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Biography
I am a social anthropologist and cultural heritage manager. My PhD research (1995-1998) was undertaken in the Torassi or Bensbach River area of Papua New Guinea’s Western Province, near the border with the Indonesian province of Papua. From 1999-2003 I was Anthropologist in the Native Title Office, Torres Strait Regional Authority (TSRA). Since that time I have continued to work in Torres Strait and Papua New Guinea as a consultant. I have also been a Research Officer/Project Coordinator at the Monash Indigenous Studies Centre, Monash University (2017, 2021-2024) and Research Officer at the Institute for Social Science Research, The University of Queensland (PNG-Australia Borderlands Project, 2018). Currently I am Research Unit Manager and Principal Anthropologist at the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation in Melbourne (2022-2025).
Career Highlights
Anthropologist, Native Title Office, Torres Strait Regional Authority (1999-2003)
Director, Arafura Consulting (2005-present)
Author of anthropological reports for seven native title determinations in Torres Strait
Discovery of mammal species Lagorchestes conspicillatus and Xeromys myoides in New Guinea
Memberships
- Fellow, Australian Anthropological Society
- Member, Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies
- Member, Australian Archaeological Association
- Fellow, The Linnean Society of London
Qualifications
BA (Hons) PhD (Qld) FLS
Research interests
Native title; social mapping and landowner identification; cultural heritage; maritime frontier history; political ecology; ethnotaxonomy; Papua New Guinea; Torres Strait
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David Charles Hyndman (1947-2021)
Hitchcock, G. & Hyndman-Rizik, N., 2021, In: The Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology. 23, 1, p. 135-137Research output: Contribution to journal › Letter › peer-review
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WWF's 'Gift to the Earth'
Hitchcock, G., 2020, Too Close to Ignore: Australia's Borderland with PNG and Indonesia. M. M. A. J. C-B. (ed.). 1st ed. Melbourne, Australia: Melbourne University Press (an imprint of Melbourne University Publishing), Vol. 1. p. 245-266Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Manuscript XXXII the final fate of the La Pérouse expedition? The 1818 account of Shaik jumaul, a lascar castaway in torres strait
Hitchcock, G., 3 Apr 2017, In: Journal of Pacific History. 52, 2, p. 217-235 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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From Missionaries to Mabo: Place-Based Heritage Management and Native Title in Torres Strait
McNiven, I. J. & Hitchcock, G., 2016, The Right to Protect Sites: Indigenous Heritage Management in the Era of Native Title. P. F. M. (ed.). 1 ed. Canberra: Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS), Vol. 1. p. 159-186Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Avifauna of deliverance island (Warul Kawa) and Kerr Islet (Awaiyal Kawa), North-western Torres strait
Watson, J. J. & Hitchcock, G., Dec 2015, In: Sunbird. 45, 2, p. 65-77 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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