal legislation’, (co-author: Dr Regina Ganter) in Australian Historical Studies. (Oct)
- 1987 – Equal before the law? The role of law in organising Aboriginal/European relations. BA (Hons) thesis, Griffith University. (Dec)
CONFERENCES:
- 2015 – Inaugural University of South Australia Reconciliation Lecture, Adelaide
- 2009 – Indigenous Participation in Australian Economies. Canberra
- 2006 – Brisbane Writers’ Festival
- 2004 – National Stolen Generations Conference, Sydney
- 2004 – Libraries and Indigenous Knowledge Colloquium, Sydney
- 2003 – National Records Forum, Brisbane
- 2003 – National Labour History Conference, Brisbane
- 2003 – International Human Rights Day Symposium, Brisbane
- 2002 – Unfinished Business Conference, Melbourne
- 2002 – The 5th Annual Freelance Convention, Brisbane
- 2001 – Socialist Workers Conference, Sydney
- 1998 – Sydney Writers’ Festival
- 1998 – Reconciliation: Working Together Conference, Mackay
- 1998 – Brisbane Writers’ Festival
- 1998 – Second World Indigenous Pathways Conference, USQ Toowoomba
- 1996 – Australia Key Centre for Cultural and Media Policy
- 1996 – Queensland Studies Centre
- 1994 – Queensland Historians’ Institute
- 1994 – Queensland History Teachers’ Association keynote speaker
- 1994 – Department of Family Service and Aboriginal & Islander Affairs National Conference
- 1994 – Queensland Studies Centre
- 1993 – Queensland Studies Centre
POSTGRADUATE EXPERIENCE:
- 2016-2019 The Stolen Wages Class Action
Consultant to Bottoms English Lawyers - 2015 – Palm Island: A Historical Background
Prepared for Levitt Robinson Solicitors - 2014 – Juru (Bowen, Home Hill)
Occupation History for North Queensland Land Council - 2012 – Iman (Upper Dawson River)
Occupation History Report for Just Us Lawyers (Nov) - 2012 – Wulli Wulli (Dawson and Burnett Rivers)
Occupation History Report for Just Us Lawyers (Sep) - 2010 – Karingbal (Carnarvon, Springsure)
Occupation History Report for Queensland South Native Title Services (Nov) - 2010 – Kalkadoon (Mt Isa)
Occupation History Report for Queensland South Native Title Services (June) - 2009 – Regional Sunshine Coast and Surrounds
Occupation History Report for Queensland South Native Title Services (Nov) - 2009 – Tableland Yidinji (Atherton)
Occupation History Report for North Queensland Land Council (Feb) - 2008 – Gimuy Walubara Yidinji (Cairns)
Occupation History Report for North Queensland Land Council (Mar) - 2007 – Palm Island
Occupation History Report for Central Queensland Land Council (Aug) - 2005 – Port Curtis, Coral Coast
Occupation History Chronology for Gurang Land Council (Mar) - 2005 – Biri Kutjala (Ravenswood)
Occupation History Chronology for Central Queensland Land Council (Feb) - 2004 – Expert witness and adviser
litigation against Queensland government under paid wages (Sept) - 2003 – Kullilli Cluster (Thargomindah, Windorah)
Research and advise re historical documentation
for Queensland South Representative Body Aboriginal Corporation (May) - 2003 – Djiru (Mission Beach)
Occupation History Chronology for North Queensland Land Council (April) - 2002 – Warangnu (Upper Herberton River)
Occupation History Chronology for North Queensland Land Council (Dec) - 2002 – Mamu (Innisfail)
Occupation History Chronology for North Queensland Land Council (Nov) - 2002 – Bringing Them Home Oral History Project
Research and co-write chapter on national and international child removal practices (Nov) - 2002 – Jiddabul Dyirabel (Herberton)
Occupation History Chronology for North Queensland Land Council (Aug) - 2002 – Research and summarise data re Aboriginal wages, savings and Trust Funds
for Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Secretariat (May) - 2002 – Research and summarise data re Aboriginal wages, savings & Trust Funds
Queensland Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Legal Services Secretariat (Mar) - 2001 – Cape York Justice StudyResearch and co-write (Nov)
- 2001 – Cairns, Port Douglas
Occupation History Chronology for North Queensland Land Council (Sep) - 2001 – Muluridji (Mareeba, Kuranda)
Occupation History Chronology for North Queensland Land Council (July) - 2001 – Provide diagrammatic background of Queensland Aboriginal controls
For National Library of Australia Bringing Them Home Oral History Project (Feb) - 2000 – Aboriginal History of the Princess Alexandra Hospital Site Occupation History Report for Queensland Health Department (Feb)
- 1999 – Indigenous Crime Taskforce
Research and report to Queensland Government (Aug) - 1999 – Commission of Inquiry into Abuse of Children in Queensland Institutions
Research and contribute chapter to Queensland Government (April) - 1998 – Maidenwell Acres
Genealogical research for Indigenous Land Corporation (Sep) - 1997 –Kutubu to Gladstone Gas Pipeline, Cape York sector
Occupation History Report for Cape York Land Council (Oct) - 1997 – Sunset Yalanji (Palmer River)
Occupation History Report for North Queensland Land Council (August) - 1997 –Register of Sources, Aboriginal Presence, Brisbane
Collate for Brisbane City Council (May) - 1997 – Malanbarra Yidinji (Mulgrave and Russell Rivers)
Occupation History Report for North Queensland Land Council (March) - 1996 – Archer River Bend, Rokeby
Occupation History Report for Cape York Land Council (July) - 1996 – Fractured Families
A Report given during evidence to HREOC Stolen Children Inquiry Brisbane Hearings (June) - 1996 – Appear as Expert Witness on behalf of Palm Island claimants
Human Rights and Equal Opportunities Commission Inquiry into underpayment seven Palm Island workers (April) - 1996 – Kaanju and Umpila
Occupation History Report for Cape York Land Council (Mar) - 1995 – Assist and advise senior legal officer re preparation and compilation statements for Palm Island wage claim
Foundation for Aboriginal and Islander Research Action (Dec) - 1995 – International Study on Interpersonal Violence 1860-1930
Senior historical researcher, Brisbane, for Associate Professor Mark Finnane
Dean of Humanities, Griffith University - 1995 – Mission Diaries: Mitchell River 1937-38, Edward River 1939-54
Research and compile diaries for Cape York Land Council (Sep) - 1995 – Weipa/Aurukun/Edward River 1895 to 1970
Occupation History Chronology for Cape York Land Council (Aug) - 1994 – Edward River Area
Occupation History Chronology for Cape York Land Council (Nov) - 1991 – “Site Survey of Century Mine Target Area”, Dr D Trigger and Dr J Devitt
Historical data supplied for Doomadgee Aboriginal Council (Nov)