David Trigger works on the different meanings attributed to land and nature across diverse sectors of society and in different countries. His research encompasses academic studies of how land and sense of place inform the cultural identities of citizens with diverse ancestries. His research is mostly focused on Australian society. In Australian Aboriginal Studies, Professor Trigger has carried out more than 35 years of anthropological study on Indigenous systems of land tenure, including applied research on resource development negotiations and native title claims. In collaboration with colleagues he has in recent years sought understanding of the overlaps and divergences of senses of place among those with Euro-Australian, Asian and Aboriginal ancestries. This work includes projects focused on a comparison of pro-development, environmentalist and Aboriginal perspectives on land and nature. Of particular interest are the issues of ‘nativeness’ and ‘invasiveness’ as understood in both nature and society, with implications for issues of land, cultural identity and environmental management.
Professor Trigger is a leading scholar in applied anthropological research on Indigenous land negotiations in Australian society. His impact is made directly through participation as an expert witness and researcher in native title claims, heritage matters and agreement making between Aboriginal groups and other land users. This work involves collaborations with legal practitioners and other professionals in the area of economic development and environmental management. Indirectly the impact of his work is through publishing the results of research and teaching students. He has a large number of research higher degree scholars for whom he provides supervision.
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, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/23257962.2023.2190085
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
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
Clancestry Cultural Mapping Project - Southeast Queensland
(2018) Queensland Performing Arts Trust
Supplementary report for the Gkuthaarn and Kukatj Peoples' native title claim
(2018) UniQuest Pty Ltd
(2017–2022) ARC Discovery Indigenous
(2020) Doctor Philosophy
(2019) Master Philosophy
Digital Romance in Precarious Times: Online Dating Cultures of Chinese Rural Migrant Labourers
(2018) Doctor Philosophy
Disputed Territories: Land, Culture and Identity in Settler Societies
Trigger, David S. and Griffiths, Gareth (2003). Disputed Territories: Land, Culture and Identity in Settler Societies. Hong Kong University Press.
Disputed Territories: land, culture and identity in settler societies
David Trigger and Gareth Griffiths eds. (2003). Disputed Territories: land, culture and identity in settler societies. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Whitefella comin': Aboriginal responses to colonialism in northern Australia
Trigger, David Samuel (1992). Whitefella comin': Aboriginal responses to colonialism in northern Australia. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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
Conservation, commodification and Indigenous heritage in Queensland
Martin, Richard J., Sneddon, Andrew and Trigger, David (2016). Conservation, commodification and Indigenous heritage in Queensland. The right to protect sites: Indigenous heritage management in the era of native title. (pp. 137-158) edited by Pamela Faye McGrath. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Cultural domains and the theory of customary environmentalism in Indigenous Australia
de Rijke, Kim, Martin, Richard and Trigger, David (2016). Cultural domains and the theory of customary environmentalism in Indigenous Australia. Engaging Indigenous Economy: Debating Diverse Approaches. (pp. 43-53) edited by Will Sanders. Canberra, ACT, Australia: ANU Press. doi: 10.22459/caepr35.04.2016.04
Martin, Richard J. and Trigger, David (2016). Intimacies with country, environmentalism and intercultural relations in Northern Australia's Gulf Country. Unstable relations: indigenous people and environmentalism in contemporary Australia. (pp. 92-121) edited by Eve Vincent and Timothy Neale. Perth, WA, Australia: University of Western Australia Press.
Shared country, different stories: a post-settler vignette
Trigger, David (2016). Shared country, different stories: a post-settler vignette. Land and language in Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf Country. (pp. 285-302) edited by Jean-Christophe Verstraete and Diane Hafner. Amsterdam, Netherlands: John Benjamins. doi: 10.1075/clu.18.14tri
Martin, Richard J. and Trigger, David (2016). ‘Nothing never change’: mapping land, water and Aboriginal identity in the changing environments of northern Australia’s Gulf Country. Other people's country: law, water and entitlement in settler colonial sites. (pp. 1-18) edited by Timothy Neale and Stephen Turner. Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom: Routledge.
