Profile:

Prof. Larissa Behrendt is a Eualeyai/Kamillaroi woman. She is the Professor of Law and Director of Research at the Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning at the University of Technology, Sydney. She is admitted to the Supreme Court of the ACT and NSW as a barrister.

Larissa is a Land Commissioner at the Land and Environment Court and the Alternate Chair of the Serious Offenders Review Board, a member of the Academy of Social Sciences of Australia and a founding member of the Australian Academy of Law. She is the Chair of the Humanities and Creative Arts panel of the Australian Research Council College of Experts.

She is the author of several books on Indigenous legal issues. She won the 2002 David Uniapon Award and a 2005 Commonwealth WriterÕs Prize for her novel Home.  Her latest novel, Legacy, is due for release in October this year. Larissa is a Board Member of the Museum of Contemporary Art, a board member of Tranby Aboriginal College and a Director of the Bangarra Dance Theatre. She was named as 2009 NAIDOC Person of the Year.

Publications:

Non-Fiction

Storytelling. St Lucia, UQP, forthcoming.

Achieving Social Justice. Annandale: Federation Press, 2003.

Dispute Resolution in Aboriginal Communities. Annandale: Federation Press, 1995.

 

Fiction

Legacy. St.Lucia, UQP, forthcoming.

Home. St. Lucia, UQP, 2004.

 

Co-Authored Books

With Loretta Kelly, Resolving Indigenous Disputes: Land Conflict and Beyond.Annandale, Federation Press, 2008.

With Chris Cunneen and Teresa Libesman, Indigenous Legal Relations in Australia, Oxford University Press, 2008.

With Sean Brennan, Lisa Strelein and George Williams, Treaty. Annandale: Federation Press, 2005.

 

Book Chapters

Non-Fiction

'The Long Path to Reconciliation'. In H.Sykes (ed.) Issues of Our Time. Albert Park: Future Leaders, 2008. 20-33.

'Indigenous Urban Disadvantage'. In R.Atkinson, T.Dalton, B.Norman and G.Wood (eds). Urban 45: New Ideas for AustraliaÕs Cities. Melbourne: RMIT, 2007. 35-38.

'Some Listen, Some WonÕt Hear: the legacy of the Bringing Them Home Report'. In Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Childcare, Remember Me: Commemorating the Tenth Anniversary of the Bringing them Home Report. North Fitzroy: Secretariat of National Aboriginal and Islander Childcare, 2007. 29-31.

'The Emergency we had to have'. In J. Altman and M. Hinkson. Coercive Reconciliation: Stabilise, Normalise, Exit Aboriginal Australia. Melbourne: Arena Publications, 2007. 

'The 1967 Referendum: 40 Years On'. In N. Gillespie (ed). Reflections: 40 Years on from the 1967 Referendum, Adelaide: Aboriginal Legal Rights Movement, 2007. 25-29.

'Telling Stories'. In H. Sykes (ed.) What Difference does Writing Make? Leading Writers on Writing. Melbourne: Future Leaders, 2007. 16-18.

'Which public? Which values? Law Prejudice and Public Institutions'. In E. Probyn, S. Muecke and A. Shoemaker (eds.) Creating Values: The Humanities and their Publics. Canberra: The Australian Academy of Humanities, 2007. 129-140

'Indigenous Self-Determination: Rethinking the Relationship of Rights and Economic Development'. In G. Worby and L-Irabinna Rigney (eds.) Sharing Spaces: Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Responses to Story, Country and Rights. Perth: API-Network, 2006. 276-289.

'Indigenous Organizations and Economic Development'. In D. Austin-Broos and G. McDonald, Culture, Economy and Governance in Aboriginal Australia. Sydney, University of Sydney, 2005. 225-239.

'The Relevance of the Rights Agenda in the Age of Practical Reconciliation'. In R Hunter & M Keyes (eds.) Changing Law: Rights, Regulation and Reconciliation. Cornwall: Ashgate, 2005. 137-154.

'Cultural Conflict in Colonial Legal Systems: An Australian Perspective'. In Catherine Bell and David Kahane (eds.) Intercultural Dispute Resolution in Aboriginal Contexts. Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004. 116-127.

'Challenging the status quo: Indigenous activism and the rule of law in Australia'. In W Prest & S Roach Anleu (eds.) Litigation: Past and Present. Sydney: UNSW Press, 2004. 171-185.

'Eliza Fraser: A Colonial and Legal Narrative'. In I McCalman and A.McGrath, Proof & Truth: The Humanist as Expert. Canberra: Australian Academy of the Sciences, 2003.

'Eualeyai: The Blood that runs Through my Veins'. In Stephen Greymorning (ed.). A Will to Survive: Indigenous Essays on the Politics of Culture, Language and Identity. New York: McGraw Hill, 2003.

Practical Steps Towards a Treaty Structures, Challenges and the Need for Flexibility. In ATSIC & AIATSIS, Treaty: LetÕs get it right. Canberra: AIATSIS, 2003. 18-29.

