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2025

Journal Article

Land claim legacies, native title, and the rigours of Indigenous politics

Trigger, David S. (2025). Land claim legacies, native title, and the rigours of Indigenous politics. The Australian Journal of Anthropology. doi: 10.1111/taja.70006

Land claim legacies, native title, and the rigours of Indigenous politics

2024

Journal Article

Haunting biology: science and indigeneity in Australia

Trigger, David S., Russell, Lynette, Anderson, Warwick and Kowal, Emma (2024). Haunting biology: science and indigeneity in Australia. Australian Journal of Anthropology. doi: 10.1111/taja.12530

Haunting biology: science and indigeneity in Australia

2023

Journal Article

Anthropology in Australian Indigenous legal cases: What I've learned from the law and what lawyers have learned from me

Trigger, David S. (2023). Anthropology in Australian Indigenous legal cases: What I've learned from the law and what lawyers have learned from me. Anthropological Forum, 33 (3), 1-14. doi: 10.1080/00664677.2023.2278402

Anthropology in Australian Indigenous legal cases: What I've learned from the law and what lawyers have learned from me

2023

Journal Article

Trusting the copies? Historical photographs and native title claims

Sassoon, Joanna, Aird, Michael and Trigger, David (2023). Trusting the copies? Historical photographs and native title claims. Archives and Records, 45 (1), 1-21. doi: 10.1080/23257962.2023.2190085

Trusting the copies? Historical photographs and native title claims

2023

Book Chapter

Cultural expertise and Indigenous people in Australia

Trigger, David S. (2023). Cultural expertise and Indigenous people in Australia. Cultural expertise, law, and rights. (pp. 244-255) edited by Livia Holden. London, United Kingdom: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781003167075-26

Cultural expertise and Indigenous people in Australia

2022

Journal Article

‘The White-man calls me Jack’: the many names and claims for Jackey Jackey of the lower Logan River, south-east Queensland, Australia

Aird, Michael, Sassoon, Joanna and Trigger, David (2022). ‘The White-man calls me Jack’: the many names and claims for Jackey Jackey of the lower Logan River, south-east Queensland, Australia. Aboriginal History Journal, 45 1, 3-32. doi: 10.22459/ah.45.2021.01

‘The White-man calls me Jack’: the many names and claims for Jackey Jackey of the lower Logan River, south-east Queensland, Australia

2021

Journal Article

Roger M. KEESING, Custom and Confrontation: The Kwaio Struggle for Cultural Autonomy, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, 254 pages, U.S. $49.95 (cloth), $17.95 (paper)

Trigger, David S. (2021). Roger M. KEESING, Custom and Confrontation: The Kwaio Struggle for Cultural Autonomy, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, 254 pages, U.S. $49.95 (cloth), $17.95 (paper). Culture, 13 (2), 94-95. doi: 10.7202/1083127ar

Roger M. KEESING, Custom and Confrontation: The Kwaio Struggle for Cultural Autonomy, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1992, 254 pages, U.S. $49.95 (cloth), $17.95 (paper)

2021

Book Chapter

Waanyi Country, North Australia

Trigger, David S. (2021). Waanyi Country, North Australia. Alexis Wright, Carpentaria: the law of the land. (pp. 38-40) edited by Susan Barrett , Estelle Castro-Koshy and Laura Singeot. Paris, France: Belin Éducation/Humensis.

Waanyi Country, North Australia

2021

Book Chapter

The state’s stakes at the Century Mine, 1992–2012

Everingham, Jo-Ann, Trigger, David and Keenan, Julia (2021). The state’s stakes at the Century Mine, 1992–2012. The absent presence of the state in large-scale resource extraction projects. (pp. 279-312) edited by Nicholas A. Bainton and Emilia E. Skrzypek. Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/ap.2021.09

The state’s stakes at the Century Mine, 1992–2012

2021

Journal Article

Obituary: Athol Kennedy Chase (1936‐2020)

Trigger, David (2021). Obituary: Athol Kennedy Chase (1936‐2020). The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 32 (1), 66-70. doi: 10.1111/taja.12386

Obituary: Athol Kennedy Chase (1936‐2020)