Ancestry and the politics of social inclusion in native title negotiations
Trigger, David (2015). Ancestry and the politics of social inclusion in native title negotiations. Native title from Mabo to Akiba: a vehicle for change and empowerment?. (pp. 199-212) edited by Sean Brennan, Megan Davis, Brendan Edgeworth and Leon Terrill. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Federation Press.
Change and Succession in Australian Aboriginal Claims to Land
Trigger, David (2015). Change and Succession in Australian Aboriginal Claims to Land. Strings of Connectedness. (pp. 53-73) edited by Peter Toner. Canberra, ACT Australia: ANU Press.
Martin, David, Trigger, David and Parmenter, Joni (2014). Mining in Aboriginal Australia: Economic impacts, sustainable livelihoods and cultural difference at Century Mine, northwest Queensland. Natural resource extraction and indigenous livelihoods: development challenges in an era of globalisation. (pp. 37-56) edited by Emma Gilberthorpe and Gavin Hilson. Surrey, United Kingdom: Ashgate Publishing. doi: 10.4324/9781315597546-6
Trigger, David, Martin, David, Memmott, Paul, Winn, Phllip, Burke, Paul, Peterson, Nicolas, Veth, Peter, Holcombe, Sarah and Palmer, Kingsley (2013). Forensic social anthropology. Expert Evidence: Law, Practice, Procedure and Advocacy. (pp. 36.51-36.9058) edited by Ian R. Freckelton and Hugh Selby. Pyrmont, NSW, Australia: Thomson Reuters.
Rethinking nature and nativeness
Trigger, David (2013). Rethinking nature and nativeness. Up close and personal : on peripheral perspectives and the production of anthropological knowledge. (pp. 140-157) edited by Cris Shore and Susanna Trnka. New York, United States: Berghahn Books.
Trigger, David (2011). Anthropology and the resolution of native title claims: Presentation to the Federal Court Judicial Education Forum. Unsettling anthropology: The demands of native title on worn concepts and changing lives. (pp. 142-149) edited by Toni Bauman and Gaynor Macdonald. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Trigger, David (2011). Whales, whitefellas and the ambiguity of 'nativeness': Reflections on the emplacement of Australian identities. Invasive and introduced plants and animals: Human perceptions, attitudes and approaches to management. (pp. 109-120) edited by Ian D. Rotherham and Robert A Lambert. London, UK: Earthscan. doi: 10.4324/9780203525753
Anthropology and native title: Issues of method, claim group membership and research capacity
Trigger, David (2010). Anthropology and native title: Issues of method, claim group membership and research capacity. Dilemmas in applied native title anthropology in Australia. (pp. 147-159) edited by Toni Bauman. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies.
Ecology and Identity: A Comparative Perspective on the Negotiation of "Nativeness"
Mulcock, J. and Trigger, D. (2008). Ecology and Identity: A Comparative Perspective on the Negotiation of "Nativeness". TOXIC BELONGING? Identity and Ecology in southern Africa. (pp. 178-198) edited by Dan Wylie. Newcastle UK: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
Place, belonging and nativeness in Australia
Trigger, D. (2008). Place, belonging and nativeness in Australia. Making Sense of Place: Exploring concepts and expressions of place through different senses and lenses. (pp. 301-309) edited by Frank Vanclay, Matthew Higgins and Adam Blackshaw. Canberra: National Museum of Australia Press.
Anthropology in native title court cases: 'Mere pleading, expert opinion, or hearsay'
Trigger, David (2004). Anthropology in native title court cases: 'Mere pleading, expert opinion, or hearsay'. Crossing boundaries: Cultural, legal, historical and practice issues in native title. (pp. 24-33) edited by Sandy Toussaint. Carlton, Vic., Australia: Melbourne University Publishing.
