Matthew Walsh

Matthew Walsh is an Indigenous Anaiwan man and Lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Technology Sydney. His work focuses on Indigenous policy engagement, legal ethics, and treaty processes across settler-colonial regimes. He actively contributes to embedding Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander knowledges in education and serves on committees like the Vice-Chancellor’s Indigenous Advisory Committee.

• Key Research Themes: Indigenous nation building, native title systems, racial violence in legal contexts, and treaty negotiations.
• Teaching: Courses on Ethics Law and Justice (2020–present) and Indigenous Peoples and the Law (2022–present).
• Service: Former Executive Manager Research at UTS’s Jumbunna Institute (2018–2020) and Manager Indigenous Employment (2011–2017).