Len Collard
Title
Len Collard
Rights
Image used with author's permission. Photograph credit to Cole Baxter Photography.
Birth Date
1959
Birthplace
Whadjuk, Balardong Noongar
Primary Sources
Collard, L. M. (2021). Katitjin Ngulluckiny Boodjera: Kura, Yeye Mila Boorda (Understanding our country: Past, today, and into the present). Westerly, 63(1), 71-82. https://westerlymag.com.au/katitjin-ngulluckiny-boodjera-kura-yeye-mila-boorda/
Collard, L., Martin, L., Reynolds, J., & Motlop, P. (2019). A Sense of Place: Nyungar Cultural Mapping of The University of Western Australia and Surrounds. ARC Centre of Excellence for the History of Emotions / Uniprint. http://www.historyofemotions.org.au/media/260037/uwa-placenames-final-research-paper-2019.pdf
Collard, L. M., Hartley, J., Scott, K. J., Lucy, N. A., Bracknell, C., Buchanan, J. B., & Cumming, I. (2017). Could a 'Noongarpedia' form the basis for an emerging form of citizenship in the age of new media? In A. Garman, & H. Wasserman (Eds.), Media and Citizenship: Between Marginalisation and Participation (pp. 159-180). HSRC Press. https://hsrcpress.ac.za/product/media-and-citizenship-between-marginalisation-and-participation/
Collard, L., Bracknell, C., & Palmer, D. (2017). Nyungar of Southwestern Australia and Flinders: A Dialogue on Using Nyungar Intelligence to Better Understand Coastal Exploration. Ab-Original: Journal of Indigenous Studies and First Nations and First Peoples’ Cultures, 1(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.5325/aboriginal.1.1.0001
Collard, L. (2008). Kura, Yeye, Boorda 'From the Past, Today and the Future'. In S. Morgan, M. Tjalaminu, & B. Kwaymullina (Eds.), Heartsick for Country - Stories of Love, Spirit and Creation (pp. 60-80). Fremantle Press. https://fremantlepress.com.au/books/heartsick-for-country/?srsltid=AfmBOooqwERC9KXZua5Kn8fR8vj_wqbIgjbcF0mjS0LqBRm1T37SL41u
Collard, L., & Palmer, D. (2006). Kura, Yeye, Boorda, Nyungar Wangkiny Gnulla Koorlangka: A Conversation about Working with Indigenous Young People in the Past, Present and Future. Youth Studies Australia, 25(4), 25. Accessed 26 March 2025, https://researchportal.murdoch.edu.au/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/Kura-Yeye-Boorda-Nyungar-Wangkiny-Gnulla/991005541538107891#details
Secondary Sources
Wooltorton, S., Stephenson, L., Ardzejewska, K., & Collard, L. (2025). Kaartdijin Bidi (Learning Journey): Place-based Cultural Regeneration at University. Australian Journal of Environmental Education. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/aee.2024.78
Prehn, J., Guerzoni, M. A., Peacock, H., Adams, M., Williamson, B., Collard, L., & Canuto, K. (2024). Supports desired by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander males in fatherhood: Focussing on the social and cultural determinates of health and well-being. Australian Journal of Social Issues, 59(2), 268-280. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajs4.313
Poelina, A., Wooltorton, S., Blaise, M., & Collard, L. (2023). Walk to the country, talk to the country: Short walking stories of learning with Indigenous voices. Resurgence & Ecologist, (336). https://www.resurgence.org/magazine/article6072-walk-to-the-country-talk-to-the-country.html
Wooltorton, S., Guenther, J., Poelina, A. et al. (2022) Learning regenerative cultures: Indigenous nations in higher education renewal in Australia. Asia Pacific Education Review. 23, 639–651 . https://doi.org/10.1007/s12564-022-09789-y
Wooltorton, S., Poelina, A., & Collard,L. (2022). River relationships: For the love of rivers. River Research and Applications, 38(3), 393–403. https://doi.org/10.1002/rra.3854
Poelina, A., Wooltorton, S., Harben, S., Collard, L., Horwitz, P., & Palmer, D. (2020). Feeling and hearing country. PAN: Philosophy Activism Nature, 15, 6–15.
Wooltorton, S., and Collard, L (2020): Book Review: Australian wetland culture: swamps and the environmental crisis. John Charles Ryan and Li Chen, eds. New York, London: Lexington Books 2020". PAN: Philosophy Activism Nature, 15, 67-70.
Wooltorton, S., Collard, L., & Horwitz, P. (2018). Living water: Groundwater and wetlands in Gnangara, Noongar boodjar. PAN: Philosophy Activism Nature, 14, 5–23. https://doi.org/10.3316/informit.236364945226853
Wooltorton, S., Collard, L., & Horwitz, P. (2017). The land still speaks: Ni, Katitj!: An introduction. PAN: Philosophy Activism Nature, 13, 57–67. https://doi.org/10.3316/informit.368273434953785
Extra Resources
Prehn, J., Peacock, H., Canuto, K., Collard, L., Guerzoni, M., & Adams, M. (2024). Indigenous fathers help build stronger communities. Here's how we can better support them. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/indigenous-fathers-help-build-stronger-communities-heres-how-we-can-better-support-them-222389
Collard, L. (2020). Looking out from Kaart Gennunginyup Bo - This Place. Digital or Visual Products, Australian Broadcasting Corporation. https://iview.abc.net.au/show/this-place/series/0/video/RA1908H033S00
Collard, L. (2020). The ANZAC Ode - English And Nyungar. Digital or Visual Products, AIATSIS. https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/
Collard, L., Palmer, D., Harben, S., Wooltorton, S., & Horwitz, P. (2020). Ways to Make Your Place in Town or City ‘Family’. Paper presented at Liveable Cities 2020, Australia. https://vimeo.com/428424284
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Citation
“Len Collard,” Decoloniality, First Nations Thinkers and thought and practices from the Global South, accessed April 6, 2025, https://omeka.cloud.unimelb.edu.au/decoloniality-and-thinkers-from-the-global-south/items/show/111.