Introduction disputed territories: Land, culture and identity
Trigger, David S. (2003). Introduction disputed territories: Land, culture and identity. Disputed Territories: Land, Culture and Identity in Settler Societies. (pp. 1-27) Hong Kong University Press.
Introduction: Disputed territories: Land, culture and identity
Trigger, David S. (2003). Introduction: Disputed territories: Land, culture and identity. Disputed Territories: land, culture and identity in settler societies. (pp. 1-28) edited by David Trigger and Gareth Griffiths. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.
Trigger, D. and Wilding, R. (2002). Perth. Encyclopedia of urban cultures: cities and cultures around the world. (pp. 417-425) edited by Melvin Ember and Carol R. Ember. Danbury, CT, United States: Grolier.
Baldassar, L. and Trigger, D. (2001). Australia. Encyclopedia of national cultures. (pp. 112-126) edited by M. Ember and C. Ember. Australia: Macmillan Publishing.
Gendered landscapes: the politics and processes of inquiry and of negotiating interests in land
Toussaint, S., Tonkinson, M. and Trigger, D. (2001). Gendered landscapes: the politics and processes of inquiry and of negotiating interests in land. Words and silences: Aboriginal women, politics and land. (pp. 157-174) edited by Peggy Brock. Sydney, Australia: Allen & Unwin. doi: 10.4324/9781003118435-7
Trigger, David S. (2000). Aboriginal responses to mining in Australia: economic aspirations, cultural revival and the politics of indigenous protest. Hunters and Gatherers in the modern world: conflict, resistance and self-determination. (pp. 192-205) edited by Peter P. Schweitzer, Megan Biesele and Robert K. Hitchcock. New York, USA: Berghahn Books.
Hunter-gatherer peoples and nation-states
Trigger, David S. (1999). Hunter-gatherer peoples and nation-states. The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers. (pp. 473-479) edited by Richard Daly and Richard Lee. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Negotiating the Century Mine Agreement: issues of law, culture and politics
Blowes, R. and Trigger, D. (1999). Negotiating the Century Mine Agreement: issues of law, culture and politics. Regional agreements : key issues in Australia. V. 2., Case studies. (pp. 85-135) edited by Mary Edmunds. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies, Native Titles Research Unit.
Citizenship and indigenous responses to mining in the Gulf Country
Trigger, David (1998). Citizenship and indigenous responses to mining in the Gulf Country. Citizenship and indigenous Australians: changing conceptions and possibilities. (pp. 154-166) edited by Nicolas Peterson and Will Sanders. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Marine tenure in the Wellesley Islands region, Gulf of Carpentaria
Memmott, Paul and Trigger, David S. (1998). Marine tenure in the Wellesley Islands region, Gulf of Carpentaria. Customary marine tenure in Australia. (pp. 109-124) edited by Bruce Rigsby and Nicholas Peterson. Sydney, NSW, Australia: Oceania Publications.
Reflections on Century Mine: preliminary thoughts on the politics of indigenous responses
Trigger, David (1997). Reflections on Century Mine: preliminary thoughts on the politics of indigenous responses. Fighting over country: anthropological perspectives. (pp. 110-128) edited by D. E. Smith and J. Finlayson. Canberra, Australia: Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, The Australian National University.
Kinship, land rights & Aboriginal culture in Australia
Trigger, David (1996). Kinship, land rights & Aboriginal culture in Australia. Contemporary Cultural Anthropology. (pp. 184-186) edited by Michael C. Howard. New York, United States: Haper Collins.
Trigger, David S. (1988). Christianity, domination and resistance in colonial social relations: the case of Doomadgee, Northwest Queensland. Aboriginal Australians and Christian missions : ethnographic and historical studies. (pp. 213-235) edited by Tony Swain and Deborah Bird Rose. Bedford Park, SA, Australia: Australian Association for the Study of Religions.
