RESEARCH & BIBLIOGRAPIES

Qualifications:

2007 Ph.D. in Indigenous Philosophy, University of Western Sydney.

1997 M.A. in Screen Writing, Australian Film Television & Radio School, Macquarie University.

1996 B.A. Communications, University of Technology. Majoring in Writing & Aboriginal Philosophy.

Boards & Engagement:

NAISDA Curriculum Board Wiliguwa

RMIT Mapping the Digital Divide Research Advisory Group

Indigenous Department, Australian Film Commission, Sydney, NSW, April - July, 2003 Appointed to the Board of the Sydney Writer's Festival by the Lord Mayor of Sydney, 2000/2002.

Curriculum Development:

2018 – 2021: Online curriculum. Binung Boorigan Pty Ltd commissioned to design and write course content for an online curriculum for Australian Film Television & Radio School (AFTRS) Indigenous based on Pathways & Protocols written by Terri Janke. The online course titled An Introduction to Indigenous Media Ethics & Aesthetics will be launched by AFTRS in 2021.

2018: Website - Australian Indigenous Film & TV (AIFTV) Research and Knowledge Sharing Hub. A website platform for sharing knowledge, ideas and resources about Australian Indigenous film and television. It has been built as part of a collaborative research project between an Australian Indigenous scholar and filmmaker – Romaine Moreton – and two non-Indigenous scholars – Therese Davis and Chris Healy.

Keynote and Invited Speaker:

European Association for Studies on Australia (EASA): Encountering Australia: Transcultural Conversations, Wednesday 24 to Friday 26 September, 2014 Monash University Prato Centre, ITALY.

Keynote Speaker, 'Amazing Stories' - Every moment has an amazing story. Campbelltown Arts Centre Heritage 14th April 2011

Keynote Speaker, 'Stories about Stories' U-matic to Youtube, An international symposium celebrating 30 years of Australian Indigenous Community Filmmaking, Monash University and Australian Centre for the Moving Image, Melbourne, 8-10 June 2010.

Invited speaker, Courting Blakness Symposium, University of Queensland, Sept 5-6, 2014. http://courtingblakness.com/courting-blakness-symposium/

Guest writer, Women of Letters. Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, part two in a series with Sarah Hanson-Young, Meshel Laurie, Annette Shun-Wah, Women of Letters is an afternoon that celebrates a diverse range of strong female talent Co-curated by Marieke Hardy and Michaela McGuire, 20 July 2014

Guest speaker/writer and Film screening WILLIAMSTOWN LITERARY FESTIVAL PROGRAM, Melbourne, Victoria, 31st May 2014

Presentation of Spoken Word Poetry, MELBOURNE FESTIVAL: WHISPER IN MY MASK, TarraWarra Biennial one-day program of performances, talks and interactive events curated especially for Melbourne Festival, October 19 2014. https://www.twma.com.au/events/melbourne-festival-whisper-in-my-mask/

Plenary Speaker, 'Indigenous stories of modernity' Found in Translation: Textual Explorations of Australia and the World, International conference, Monash University Prato Centre, 21-25 September, 2010.

Plenary Speaker (virtual presentation), 'History and Remembrance in Indigenous Film' Remapping the Future: History, Culture and Environment in Australia and India, Second international Conference, Indian association for the Study of Australia (IASA), Eastern Region. Kolkata, 22-24 January, 2011. Moreton, Romaine.

'Reading and discussion by writer Romaine Moreton', Art + Soul, Art Gallery of NSW, 4th October 2010.

'Indigenous Transmedia Storytelling' Research Seminar Paper and workshop, Embedding Indigenous Knowledge in the Academy, School of Psychology University of Queensland, November 8th - 11th 2010

'New Directions in Australian Indigenous Filmmaking', International Research Seminar, University of Norway Finnmark College, Alta, Norway, 14 September, 2010.

'Metaphors and Narrative' , Film Storytelling in North Norway and Australia, International Seminar, 7A North Cape International Film Festival, Honningsvag, Norway, 15 September, 2010 'The Indigenous voice and ideas of home' Sami College of Higher Education, Kautokeino, Norway, 16 September, 2010.

