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Liam M. Brady is an Australian Research Council Future Fellow and Associate Professor at Flinders University's College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences. Originally from Canada with Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuelan, and Irish heritage, he completed his PhD at Monash University after undergraduate studies at Wilfrid Laurier University.
- Current position: Associate Professor, Flinders University (since 2020)
- Previous roles: Senior Lecturer & Associate Professor, Monash Indigenous Studies Centre; ARC Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Western Australia
His research program focuses on Indigenous cultural heritage with multidisciplinary approaches, particularly examining rock art, stone artefacts, and rockshelter occupation sites. Key research areas involve rock art as symbolic communication, social network development in island contexts, decolonizing heritage research, and maritime landscape analysis.
Recent publications explore blue pigment rock art, palaeoecological shifts in Marra Country, and hybrid economic frameworks in cross-cultural rock art interpretation. His 2023 book Jakarda Wuka (Too Many Stories) received multiple awards including Chief Minister's Northern Territory History Book Award.
Scientific achievements include:
- ARC Linkage Grant (LP220100143): 2023-2027
- ARC Discovery Indigenous Grant (IN220100079): 2022-2026
- ARC Special Research Initiative (SR2002200062): 2021-2023
- Future Fellow, ARC (FT180100038): 2019-2022
He collaborates with Aboriginal communities including Yanyuwa, Marra, Palyku, and Kaurareg Nation, working with organizations like li-Anthawirrayarra Sea Rangers and McArthur River Mine's Community Benefits Trust.