Land rights legislation in Queensland: the issue of historical association
Triigger, D. (1983). Land rights legislation in Queensland: the issue of historical association. Aborigines, land and land rights. (pp. 192-201) edited by Nicolas Peterson and Marcia Langton. Canberra, Australia: Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies.
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, 1-21. doi: 10.1080/23257962.2023.2190085
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
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
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
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
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.
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.
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
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
Negotiating belonging: plants, people and indigeneity in northern Australia
Martin, Richard J. and Trigger, David S. (2015). Negotiating belonging: plants, people and indigeneity in northern Australia. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 21 (2), 276-295. doi: 10.1111/1467-9655.12206
Martin, Richard J. and Trigger, David (2015). 'Nothing never change': mapping land, water and Aboriginal identity in the changing environments of northern Australia's Gulf Country. Settler Colonial Studies, 5 (3), 317-333. doi: 10.1080/2201473X.2014.1000906
Trigger, David (2014). Ethics and politics. Australian Journal of Anthropology, 25 (3), 386-388. doi: 10.1111/taja.12109_7
Trigger, David, Keenan, Julia, de Rijke, Kim and Rifkin, Will (2014). Aboriginal engagement and agreement-making with a rapidly developing resource industry: coal seam gas development in Australia. The Extractive Industries and Society, 1 (2), 176-188. doi: 10.1016/j.exis.2014.08.001
Tourism as theatre: performing and consuming indigeneity in an Australian wildlife sanctuary
Picard, David, Pocock, Celmara and Trigger, David (2014). Tourism as theatre: performing and consuming indigeneity in an Australian wildlife sanctuary. Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change, 12 (3), 206-223. doi: 10.1080/14766825.2014.933967
Martin, Richard J., Mead, Philip and Trigger, David (2014). The politics of indigeneity, identity and representation in literature from north Australia's Gulf Country. Social Identities, 20 (4-5), 330-345. doi: 10.1080/13504630.2014.997201
Environmentalism, culture, ethnography
Peace, Adrian, Connor, Linda H. and Trigger, David (2012). Environmentalism, culture, ethnography. Oceania, 82 (3), 217-227. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.2012.tb00130.x
Revelatory moments in fieldwork
Trigger, David, Forsey, Martin and Meurk, Carla (2012). Revelatory moments in fieldwork. Qualitative Research, 12 (5), 513-527. doi: 10.1177/1468794112446049
Indegeneity in society and nature: the ambiguous case of Brunei
Trigger, David and Wahsalfelah, Siti Norkhalbi binti Haji (2011). Indegeneity in society and nature: the ambiguous case of Brunei. Janang: Jurnal Akademi Pengajian Brunei, 1 (12), 74-90.
Anthropology pure and profane: The politics of applied research in Aboriginal Australia
Trigger, David (2011). Anthropology pure and profane: The politics of applied research in Aboriginal Australia. Anthropological Forum, 21 (3), 233-255. doi: 10.1080/00664677.2011.617675
Native title research in Australian anthropology
Asche, Wendy and Trigger, David (2011). Native title research in Australian anthropology. Anthropological Forum, 21 (3), 219-232. doi: 10.1080/00664677.2011.617674
Trigger, David (2011). Interventions. Australian Book Review (328), 62-63.
Trigger, David S. and Head, Lesley (2010). Restored nature, familiar culture: Contesting visions for preferred environments in Australian cities. Nature and Culture, 5 (3), 231-250. doi: 10.3167/nc.2010.050302
Berajondo and Mill Point: remembering place and landscape
Ulm, Sean, O'Brien, Susan, Trigger, David and Williams, Michael (2010). Berajondo and Mill Point: remembering place and landscape. Queensland Historical Atlas: Histories, Cultures, Landscapes, 2009-2010.
