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    About.

    Giving it back.

    The philosophy of the Team at The Shed is to make information available on Aboriginal science, culture and traditions.


    Scientific knowledge is woven into the fabric of traditional Aboriginal culture. 


    We believe that information should be free and made freely available in a culturally appropriate manner.


    This anthropological website is dedicated to those who have shared their information with us over the past fifty years. Many of those people are no longer with us today but we are sure that they would like to know that their shared information is not lost but lives on in cyberspace. 


    All materials including photographs on this website are covered by a Creative Commons Licence (unless specifically acknowledged otherwise as Copyright).   



    The Team at The Shed

    Ken Macintyre

    

    I completed a Bachelor of Arts majoring in social science and anthropology at Curtin University in 1973. I worked as a field liaison officer and researcher with Aboriginal people in Kalgoorlie and Boulder before becoming a tutor and lecturer in social sciences at Curtin University. I was a consultant anthropologist and co-director of Macintyre Dobson & Associates Pty Ltd carrying out Aboriginal heritage surveys throughout the State for at least two decades. Since retiring my focus has been on investigative research for our website.

    Barb Dobson

    

    I completed a PhD in anthropology from the University of Western Australia in 1988. I was a tutor and lecturer in anthropology at Curtin University for 15 years before working as a consultant anthropologist and co-director of Macintyre Dobson & Associates Pty Ltd carrying out numerous Aboriginal heritage surveys throughout Western Australia for government and non-government organisations for over 20 years. Since retiring as a heritage consultant I have been involved in investigative research for our website.

    Iva Hayward-Jackson


    I am a Nyungar Researcher and Land and Culture Protector for the Swan River region with over 30 years of experience working with knowledgeable Elders and spokespersons in the field of Aboriginal cultural heritage and site protection. My research focus has been on the cultural history and impact of colonisation on my people and the Ancient Science that my people once practised in their everyday existence. My aim is to pass on this information to future generations. 

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