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Virginia Marshall

Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University

Virginia (Wiradjuri Nyemba) is a practicing Lawyer/Educator & Writer. She is the Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow with the Schools of Regulation & Global Governance and the Fenner School of the Environment & Society of the Australian National University. Virginia’s seminal book on Aboriginal water rights, ‘Overturning Aqua Nullius’ with a foreword by the Hon. Michael Kirby, was integral to the Murray-Darling Basin Royal Commission 2019 in its understanding of Aboriginal water issues and ontologies. Recognised as a Distinguished Woman Scholar by the University of Victoria Canada BC and Expert Member for Water to the World Economic Forum.

Experience

  • –present
    Inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University

Education

  • 2014 
    Macquarie University Australia, PhD in law