Christianity, cultural change and the negotiation of rights in land and sea
Trigger, David S. and Asche, Wendy (2010). Christianity, cultural change and the negotiation of rights in land and sea. Australian Journal of Anthropology, 21 (1), 90-109. doi: 10.1111/j.1757-6547.2010.00069.x
Negotiating indigeneity: Culture, identity and politics
Trigger, David S. and Dalley, Cameo (2010). Negotiating indigeneity: Culture, identity and politics. Reviews in Anthropology, 39 (1), 46-65. doi: 10.1080/00938150903548618
Trigger, David S., Toussaint, Yann and Mulcock, Jane (2010). Ecological restoration in Australia: Environmental discourses, landscape ideals, and the significance of human agency. Society & Natural Resources, 23 (11), 1060-1074. doi: 10.1080/08941920903232902
Trigger, David (2009). 'Sustaining fictions: Challenging the politics of embarrassment', review of 'The politics of suffering: Indigenous Australia and the end of the liberal consensus' by Peter Sutton.. Australian Book Review, 316, 42-43.
Trigger, David (2008). 'Refugees from wild time', review of the 'The tall man: Death and life on Palm Island' by Chloe Hooper & 'Gone for a song: A death in custody on Palm Island by Geoff Waters. Australian Book Review, 304, 9-10.
Trigger, D. (2008). Indigeneity, ferality, and what 'belongs' in the Australian bush: Aboriginal responses to 'introduced' animals and plants in a settler-descendant society. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, 14 (3), 628-646. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9655.2008.00521.x
Ecological restoration, cultural preferences and the negotiation of 'nativeness' in Australia
Trigger, D., Mulcock, J., Gaynor, A. and Toussaint, Y. (2008). Ecological restoration, cultural preferences and the negotiation of 'nativeness' in Australia. Geoforum, 39 (3), 1273-1283. doi: 10.1016/j.geoforum.2007.05.010
Whales, Whitefellas and the ambigity of nativeness
Trigger, David S. (2006). Whales, Whitefellas and the ambigity of nativeness. Island, 107, 25-36.
Forests as spiritually significant places: nature, culture and `belonging' in Australia
Trigger, David and Mulcock, Jane (2005). Forests as spiritually significant places: nature, culture and `belonging' in Australia. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 16 (3), 306-320. doi: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.2005.tb00313.x
Culture as concept and influence in environmental research and management
Head, Lesley, Trigger, David and Mulcock, Jane (2005). Culture as concept and influence in environmental research and management. Conservation and Society, 3 (2), 251-264.
Language, Culture and Science: Reflections on the Work of George Seddon
Trigger, David S. (2003). Language, Culture and Science: Reflections on the Work of George Seddon. Thesis Eleven, 74 (1), 89-104. doi: 10.1177/07255136030741007
Trigger, D. S. (2003). Large-scale mining in aboriginal Australia: Cultural dispositions and economic aspirations in indigenous communities. AusIMM Bulletin (2), 58-62.
Anthropologists, lawyers and issues for expert witnesses: native title claims in Australia
Trigger, D. and R. Blowes (2001). Anthropologists, lawyers and issues for expert witnesses: native title claims in Australia. Practicing Anthropology, 23 (1), 15-20.
Trigger, David and Robinson, Michael (2001). Mining, land claims and the negotiation of Indigenous interests: research from the Queensland Gulf Country and Pilbara region of Western Australia. Senri Ethnological Studies, 59, 101-116.
Trigger, David (1999). Nature, work and 'the Environment': contesting sentiments and identities in the southwest of Western Australia. The Australian Journal of Anthropology, 10 (2), 163-176. doi: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.1999.tb00018.x
Robins, Richard P., Stock, Errol C. and Trigger, David S. (1998). Saltwater people, saltwater country: geomorphological, anthropological and archaeological investigations of the coastal lands in the Gulf Country of Queensland. Memoirs of the Queensland Museum: Cultural Heritage Series, 1 (1), 75-125.
