Dr Lawrence Bamblett

Position: Co-Director
School and/or Centres: Australian Centre for Indigenous History
Email: lawrence.bamblett@anu.edu.au
Phone: (02) 612 54459
Location: Level
Website: http://ncis.anu.edu.au/people/bamblett.php#introduction
Laurie Bamblett is a Wiradjuri historian who uses marandhal (history) as a tool of community development projects at his home community, Erambie Mission. His research interests include indigenous resurgence as well as the ways that representations of identity affect engagement between Indigenous communities and mainstream institutions and services.
Indigenous resurgence, Wiradjuri marandhal (history), Aboriginal and Native histories, discourse analysis and representations of indigeneity.
Bamblett, L., Myers, F & Rowse, T. (2019). The difference identity makes: Indigenous cultural capital in Australian cultural fields. Canberra, ACT: Aboriginal Studies Press
Bamblett, L. (2014). ‘Picture who we are: Representations of identity and the appropriation of photographs into a Wiradjuri oral history tradition.’ In Calling the shots: Aboriginal photographies. Edited by J. Lydon, 76-100. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Bamblett, L. (2013). Our Stories Are Our Survival: Cultural Continuity at Erambie Mission. Canberra: Aboriginal Studies Press.
Bamblett, L. (2013). ‘Read with me everyday: Community engagement and English literacy outcomes at Erambie Mission.’ Australian Aboriginal Studies (1), 101-109. (Research report.)
Fforde, C., L. Bamblett, S. Gorringe, R. Lovett, B. Fogerty (2013). ‘Discourse, deficit and identity: Aboriginality, the race paradigm and the language of representation in contemporary Australia.’ Media International Australia, Incorporating Culture & Policy (149): 162-173.
Bamblett, L. (2011). ‘Straight-line stories: Representations and Indigenous Australian identities in the sports discourse.’ Australian Aboriginal Studies (2): 5-20.
Bamblett, L. (ed.). (2008). Grand corroborees: The ideologies of the world’s sporting
events. Sydney: McGraw-Hill.
Bamblett, L. (2008). ‘A modern day corroboree? The culture of the Annual NSW Aboriginal Rugby League Carnival.’ In Grand corroborees: The ideologies of the world’s sporting events. Edited by L. Bamblett. Sydney: McGraw-Hill.
The NSW Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board, 1883-1969: A History (DP150100247) Australian Research Council
The Narrative Framing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health and Wellbeing: a Review. (16-SD-02) Lowitja Institute
Reframing discourse and changing the narrative of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and wellbeing: an analysis (16-SDH-03) Lowitja Institute
Beyond Reconciliation: Truth-Telling for Indigenous Wellbeing and the Health of the Nation: ANU Grand Challenge Scheme 2019-2024 – Indigenous Health and Wellbeing
The NSW Aborigines Protection/Welfare Board, 1883-1969: A History (DP150100247) Australian Research Council
Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
HIST2022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history
HIST6022 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander history
HIST8016 Indigenous Encounters