2020

Journal Article

Distinguished lecture: native title—implications for Australian senses of place and belonging

Trigger, David (2020). Distinguished lecture: native title—implications for Australian senses of place and belonging. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 31 (1), 9-30. doi: 10.1111/taja.12341

Distinguished lecture: native title—implications for Australian senses of place and belonging

2020

Journal Article

From illustration to evidence: historical photographs and Aboriginal native title claims in south-east Queensland, Australia

Aird, Michael, Sassoon, Joanna and Trigger, David (2020). From illustration to evidence: historical photographs and Aboriginal native title claims in south-east Queensland, Australia. Anthropology and Photography, 13, 1-27.

From illustration to evidence: historical photographs and Aboriginal native title claims in south-east Queensland, Australia

2020

Journal Article

Review of Finding the Heart of the Nation: The journey of the Uluru Statement towards voice, treaty and truth

David Trigger (2020). Review of Finding the Heart of the Nation: The journey of the Uluru Statement towards voice, treaty and truth. Australian Book Review, 418, 12-14.

Review of Finding the Heart of the Nation: The journey of the Uluru Statement towards voice, treaty and truth

2020

Book Chapter

Personal challenges and professional research in Aboriginal Australia: reading 'The Politics of Suffering'

Trigger, David (2020). Personal challenges and professional research in Aboriginal Australia: reading 'The Politics of Suffering'. Ethnographer and contrarian: biographical and anthropological essays in honour of Peter Sutton. (pp. 108-119) edited by Julie D. Finlayson and Frances Morphy. Mile End, SA Australia: Wakefield Press.

Personal challenges and professional research in Aboriginal Australia: reading 'The Politics of Suffering'

2018

Journal Article

Aboriginal cultural awareness training for mine employees: Good intentions, complicated outcomes

Parmenter, Joni and Trigger, David (2018). Aboriginal cultural awareness training for mine employees: Good intentions, complicated outcomes. Extractive Industries and Society, 5 (2), 363-370. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2017.12.005

Aboriginal cultural awareness training for mine employees: Good intentions, complicated outcomes

2018

Book Chapter

Ethnographic collections, Indigenous narratives, and post-colonial rights in Australia

Martin, Richard J. and Trigger, David (2018). Ethnographic collections, Indigenous narratives, and post-colonial rights in Australia. The social work of narratives: human rights and the cultural imaginary. (pp. 103-120) edited by Gareth Griffiths and Philip Mead. Stuttgart, Germany: ibidem Press.

Ethnographic collections, Indigenous narratives, and post-colonial rights in Australia

2018

Journal Article

Ethnographic Collections, Indigenous Narratives, and Post-Colonial Rights in Australia

Martin, Richard J. and Trigger, David (2018). Ethnographic Collections, Indigenous Narratives, and Post-Colonial Rights in Australia. Social Work of Narrative: Human Rights and the Cultural Imaginary, 4, 103-120.

Ethnographic Collections, Indigenous Narratives, and Post-Colonial Rights in Australia

2017

Book Chapter

Chinese history, Indigenous identity and mixed ancestry in Australia's Gulf Country

Trigger, David and Martin, Richard (2017). Chinese history, Indigenous identity and mixed ancestry in Australia's Gulf Country. Mixed race identities in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. (pp. 36-48) edited by Kirsten McGavin and Farida Fozdar. New York, NY United States: Routledge. doi: 10.4324/9781315559391

Chinese history, Indigenous identity and mixed ancestry in Australia's Gulf Country

2016

Journal Article

Place, indigeneity, and identity in Australia’s Gulf Country

Trigger, David and Martin, Richard J. (2016). Place, indigeneity, and identity in Australia’s Gulf Country. American Anthropologist, 118 (4), 824-837. doi: 10.1111/aman.12681

Place, indigeneity, and identity in Australia’s Gulf Country

2016

Other Outputs

Lardil People Traditional Land and Sea Estates and Rights Holders

Gorring, Dee and Trigger, David (2016). Lardil People Traditional Land and Sea Estates and Rights Holders. Brisbane, Australia:

Lardil People Traditional Land and Sea Estates and Rights Holders