
Overview
Background
Carroll Go-Sam is Dyirbal gumbilbara bama of Ravenshoe, North Queensland. A graduate with B.Arch (Hons) UQ in 1997 and lectures in the School of Architecture. She has research interests in Indigenous architecture where it intersects with public, civic, social and institutional architecture. Carroll is engaged in research, consultation and design practitice with specific interests in Indigeneity in architecture, civic spaces and Indigenous-led models of housing. She co-led the Gununa Futures research project (2022-2024) and UQ's Campuses on Countries Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Engagement and Design Framework (2020-21).
Carroll has presented at national and international events, symposia and conferences including Asis Pacific Architectural Forum, SAHANZ, IASTE, Brisbane Writers Festival, academic symposia and MPavillion Blakitecture. She was formerly Indigenous Design Place researcher (2017-2019) and worked on the research consultancy about safe drinking water in the Torres Strait Islands. The recipient of an ARC Discovery Indigenous Award (2014-2016) on Defining the Impact of Regionalism on Aboriginal Housing and Settlement.
Availability
- Ms Carroll Go-Sam is:
- Available for supervision
Fields of research
Qualifications
- Bachelor (Honours), The University of Queensland
Works
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2025
Book Chapter
Storying in architecture design studio: Mirndiyan Gununa Art Centre
Go-Sam, Carroll and Greenop, Kelly (2025). Storying in architecture design studio: Mirndiyan Gununa Art Centre. Indigenising curriculum at The University of Queensland: a handbook. (pp. 1-16) edited by Tracey Bunda, Katelyn Barney, Levon Blue and Laura Deane. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2025
Book Chapter
Aboriginal social housing in remote Australia
Memmott, Paul, Lansbury, Nina, Go-Sam, Carroll, Nash, Daphne, Barnes, Samuel, Redmond, Andrew Martin, Simpson, Patrick (Pepy) and Frank, Patricia Narrulu (2025). Aboriginal social housing in remote Australia. Intersections of housing precarity, health and wellbeing in diverse global settings: what is happening to housing?. (pp. 9-42) edited by Kelly Greenop and Johanna Brugman Alvarez. Bristol, United Kingdom: Bristol University Press. doi: 10.51952/9781529243871.ch001
2025
Journal Article
Building relationality: sustaining First Nations aspirations in design studio teaching
Go-Sam, Carroll, Phillips, Christine Marie and Gilbert, Jock (2025). Building relationality: sustaining First Nations aspirations in design studio teaching. Fabrications, 34 (3), 453-471. doi: 10.1080/10331867.2025.2494893
2025
Journal Article
Creating space: The rise of Indigenous recognition and representation in architecture
Birks, Georgia, Go-Sam, Carroll and Brown, Deidre (2025). Creating space: The rise of Indigenous recognition and representation in architecture. Architecture Australia, 114 (1), 12-14.
2024
Other Outputs
Gununa futures: a report on housing, energy and town design in Gununa, Mornington Island, Queensland
Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly, Marnane, Kali and Shaweesh, Maram (2024). Gununa futures: a report on housing, energy and town design in Gununa, Mornington Island, Queensland. St Lucia, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2024
Other Outputs
Building tomorrow: a panel discussion on the future of architecture
Bruhn, Cameron, Baber, Kimberley, Fialho Leandro Alves Teixeira, Fred, Go-Sam, Carroll and Matthew, Paul (2024). Building tomorrow: a panel discussion on the future of architecture. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: State Library of Queensland.
2023
Journal Article
Are yarning circles the new decal?
Go-Sam, Carroll (2023). Are yarning circles the new decal?. Architecture Australia, 112 (6), 14-15.
2023
Other Outputs
The future of housing and urban design on Gununa
Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly, Marnane, Kali and Thomas, Roxanne (2023). The future of housing and urban design on Gununa.
2023
Journal Article
Recognise Cultural Safety and Cultural Load
Go-Sam, Carroll (2023). Recognise Cultural Safety and Cultural Load. Architecture Australia, 112 (4), 53-53.