'Indigenous Storytelling - Television' Workshop, Sami International Film Institute, Kautokeino, Norway, 17 September, 2010.

Moreton, Romaine: 'Blak Beauty' Performance Poetry to launch The Department of Drama and Theatre at Royal Holloway as part of the AHRC-funded workshop series on Indigeneity and Performance, University of London, September 22 2009. http://www.indigeneity.net/archive/

'The Farm - stories of childhood', 'Beyond Text: Performances, Sounds, Images, Objects' at Royal Holloway, Heritage and Material Culture Symposium, 19th September 2009.

Moreton, Romaine. Eye of the Storm, Northern Territory Writer's Festival, Alice Springs, appeared on two panel sessions; 'Writer's as Readers' with Kate Grenville and Shane Maloney, and 'The Soul in Exile', May 2009.

Moreton, Romaine. 'National Sorry Day Reading', Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney Writer's Festival, 26th May 2009.

Moreton, Romaine. 'Decolonising the Frame: Exploring Indigenous Agency in Ethnographic Works' - Indigenous Studies, Indigenous Knowledge Conference (ISIK), 30 November - 1 December 2009.

2020: Film - Jaara Nyilamum —

• Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI) commissioned Binung Boorigan to produce a short film for ACMI’s permanent exhibition. The film titled Jaara Nyilamum is an audio-visual work that features the song Jaara Nyilamum (Jaara Baby), a collaboration between Dr Lou Bennett AM and the Australian String Quartet.

2016: One Billion Beats —

• One Billion Beats, examines the historical representation of Aboriginal people in Australian cinema and its projection onto Romaine’s own lived experience and personal stories. One Billion Beats is a profoundly political and resonant work, an act of intellectual courage and personal candour that will privilege an Indigenous perspective on cultural representation in film and beyond. This performance is a story of insight, horror, relevance and beauty. Written and Directed by Romaine Moreton & Alana Valentine, Music and Sound Design: Lou Bennett, Video Design: Sean Bacon, Set Design: Romaine Moreton & Sean Bacon, Lighting Design: Hugh Hamilton, Research: Romaine Moreton, Associate Producer: Vicki Gordon.

Video Installation " Ragtag" (Moreton 2014) —

• An observational video that explores fetishisation of the Aboriginal body in public art. 16 August-16 November, 2014. TARRAWARRA BIENNIAL 2014 - WHISPER IN MY MASK. The TarraWarra Biennial was inaugurated in 2006 as a signature exhibition to identify new developments in contemporary Australian art practice under an experimental curatorial platform.

The Oysterman (Writer/Director (2013)).

• Dramatic short film 14mins. To be broadcast on ABC 2013. Accepted into 19th WOW Film Festival, Melbourne International Film Festival (MIFF) 2013, Brisbane Film Festival 2013, Wairoa Film Festival (NZ) 2013. To be broadcast on ABC 1

The Farm (Writer/Director (2009))

• Dramatic short film 11 mins. Broadcast on ABC December 2009, and won Best Short Film at Chashama Film Festival (New York, USA)

A Walk With Words (Co-writer's Romaine Moreton & Erica Glynn, Director Erica Glynn, Produced by Charlotte Seymour (2000)).

• A half hour documentary on the poetry and life of Romaine Moreton. Won Best International Short Film which doubled as the launch, at the Women on Women Film Festival in Sydney, 2000, and broadcast on ABC, NITV.

Cherish (Writer Romaine Moreton, Director Stephen Jones (1998)).

• A short dramatic film which went on to the Cannes International Film Festival, and which was later sold for theatre release in England, and then sold to appear before features in theatre’s throughout the U.S. in 1998, one Australian film every four years begin given this opportunity. With John Adam, Russell Page, Jack Aisbett, Stephen Lance.

Redreaming the Dark (Writer Romaine Moreton, Director Erica Glynn, Producer Charlotte Seymour (1998)).

• A short dramatic film starring Leah Purcell, Irma Wood and Emily Watson, voice over Justine Saunders. New York Film Festival 1999, Cannes Fringe Festival 1998 as part of a national student package.

