Lynette Russell

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A Little Bird Told Me: family secrets, necessary lies. Sydney: Allen & Unwin. 2002. ISBN   1865086932.
  • Appropriated Pasts: Archaeology and Indigenous People in Settler Colonies, coauthored with Ian McNiven (2005)
  • Roving Mariners: Aboriginal Whalers in the Southern Oceans 1790–1870 (2012)
  • Hunt Them, Hang Them: 'The Tasmanians' in Port Phillip, 1841–42, with Kate Auty (2016)
  • First Naturalists with Penny Olsen (2019), https://www.newsouthbooks.com.au/books/australias-first-naturalists/
  • "Kevin Rudd's Indigenous apology: sorry, but not much has changed in 10 years". Lens. Monash University. 12 February 2018.
  • "Fighting fire with ancient knowledge". Lens. Monash University. 8 January 2020.
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    Lynette Russell
    AM , FASSA , FAHA
    Born (1960-04-26) 26 April 1960 (age 64)
    Melbourne, Victoria
    NationalityAustralian
    OccupationHistorian
    Years active21st century
    Known forIndigenous history, interdisciplinary studies
    Awards Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia (2012)
    Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities (2018)
    Member of the Order of Australia (2019)
    Academic background
    Alma mater University of Melbourne (PhD)
    La Trobe University (BA [Hons])
    Thesis (Re)presented pasts: historical and contemporary constructions of Australian Aboriginalities (1995)