Lacking Good Faith: Australia, Fiduciary Duties and the Lonely Place of Indigenous Rights. In Law Commission of Canada & Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians. In Whom we Trust: A Forum on Fiduciary Relationships. Toronto: Irwin Law, 2002. 248-267.

Lessons from the Mediation Obsession: Ensuring that Sentencing 'Alternatives' focus on Indigenous Education. In John Braithwaite & Heather Strang (eds.) Restorative Justice and Family Violence. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2002. 178-190.

Playing the 'Other' in Australia's Psychological Terra nullius. In Brad Buckley & John Conomos (eds.) Republics of Ideas: Republicanism Culture Visual Arts. Annandale, Pluto Press, 2001. 33-44.  

Introduction. In Sam Garkawe, Loretta Kelly and Warwick Fisher (eds.). Indigenous Human Rights. Sydney: Institute of Criminology/Federation Press, 2001. 3-9.

The Benefits of a Formal Mentoring Relationship: 'Not my New Best Friend'. In Bartlett, A. and Mercer, G. (eds.) Postgraduate Research Supervision: Transforming (R)Elations.  New York: Peter Lang, 2001. 211-214.

Charting Democracy and Aboriginal Rights in Australia's Psychological Terra Nullius. In Patmore, G., and Glover, D (eds.) New Voices for Social Democracy: Labor Essays 1999-2000. Melbourne: Pluto Press, 1999. 201-215.

Strong Role Models. In Bin Sallik, M. (ed.) Aboriginal Women by Degrees. St. Lucia: University of Queensland Press, 2000. 65-76.

 

Fiction

Home. In S.Phillips and S. Abbey (eds.) Fresh Cuttings. St. Lucia: UQP, 2003. 119-144.

The Message. In Jacinta Tynan (ed.) Some Girls Do...My Life as a Teenager. Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2007. 22-26.

 

Issues Papers

'What did the Yes Vote Achieve? Forty Years After the 1967 Referendum', Papers on Parliament, No.48, Canberra: Senate, Parliament House, 2008.

'The Abolition of ATSIC Ð Implications for Democracy', Issues Paper, Democratic Audit of Australia, Canberra, 2005.

'National Representative Structures',  Ngiya Issues Paper 1, Sydney, 2005.

'Water Rights in Australia: Some Canadian Reflections', Background Briefing Papers: Indigenous Rights to Water, Lingiari Foundation, Broome, 2002

'Bargaining on More then Good Will: Recognising a Fiduciary Obligation in Native Title', Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title. Native Title Research Unit, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Canberra, 2000.

'The Protection of Indigenous Rights: Contemporary Canadian Comparisons', Issues Paper 1999-2000. Department of the Parliamentary Library, Canberra, 2000.

 

Articles (* refereed)

* 'Home: The Importance of Place to the Dispossessed'. The South Atlantic Quarterly, Volume 108:1, Winter 2009.  71-85.

* 'The Long Path to Land Justice: The Mabo Lecture 2007'. Journal of Indigenous PolicyIssue 8, 2007. 103-115.

 'Underlying Legal Issues in the Northern Territory Intervention', Bar News Summer 2007, 12-15.

 'The 67 Referendum: 40 Years On', Australian Indigenous Law Review (2007) Vol.11 Special Edition, 12-16.

* 'On Leadership, Inspirations from the Life and Legacy of Dr. Charles Perkins', Journal of Indigenous Policy Issues 7, 99-105.

* 'Reconciliation: 40 Years On'. Australian Quarterly Vol.79 No.3 May-June 2007, 48-3.

* 'What Lies Beneath' (2006) Meanjin, New Writing in Australia Vol. 65 No 1, 4-12.

'Rights, Responsibilities and Indigenous Disadvantage' (2006) Impact, Summer 2006, 5-7.

* Law Stories and Life Stories: Aboriginal Women, the Law and Australian Society, (2005) Australian Feminist Studies, Vol. 20 No.47, 245-254.

* 'Treaty and/or Health', (2005) Balayi, Vol. 7, 154-156.

'Our Institutions in a Reconciled Australia', Journal of Indigenous Policy (2005) Vol.4, 27-37

'Back to the Future', (2005) Arena Magazine, Vol.75, Feb-Mar, 5-7.

'Habeus Corpus?' (2004) Arena Magazine, Vol.73, Oct-Nov, 25-26.

* 'It's Broke so Fix It: Arguments for a Bill of Rights' (2003) Australian Journal of Human Rights, Vol.9, No.1, 257-262.

* 'Power from the People: A Community-based Approach to Indigenous Self-Determination' (2003) The Flinders Journal of Law Reform Vol.6, Issue 2, 135-150.

'ATSIC Bashing' (2003) Arena Vol.67, Oct-Nov, 27-29.

* 'Responsibility in Governance: Implied Rights, Fiduciary Obligation and Indigenous Peoples' (2002) Australian Journal of Public Administration Vol. 6, No.2, 106-118.

*'Genocide: The distance between law and Life' (2002) Aboriginal History Vol. 25, 132-147.

* 'The Link Between Rights and a Treaty' (2002) Balayi: Culture Law and Colonialism, Issue 4, 21-28.