Researcher and Producer —

First Australians, Ep. 1 - They Have Come To Stay (Episode Researcher, Aired 22nd January 2012)

• This landmark series chronicles the birth of contemporary Australia as never told before, from the perspective of its first people. It explores what unfolds when the oldest living culture in the world is overrun by the world's greatest empire, and depicts the true stories of individuals - both black and white. The story begins in 1788 in Sydney with the friendship between an Englishmen, Governor Phillip, and a warrior, Bennelong. (Commissioned by SBS, Documentary Series (Rpt) PG CC)

B is for Boong (Producer)

• A short documentary written and directed by Josh Ridgeway, exploring the impact of racist language and slurs on Indigenous peoples. Co-produced with Amala Bloom, B is for Boong aired on NITV June 23rd, 9pm.

Curator —

Guest Audio-Visual Curator, Sydney Festival: 181 Regent Street

• Presented by Sydney Festival and Carriageworks in association with ABC, December 2011

Invitation to Judge the 2010 Parliament of NSW Aboriginal Art Prize

• With ABC radio presenter Daniel Browning, 2010. Prize: $20,000

Film Curator, Australian Screen

• Australia's audiovisual heritage online, 2006-2007

Books —

• Moreton, Romaine: ‘Poems from a Homeland 100 Notes, 100 Thoughts’: documenta (13), Series 020, 2012. ISBN: 9783775728690.

• Moreton, Romaine. ‘Post me to the Prime Minister’, PUBLISHER: IAD Press, 2004. PUBLICATION DATE:00/06/2004 ISBN-10: 1864650613, ISBN-13: 978-1864650617

• Moreton, Romaine: ‘The Callused Stick of Wanting’, Self Published, 1995.

Anthologies —

• Moreton, Romaine: ‘Beside the River’, Volume One: MCA Collection, 29 March 2012. ISBN: 9781921034541(hbk)

• Moreton, Romaine: 'Seasonal Revelations' Laguna Bay Publishing Pty, 2010.Yarning Strong, Laguna Bay Publishing Pty Ltd

• Moreton, Romaine. 'Genocide is Never Justified', The Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature, General editor, Nicholas Jose Allen & Unwin, 2009.

• Moreton, Romaine. 'Mamillates and Tresses "She looked into the sky", Romaine Moreton . 1995 poetry (p. 57-61), Motherlode : Australian Women's Poetry 1986 - 2008, Editor: Jennifer Harrison. Kate Waterhouse. 2009.

• Moreton, Romaine. 'I Shall Surprise You By My Will'. Avoiding Myth & Message : Australian Artists and the Literary World anthology poetry prose. Compiler: Glenn Barkley, Sydney : Museum of Contemporary Art 2009, ISBN: 9781921034336 (pbk.)

• Moreton, Romaine. 'Freedom Now', 'Beside the River', Terra, A Bilingual Anthology from Wordstorm, the NT Writer's Festival, Kata Kita Press,June 2007, Edited by Dr Sandra Thibodeaux and Sitok Srengenge, Chief Translator: Kadek Adidharma. ISBN: 978-0-646-47529-5 Pages: 402

• Moreton, Romaine. Translation of Romaine Moreton's "Blak Beauty" and "I shall surprise you by my will". / Castro, Estelle; Guerre, Philippe. 12 p.In: Multitudes, Vol. 29, 06.2007, p. 101-112. Quand la parole libere (de) l'ecrit, et l'ecrit (de) la parole.. .Entretien avec Romaine Moreton. / Castro, Estelle.

• Moreton, Romaine. Rimfire/Romaine Moreton, Alf Taylor, Michael J. Smith. Published by Magabala Books, Broome, W.2067 - The Oysterman | Melbourne International Film FestivalA 2000. ISBN: 978-1- 87564-159- 8 ( 1875641599

• Moreton, Romaine. Untreated: Poems by Black Writers, Edited by Josie Douglas, IAD Press, Alice Springs, September 2001. ISBN: 1864650397 ISBN-13: 9781864650396

• Moreton, Romaine. Lonely Planet, Indigenous Guide. Contributed a piece on Indigenous Theatre. May 2001

• Moreton, Romaine. 'Keeper of the Souls', Waiting in Space, an anthology Published by Xtext Magazine, 2000.

