I am Nathan Woolford. This page is a bit about me and a lot about the work I do. I am not sure where one begins and the other ends so I will just jump right in. I completed a Bachelor of Arts in anthropology (UQ) in 2001. I completed honours in 2003( I also won the Neville Bonner Memorial Scholarship). My honours thesis was on indigenous cultural property rights and ethics. When I get around to doing the corrections it will be available from UQ eSpace. In 2004 I started a Master of Arts in philosophy (UQ) but deferred to go work in Native Title. I came back in 2006 and hope to finish the degree this year.

I do all sorts of work. Since 1996 I have been involved in archaeology. Up until going into Native Title arcaheology had been my main focus. At QSNTS I worked as a project manager, researcher and anthropologist. In 2000 I did part of an IT degree and since then have also done work in web design. For some years I have been editor of Birra News but handed over to Krystle Sutherland in 2008. I have also worked as a consultant in archaeology, anthropology, facilitation/mediation, ethics, and web design.

I am also Murri, Gooreng Gooreng. My country is near Monto, if anyone knows where that is. I am very proud of my heritage. I was born on the Gold Coast, I lived there for one day before we moved. I then spent several years in Beenleigh. I remember those years as some of the happiest of my childhood (well probably on the last one or two as we left around the time I was 5). We then moved out to Bancroft (near Monto). Bancroft and the country around it are home to me and I miss it every day. I then lived in Bungunya and started high school in Toowoomba. After some adventures I finished high school in Brisbane at Oxley Secondary College where I met my children's mother Lana, and my best friend Tommy Josey (who is like a brother to me). The Josey's are my other family, I have spent as may xmas with them as I have with my own, thankyou Mama Josey and Rene! I went to Kangaroo Point TAFE for a year and then UQ.

At UQ I was fortunate enough to meet and become friends with many great people. First must be my other best friend Sean Ulm, who has been the best mentor you could hope for. Others include Michael Williams, a great man who I respect and look up to a lot, Ian Lilley who has taught me much about the world, and others who I did not get to become friends with (I am pretty shy beside what people say!) such as Bruce Rigsby, Jay Hall, John Bradley and Liz Mackinlay (the greatest teacher I have ever met and one of the best anthropologists, although she calls her self an ethnomusicologist).

Others I have worked with and who have influenced me greatly are first and foremost Val Cooms, my boss and an inspirational woman, Karen McFadden who I have worked with on and off for many years now, Robert Graham, one of the best anthropologists around, Paul Gorecki who without doubt is the most impressive consultant I have ever had the pleasure of working with and Lee Sackett whose professionalism and knowledge has left me rather in awe and feeling rather lacking in so many ways (a life of hard work is all that can make up for that I fear!). There are more but that will do for here!

I have five sisters (Jannine, Jodie (dec.), Maria and Amy and Kym), three brothers (Dave, Ross and Greg). I also have four cousins (Angela (dec.), Cathy, Kylie and Victoria) who are like sisters to me. I have three children of my own Tahnee, Löki and Will.

If you want to contact me the best way is via email.