GARETH LEWIS
CONSULTANT ANTHROPOLOGIST
PROJECTS
Native title research and expert connection reports, Darwin/Pine Creek hinterland, Eastern Arrernte
Aboriginal land claim research and reporting and expert testimony West Arnhem and Darwin hinterland
Gove Commercial Arbitration
Social Impact Assessment
Mineral exploration community engagement, work programme and sacred site surveys Western Arnhem Land
Sacred site surveys and management protocols, Kakadu National Park
Sacred site clearances and Authority Certificates, various regions
CLIENTS
Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority
Cape York Land Council
Central Land Council
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Circle Advisory
Cape Environmental Defenders Office
Northern Territory
Kakadu National Park
Kimberley Land Council
Northern Land Council
Rirratjingu Aboriginal Corporation
University of Queensland
ABOUT GARETH
Gareth is a highly dedicated and motivated anthropologist with over 20 years of applied experience across Australia's Northern Territory. He has worked primarily at the interface between indigenous peoples, governments, parks agencies, the mining industry and other developers striving to ensure that engagement with indigenous communities occurs within a framework of social justice as well as cultural and social sustainability.
Gareth has developed broad experiences and networks across a variety of regions working with indigenous communities and three of the peak organisations in the field of Australian applied anthropology including the Northern Land Council, the Central Land Council and the Aboriginal Areas Protection Authority. This has equipped Gareth with a unique set of competencies ranging from self-sufficient remote fieldwork and ethnographic surveys to boardroom presentations and expert witness court appearances and testimony. Gareth is a member of the Australian Anthropological Society and has been a regular contributor at the society's annual conferences and is a recnet scholar at the Centre for Native Title Anthropology at the ANU.