Land rights and the reproduction of Aboriginal culture in Australia's Gulf Country
Trigger, David S. (1997). Land rights and the reproduction of Aboriginal culture in Australia's Gulf Country. Social Analysis, 41 (3), 84-106.
Mining, landscape and the culture of development ideology in Australia
Trigger, David S. (1997). Mining, landscape and the culture of development ideology in Australia. Ecumene, 4 (2), 161-180. doi: 10.1177/147447409700400203
Contesting ideologies of natural resource development in British Columbia, Canada
Trigger, D. (1996). Contesting ideologies of natural resource development in British Columbia, Canada. Culture, 16 (1), 55-69.
Trigger, David S. (1995). "Everyone's agreed, the West is all you need': ideology, media and Aboriginality in Western Australia. Media Information Australia (75), 102-122.
Australian cultural studies: radical critique or vacuous posturing?
Trigger, David S. (1993). Australian cultural studies: radical critique or vacuous posturing?. Anthropological Forum, 6 (4), 607-613. doi: 10.1080/00664677.1993.9967436
A recent phase of Aboriginal occupation in Lawn Hill Gorge: a case study in ethnoarchaeology
Robins, Richard and Trigger, David (1989). A recent phase of Aboriginal occupation in Lawn Hill Gorge: a case study in ethnoarchaeology. Australian Archaeology (29), 39-51.
Racial ideologies in Australia's Gulf Country
Trigger, David S. (1989). Racial ideologies in Australia's Gulf Country. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 12 (2), 209-232. doi: 10.1080/01419870.1989.9993632
Equality and hierarchy in Aboriginal political life at Doomadgee, northwest Queensland
Trigger, David (1988). Equality and hierarchy in Aboriginal political life at Doomadgee, northwest Queensland. Anthropological Forum, 5 (4), 524-544. doi: 10.1080/00664677.1988.9967386
Trigger, David (1988). REVIEW. Oceania, 58 (3), 235-236. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1988.tb02279.x
Trigger, D. S. (1987). Languages, linguistic groups and status relations at Doomadgee, an Aboriginal settlement in northwest Queensland, Australia. Oceania, 57 (3), 217-238. doi: 10.1002/j.1834-4461.1987.tb02215.x
Trigger, D. (1987). Inland, coast and islands: traditional Aboriginal society and material culture in a region of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria. Records of the South Australian Museum, 21 (2), 69-84.
Trigger, David S. (1986). Blackfellas and Whitefellas: the concepts of domain and social closure in the analysis of race relations. Mankind, 16 (2), 99-117. doi: 10.1111/j.1835-9310.1986.tb00747.x
Trigger, D. S., Anderson, C., Lincoln, R. A. and Matis, C. E. (1983). Mortality rates in 14 Queensland Aboriginal reserve communities. Association with 10 socioenvironmental variables. Medical Journal of Australia, 1 (8), 361-365. doi: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1983.tb99412.x
Blackfellows, whitefellows and head lice
Trigger, David S. (1981). Blackfellows, whitefellows and head lice. Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies Newsletter (15), 63-72.
Aborigines, anthropologists and the Aboriginal relics issue in Queensland
Trigger, David (1980). Aborigines, anthropologists and the Aboriginal relics issue in Queensland. Occasional Papers in Anthropology, 10, 148-154.
Young people and an old tradition
Trigger, D. (1980). Young people and an old tradition. Religious Traditions, 3 (2), 74-84.
Cars, museums, collecting: objects and the nature of heritage
Trigger, David, Babidge, Sally, Oertierra, Anna, Ross, Annie and Hafner, Diane (2012). Cars, museums, collecting: objects and the nature of heritage. Australian Anthropological Society Conference, St Lucia, Qld, Australia, 26-29 September 2012. St Lucia, Qld, Australia: Australian Anthropological Society.
