Jan Richardson

Jan Richardson is a retired lecturer and University Fellow at Charles Darwin University (CDU), affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and Society. She collaborates with the ANU’s Darwin campus via the North Australia Research Unit. Her work focuses on Indigenous communities in Western Australia’s Pilbara and Kimberley regions, emphasizing community development, activism, and historical biographies.

Education: Master’s thesis at NTU (Indigenous women’s family support systems, 1975-1980), PhD at CDU (community transformation strategies in the Kimberley), and PhD at Monash University (biography of Don McLeod).

Research interests include Indigenous rights, labor strikes, colonial resistance, and social justice. Her recent work examines activists like Don McLeod and Stan Davey, co-founder of FCAATSI. Articles analyze historical movements and Indigenous leadership in Australian history.

Grants and labs: Supported by CDU and ANU facilities. No awards explicitly mentioned. Advising: No advisees listed, though her own theses are supervised by others.