'Self-Determination and Indigenous Policy: the Rights Framework and Practical Outcomes' (2002) Journal of Indigenous Policy , Volume 1, 43-58.

'Mabo ten  years on: a psychological terra nullius' (2002) Impact July 2002, 1, 8-9.

'Blood from a Stone' (2002) Arena Magazine No. 60, August-September, 32-34.

'Aboriginal Women and the Criminal Justice System' (2002) Judicial Officer's Bulletin, Vol.14, No.6, July 2002, 41-44

'Unfinished Journey: Indigenous Self-Determination' (2002) Arena Magazine, No.58, April-May, 24-27.

 * 'Indigenous Self-Determination: Rethinking the Relationship between Indigenous Peoples and the State' (2001) University of New South Wales Law Journal 24 (3) 850-861

* 'Mind, Body and Spirit: Pathways Forward for Reconciliation' (2001) Treaties and Constitutions Vol.5 No.1 38-52

* 'What Path Forward for Reconciliation? The Challenges of a New Relationship with Indigenous People' (2001) Public Law Review , Vol. 12 (2) 79-83

* 'Towards Improved Rights Protections', (2001) Journal of Australian Indigenous Issues, Vol. 3(4), 3.

* 'Consent in a (Neo) Colonial Society: Aboriginal Women as Sexual and Legal Other', (2000) Australian Feminist Studies Vol.15, no. 33. 353-367.

* 'The Eliza Fraser Captivity Narrative: A Tale of the Frontier, Femininity and the Legitimization of Colonial Law', (2000) 63 Saskatchewan Law Review  145.

'Righting Australia' Arena Magazine No.45, Feb. Mar., 2000. 24-26

'White Picket Fences: Australia's Psychological Terra Nullius, 51 Constitutional Forum, Vol. 10(2), 1999.

* 'In Your Dreams: Cultural Appropriation, Popular Culture and Colonialism', 256 Law/Text/Culture, Vol. 4(1), 1998.

* 'Meeting at the Cross Roads: Intersectionality, Affirmative Action and the Legacies of the Aborigines Protection Board', 98 Australian Journal of Human Rights, Vol.4(1), December 1997.

'At the Back of the Class. At the Front of the Class: Experiences as Aboriginal Student and Aboriginal Teacher', 27 Feminist Review, Vol. 52, 1996.

'Women's Work: The Inclusion of the Voice of Aboriginal Women', 169 Legal Education Review, Vol. 6, No. 2, 1995.

* 'Protecting the Spirit, Preserving the Traditional in Non-Traditional Settings',  55 Australian Feminist Law Journal, Vol. 4, 1994.

* 'No-one Can Own the Land', 43 Australian Journal of Human Rights, Vol. 1(1), 1994.

* 'Aboriginal Women and the White Lies of the Feminist Movement: Implications for Rights Discourse'. 27 Australian Feminist Law Journal, Vol. 1, August 1993.

 

Co-Authored Articles 

* and Loretta Kelly. 'Creating Conflict: Case Studies in the Tension between Native Title Claims and Land Rights Claims'. Journal of Indigenous Policy Issue 8, 2007. 73-93.

* and Nicole Watson. 'Shifting Ground: Why Land Rights and Native Title have not delivered Social Justice'. Journal of Indigenous Policy Issue 8, 2007. 94-102.

and Norman Laing. 'Aboriginal Access to Civil Law Remedies'. Precedent. Issue 82, September/October 2007. 16-19.

and Nicole Watson, 'Good Intentions are not Good Enough', Australian Literary Review 2 May 2007.

* and Ruth McCausland, George Williams, Alex Reilly and Mark McMillan. 'The Promise of Regional Governance for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities'. Ngiya: Talk the Law Vol. 1, No. 1, 2007. 126-166.

and Geoff Scott, 'Reducing Indigenous Disadvantage: An Academic Perspective', Australian Philanthropy, Issue 64.Autumn 2007.

and Norman Laing, 'Aboriginal People and Access to Civil Law Remedies', Bar News, Summer 2005/6,. Pp14-16.

and Saleem Ali, 'Mining and Indigenous Rights', Cultural Survival Quarterly. Spring 2001.

and Lisa Strelein, 'Old Habits Die Hard: Indigenous Land Rights and Mining in Australia', Cultural Survival Quarterly. Spring 2001.

and Jason Behrendt. 'Aborigines and the Police: Bad Apples or Rotten Fruit?', Tharunka, 14 April 1992.

and Jason Behrendt. 'Aboriginal Deaths in Custody Since the Royal Commission', Aboriginal Law Bulletin, Vol. 2, No. 59, December 1992.

 

 

Latest Speeches/Papers

The Apology One Year on..., UTS. 13 February 2009.

UTS Speaks, March 19 2008

Shaping a nation: Visionary ledership in a time of fear and uncertainty, Ninth JCPML Anniversary Lecture, marking the 62nd anniversary of John Curtin's death, 5 July 2007.

Is Sorry Enough? December 2006

Speech at the Indigenous Labor Network Forum Wednesday 13th July 2005