Dr. Virginia Marshall

Biography

Virginia Marshall is the inaugural Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow at the Australian National University, based in the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet). She is a practicing lawyer with a focus on Aboriginal water rights and native title rights. Her doctoral thesis, which won the 2015 WEH Stanner Award, addresses Aboriginal water rights and competing claims over water property rights. Virginia has served as a criminal defence lawyer with NSW Legal Aid and has held positions with the Federal Court of Australia and the Australian Law Reform Commission. She holds various government appointments, including serving on the Climate Change Authority Board and the Aboriginal Water Interests Drafting Group. Virginia is also the Co-Chair of the Indigenous peoples, cultures, and knowledges research cluster at ANU. Her current research interest includes a three-year project on Aboriginal medicines in collaboration with Deakin and Griffith Universities. She is a highly sought-after speaker at conferences on topics related to Indigenous water rights and governance, Indigenous climate change, and traditional knowledge protection. Virginia's dedication to Indigenous legal issues and governance drives her ongoing research and advocacy efforts.

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