Trigger, D. (2005). Mining projects in remote Aboriginal Australia: Sites for the articulation and contesting of economic and cultural futures. Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia Workshop, Sydney, Australia, 30 November - 1 December, 2004. Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press.
Teaching multidisciplinarity: Lessons from an Honours practicum
Mulcock, Jane, McNamara, Beverley and Trigger, David (2005). Teaching multidisciplinarity: Lessons from an Honours practicum. Melbourne, Australia, 2 October, 2004. Melbourne, Australia: School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies, The University of Melbourne.
Native vs exotic: Cultural discourses about flora, fauna and belonging in Australia
Trigger, D. and Mulcock, J. (2003). Native vs exotic: Cultural discourses about flora, fauna and belonging in Australia. 1st International Conference on Sustainable Planning and Development, Skiathos Island, Greece, 2003. Southhampton, The United Kingdom: WIT Press. doi: 10.2495/SPD051272
Trigger, D. S. (2002). Large-Scale Mining in Aboriginal Australia: Cultural Dispositions and Economic Aspirations in Indigenous Communities.
Trigger, D. (2002). Large-scale mining in Aboriginal Australia: cultural dispositions & economic aspirations in Indigenous communities. International codes, technology and sustainability for the minerals industry : CMMI Congress 2002, Cairns, Queensland, 27-28 May, 2002. Carlton South, VIC: The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.
Some aspects of cultural diversity throughout indigenous Australia
Trigger, David S. (1995). Some aspects of cultural diversity throughout indigenous Australia. National Native Title Tribunal Induction Course to increase awareness of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and other cultural perspectives in the native title process, Nedlands, WA, Australia, 1-3 December 1994. Perth, Australia: National Native Title Tribunal.
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:
Eastern Guruma native title claim group: territorial boundary and shared customary interests
Gorring, Dee and Trigger, David (2015). Eastern Guruma native title claim group: territorial boundary and shared customary interests. Brisbane, Australia:
Thomas Jacob v State of Western Australia and Others (Yindjibarndi #1) WAD 6005 of 2003
Trigger, David (2014). Thomas Jacob v State of Western Australia and Others (Yindjibarndi #1) WAD 6005 of 2003. Brisbane, QLD, Australia: UQ Culture and Heritage Unit.
Mithaka Native Title Claim (Q6033/02): report of the Court Expert
Trigger, David and Sneddon, Andrew (2014). Mithaka Native Title Claim (Q6033/02): report of the Court Expert. UniQuest Project No: 16945 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: UQ Culture & Heritage Unit, UniQuest.
Ganggalida eastern area report
Martin, Richard, Trigger, David and Maclean, Hilda (2013). Ganggalida eastern area report. UniQuest Project No: C00871 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: UQ Culture & Heritage Unit, UniQuest.
Gaangalu Nation Native Title Claim: application report. Final report (No. QUD400/2012)
de Rijke, Kim, Trigger, David and Sneddon, Andrew (2012). Gaangalu Nation Native Title Claim: application report. Final report (No. QUD400/2012). UniQuest Project No: 238 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.
Gangalidda and Garawa People #2 (No: QUD66/2005)
Trigger, David (2012). Gangalidda and Garawa People #2 (No: QUD66/2005). UniQuest Project; No: 198 St Lucia, QLD, Australia: UniQuest.
Trigger, David (2012). Interview with David Trigger. Goettingen, Germany: Institute for Visual Ethnography (IVE).
WAD 297/208: Harvey Murray v State of Western Australia & Ors-Yilka Native Title Claim
Trigger, David (2011). WAD 297/208: Harvey Murray v State of Western Australia & Ors-Yilka Native Title Claim. St. Lucia, QLD, Australia: School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.
Trigger, David (2009). Report on aspects of the laws and customs acknowledged and observed by the Waanyi people of North West Queensland and the Northern Territory of Australia. Waanyi People's Native Title Determination Application: Federal Court of Australia Proceedings QUD 6022 of 1999. Unknown:
Improving capacity in Native Title research
Trigger, David and Hiley, Graham (2008). Improving capacity in Native Title research. St. Lucia, Brisbane, QLD, Australia: Anthropology Program, School of Social Science.