2023
Book Chapter
Spinifex houses of the Western Desert
Go-Sam, Carroll and Memmott, Paul (2023). Spinifex houses of the Western Desert. Gunyah, Gooide and Wurley: the Aboriginal architecture of Australia. (pp. 211-232) edited by Paul Memmott. Port Melbourne, VIC, Australia: Thames & Hudson Australia.
2022
Other Outputs
Aunty Lillian's House at "Nigger" Creek, Wondecla
Go-Sam, Carroll (2022). Aunty Lillian's House at "Nigger" Creek, Wondecla. Camps, Cottages and Homes: a brief history of Indigenous housing in Queensland. (pp. *-*) edited by Tim O'Rourke and Mandana Mapar. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: The University of Queensland, School of Architecture.
2022
Journal Article
Indigenising practice: Maximising economic benefits
Go-Sam, Carroll (2022). Indigenising practice: Maximising economic benefits. Architecture Australia, 111 (3), 13-16.
2022
Journal Article
Aboriginal social housing in remote Australia: Crowded, unrepaired, and raising the risk of infectious diseases
Memmott, Paul, Lansbury, Nina, Go-Sam, Carroll, Nash, Daphne, Redmond, Andrew Martin, Barnes, Samuel, Simpson, Patrick (Pepy) and Frank, Patricia Narrurlu (2022). Aboriginal social housing in remote Australia: Crowded, unrepaired, and raising the risk of infectious diseases. Global Discourse, 12 (2), 255-284. doi: 10.1332/204378921X16315375796362
2021
Other Outputs
Campuses on Countries: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Design Framework at The University of Queensland
Go-Sam, Carroll, Greenop, Kelly, Marnane, Kali and Bower, Theresa (2021). Campuses on Countries: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Design Framework at The University of Queensland. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/955791e
2021
Journal Article
Drinking water delivery in the outer Torres Strait Islands: a case study addressing sustainable water issues in remote Indigenous communities
Hall, Nina L., Grodecki, Heidi, Jackson, Greg, Go Sam, Carroll, Milligan, Brad, Blake, Chris, Veronese, Toni and Selvey, Linda (2021). Drinking water delivery in the outer Torres Strait Islands: a case study addressing sustainable water issues in remote Indigenous communities. Australasian Journal of Water Resources, 25 (1), 1-10. doi: 10.1080/13241583.2021.1932280
2021
Book Chapter
Fridge in a tree: on curating and memory, remembrance and representation
Brook, Andrew and Go-Sam, Carroll (2021). Fridge in a tree: on curating and memory, remembrance and representation. The New Curator: Exhibiting Architecture and Design. (pp. 109-120) edited by Fleur Watson. Abingdon, Oxon United Kingdom: Routledge.
2020
Other Outputs
Pilyii Papulu Purrukaj-ji (Good housing to prevent sickness): a study of housing, crowding and hygiene-related infectious diseases in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory
Hall, Nina L., Memmott, Paul, Barnes, Samuel, Redmond, Andrew, Go-Sam, Carroll, Nash, Daphne, Frank, Trisha Nururla and Simpson, Patrick (2020). Pilyii Papulu Purrukaj-ji (Good housing to prevent sickness): a study of housing, crowding and hygiene-related infectious diseases in the Barkly Region, Northern Territory. Brisbane, Australia: The University of Queensland.
2020
Journal Article
Rights and reclamations
Go-Sam, Carroll (2020). Rights and reclamations. Architecture Australia, 109 (2), 53-53.
2020
Journal Article
Future Indigeneity
Go-Sam, Carroll (2020). Future Indigeneity. Architecture Australia, 109 (2), 54-55.
2019
Other Outputs
Representation, remembrance and the memorial
Andrew, Brook, Neath, Jessica, Marino, Corina, Gilbert, Jock, Phillips, Christine and Go-Sam, Carroll (2019). Representation, remembrance and the memorial. Landscape Architecture Australia (161), 34-38.
Funding
Past funding
Supervision
Availability
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
A Talanoa of Two Universities: Spatial Belonging of Moana Oceania students at the University of Queensland and the University of Auckland. A Trans-Tasman Case Study.
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Kelly Greenop
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Doctor Philosophy
Historical-ethnographic approaches to Participatory Design in Australian indigenous architecture
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Sally Babidge, Associate Professor Kelly Greenop
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