BA, Grad Dip, PhD (The University of Melbourne)

Associate Professor Lyndon Ormond-Parker was born in Darwin and is of Alyawarra decent, from the Barkly tablelands region of the Northern Territory. He has been involved in advocacy, policy development, research and negotiations at the local, national and international level.

A cultural heritage expert with significant experience in the fields of repatriation, archives, materials conservation, heritage and policy, information technologies and digital inclusion. He currently holds an ARC Research Fellowship (0.5EFT) with Centre for Heritage and Museum Studies Australian National University (IN220100008).

He is also the Principal Research Fellow (0.5EFT) on the Mapping the Digital Gap in Remote First Nations Communities project supported by the ARC Centre of Excellence for Automated Decision-Making and Society (CE200100005) RMIT University.

Ormond-Parker has held numerous positions across universities, organisations, government committees and boards. Recent previous appointments include:

• Advisory Committee for Indigenous Repatriation, Office for the Arts (Committee Member, 2015-2024)
• Indigenous Advisory Panel to the International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) (Panel Member, 2018-2023)
• ICOMOS GA 2023 Scientific Symposium, Indigenous Heritage Program (Australian Co-chair, 2023)
• National Centre for Indigenous Genomics (Board Member, 2018-2023)
• Australian Heritage Council (Council Member, 2015-2021)
• National Resting Place Indigenous Advisory Committee, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (Committee Member, 2019-2020)
• Return of Cultural Heritage Project Advisory Committee, Australian Institute for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (Committee Member, 2018-2020)

Ormond-Parker has significant experience in coordinating tertiary level subjects and also in the development and delivery of 'on country' learning. He has lectured in numerous graduate and undergraduate courses across disciplines and universities.

Culture Heritage
Digital Inclusion
Information Technology