• Moreton, Romaine. Fruit Salad, Random House, published by the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, 1997

• Girls Talk, published by Finch Publishing Pty Limited, September 1998 Book Chapters:

• Romaine Moreton, 'Poetry, Prose and Polemics', Nelson Aboriginal Studies, 1st Edition, Nelson Cengage, 2012. ISBN-10: 0170196283 ISBN-13: 9780170196284

Academic Appointments:

• ARC Discovery Indigenous Grant: 2021 to the present - Developing an Indigenous Creative Arts Framework to reimagine and transform the Humanities across Australian Universities.

  • Dr Ali Baker; Dr Simone Tur; Associate Professor Katerina Teaiwa; Mrs Faye Blanch; Dr Natalie Harkin; Dr Cindy Bennett; Dr Romaine Moreton for project to develop an Indigenous Creative Arts Framework to reimagine and transform the Humanities across Australian Universities

• ARC DISCOVERY PROJECT – Contemporary Indigenous film and television: new frames of understanding, January 2014 – December 2016: Produced new knowledge about the complex relationships between contemporary film and television made by Indigenous creatives in Australia and the long history of film and television about Indigenous people that continues to powerfully influence contemporary image making. Indigenous perspectives and methods were central to this research by collaborating throughout the project with Romaine Moreton, a leading indigenous scholar and filmmaker. Created radically new frames of understanding the local, national and international significance of these vital, challenging and diverse forms media production. Research Team: Prof. Chris Healy (Melbourne University), Dr Therese Davis (Monash University), Dr Romaine Moreton (Monash University).

• 2014—2016: Research Fellow/Filmmaker in Residence, School of Media, Film & Journalism, Faculty of Arts, Monash University.

• 2008—2013: Post Doctoral Research Fellow, Umulliko Indigenous Higher Education Research Centre, University of Newcastle

  • Project Title – Portals to Protocols: The production of Indigenous media in Australia is currently governed in principle by protocols that seek to protect Indigenous Cultural Intellectual Rights (ICIP) during media production. The Portals to Protocols Media Project examined the Indigenous cultural philosophy and knowledge that inform ICIP, shaping Indigenous media production by or in collaboration with Indigenous communities.

Scholarships and Fellowships:

2009, June to September: Research Fellow, National Film and Sound Archive, Canberra.

• Moreton, Romaine and Davis, Therese. "Working in Communities, Connecting with Culture: Reflecting on U-matic to YouTube A National Symposium Celebrating Three Decades of Australian Indigenous Community Filmmaking", Screening the Past, 31, 2011. 50% (ARC- Ranking: A*)

• Moreton, Romaine, "The Farm (2009) and Indigenous Remembrance”, Screening the Past, 31, 2011. 100% (ARC-ranking: A*)

• Moreton, Romaine and Davis, Therese. "Healing Wounds from the Past: Performing History, Loss and Memory in Whispering In Our Hearts: The Mowla Bluff Massacre”, Interventions, International Journal of Postcolonial Studies. Accepted January 2011, forthcoming Spring 2013. 50% (ARC-ranking: A)

• Moreton, Romaine. "Places that name us”, Artlink - A special issue on Diaspora, Vol 31 no 1, 2011.

• Moreton, Romaine, ‘Casting Shadows', Blak on Blak, special issue of Artlink Magazine, 30:1, 2010.

• Moreton, Romaine. 'White'. The Journal of the European Association of Studies on Australia, Vol.2. No.2, 2011, ISSN 2013-6897 under the auspices of Coolabah Observatori: Centre d'Estudis Australians, Australian Studies Centre, Universitat de Barcelona

AusLit - Works by Dr Romaine Moreton

Macquarie Pen Anthology - Spotlight on Dr Romaine Moreton

Artlink - Editorial: Kin Constellations: Languages, waters, futures

The Collector - 6 Important Female Aboriginal Writers & Activists You Should Read About

Cambria Press Publication - Giving this Country a Memory; Featured Author: Romaine Moreton

Blindside First Nations Writing Program - Poetry of the Personal and Political

Notes on Recent Australian Poetry - Pam Brown

Interview for Multitudes, Vol. 29 (2007) - Quand la parole libere (de) l'ecrit, et l'ecrit (de) la parole)