Trigger, D., Wilding, R. and Mulcock, J. (2002). Perth, Australia.
Doomadgee : a study of power relations and social action in a north Australian Aboriginal settlement
Trigger, David S. (1985). Doomadgee : a study of power relations and social action in a north Australian Aboriginal settlement. PhD Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/200477
Jewish identity in Brisbane: the youth
Trigger, David S. (1978). Jewish identity in Brisbane: the youth. Honours Thesis, School of Social Science, The University of Queensland.
Clancestry Cultural Mapping Project - Southeast Queensland
(2018) Queensland Performing Arts Trust
Supplementary report for the Gkuthaarn and Kukatj Peoples' native title claim
(2018) UniQuest Pty Ltd
(2017–2022) ARC Discovery Indigenous
Gangalidda Native Title Connection Report
(2016–2018) HWL Ebsworth Lawyers
Supplementary Report for the Gkuthaarn and Kukatj Peoples' native title claim
(2016–2018) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Waanyi Cultural Materials Research Project
(2016–2018) Waanyi Native Title Aboriginal Corporation
Cultural Heritage Research (Native Title - Warlangurru Project)
(2016–2017) Mr Benjamin Laurel on behalf of the Warlangurru Community
Lardil People traditional land and sea estates and rights holders project
(2016) Carpentaria Land Council Aboriginal Corporation
Boojamulla National Park Aboriginal Land Act claim
(2015–2016) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Burke Shire Council Cultural History Project
(2015–2016) Burke Shire Council
Gangalidda Eastern Area Expert Native Title Report (2nd extension)
(2015–2016) UniQuest Pty Ltd
CLCAC: Normanton Native Title Claim Report
(2014–2019) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Yindijibarndi native title project
(2014–2016) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Gangalidda Eastern Area Expert Native Title Report
(2014) UniQuest Pty Ltd
(2014) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Yirendali Connection Report - Phase 2
(2013–2015) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Gaangalu Nation Native Title Claim - Connection Report
(2013–2014) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Barada-Barna Native Title Matter
(2012–2016) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Land and identity: comparative studies of belonging in Australia's Gulf Country
(2012–2016) ARC Discovery Projects
Monitoring and evaluating Moreton Bay and its catchments as a socio-ecological system
(2012–2015) ARC Linkage Projects
Gangalidda Eastern Area Expert Native Title Report
(2012–2014) UniQuest Pty Ltd
(2012) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
CLCAC: Gulf Country Water Survey
(2012) UniQuest Pty Ltd
UQ Category 1 Travel Award - David Picard
(2012) UQ Travel Awards for International Collaborative Research (Category 1)
(2011–2014) UniQuest Pty Ltd
Gaangalu Nation Native Title Claim Group
(2011–2012) UniQuest Pty Ltd
(2011–2012) UniQuest Pty Ltd
(2011–2012) UniQuest Pty Ltd
CLCAC - Gangalidda & Garawa Peoples
(2011) UniQuest Pty Ltd
The Caroline Tennant-Kelly Ethnographic Collection
(2010–2011) Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
Transforming Qualitative Research: Creating, preserving and re-using digital data
(2010) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
A 3D Laser Scanner for Collaborative Cultural Heritage and Anthropological Research
(2009) UQ School/Centre Co-Funding
Creating new research opportunities in archaeological & anthropological science
(2008) UQ Major Equipment and Infrastructure
Improving capacity in the native title system
(2007–2008) Australian Government Attorney-General's Department
(2006–2010) ARC Discovery Projects
Shaping the Future: the post land claim era and its effects on place, identity and economy for Lamalama people of Princess Charlotte Bay, Cape York, Queensland
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