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Mr Len Collard

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    • Role:
    • Associate Professor
    • Department:
    • Curtin Sustainability Policy Institute
    • Location:
    • Telephone:
    • +61 8 9266

Associate Professor Len Collard is an Australian Research Fellow–Indigenous at the Curtin University Sustainability Policy (CUSP) Institute. He has a background in literature and communications and his research interests are in the area of Aboriginal studies, including Nyungar interpretive histories and Nyungar theoretical and practical research models. His has conducted research for the Australian Research Council, the National Trust of Western Australia, the Western Australian Catholic Schools and the Swan River Trust. His research has allowed broadening the understanding of the many unique characteristics of Aboriginal people and improving the appreciation of Aboriginal culture and heritage of the Southwest of Australia. Len’s groundbreaking theoretical work has put Nyungar cultural research on the national stage.

Publications

Book Chapters (Authored, Research Quality)

  • Collard, L. 2012. Katitjin Ngulluckiny Boodjera: Kura, Yeye Mila Boorda: “Understanding our country: From the past today and into the present”. In Nyintila: Knowledge Stories from Aboriginal Australia. Perth, WA: University of Western Australia Press.
  • Collard, L. 2008. Kura, Yeye, boorda 'from the past, today and the future'. In Heartsick for Country: Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation, eds Sally Morgan, Tjalaminu Mia, Blaze Kwaymullina, 60-80. Fremantle, Western Australia: Fremantle Press.
  • Collard, L, and Palmer, D. 2008. Looking for the residents of Terra Australis: The importance of Nyungar in early European coastal exploration. In Strangers on the Shore: Early coastal contacts in Australia, eds Peter Veth, Peter Sutton, Margo Neale, 181-197. Canberra: National Museum of Australia.
  • Collard, L. 2007. Wangkiny Ngulluck Nyungar Nyittiny Boodjar, Moort and Katitjin: Talking about Creation, Country, Family and Knowledge of the Nyungar of south Western Australia. In Speaking From the Heart, eds Sally Morgan, Tjalaminu Mia, Blaze Kwaymullina, 262-278. Fremantle, Western Australia: Fremantle Press.
  • Collard, L. 2007. Nyungar tourism in the south-west region of Western Australia: Three Nyungar case studies. In Striving for Sustainability: Case studies in Indigenous Tourism, 403-437. Lismore, Australia: Southern Cross University Press.
  • Collard, L. 2006. The Cosmology: The Creator of the Trilogy Waakal or Nyungar Rainbow Serpent. In Water: Histories, Cultures, Ecologies, eds Marnie Leybourne, Andrea Gaynor, 121-130. Crawley, Western Australia: University of Western Australia Press.

Refereed Articles (Scholarly Journals)

  • Harben, S, and Collard, L. 2010. Nartj Katitj Bidi Ngulluckiny Koorl? (Which Knowledge Path Will We Travel?). Studies in Western Australian History 26: 75-95.
  • Collard, L. 2009. Djidi Djidi, Wardong, Kulbardi, Walitj and Weith: Nyungar Dream Time Messengers. Westerly 54(2): 7-26.

Fully written papers (Refereed Conference proceedings)

  • Goodchild, B, Collard, L, and Marinova, D. 2011. UNDERSTANDING PLACE NAMES IN SOUTHWEST AUSTRALIA. State of Australian Cities Conference, 29/11/2011. Melbourne, VIC: SOAC.