Daryle Rigney

Daryle is a citizen of the Ngarrindjeri Nation whose Country is located along the lower River Murray, Fleurieu Peninsula, Coorong and Lakes in South Australia. He has extensive senior experience in the higher education sector where he currently serves as Professor and Director of the Indigenous Nations and Collaborative Futures Research Hub, Jumbunna Institute, University of Technology Sydney having previously served for eight years as the Dean Indigenous Strategy and Engagement, Flinders University. Daryle’s research focus and community work is in the field of Indigenous Nation Building as applied in diverse disciplines including cultural heritage, repatriation and reburial; natural resource management and water policy; education and Indigenous governance. Daryle has and continues to work on Ngarrindjeri Nation Building and Self-determination strategies and was Ngarrindjeri co-negotiator and spokesperson on in treaty negotiations with the State of South Australia in 2016-17. This experience has led to collaborations, research and teaching with communities/nations and other institutions both domestically in Australia and internationally in the United States, Canada, Aotearoa New Zealand and Europe.

Daryle is a board member and the deputy chair of the Australian Indigenous Governance Institute, a member of the Indigenous Advisory Council, Native Nations Institute, University of Arizona, a Senior Fellow and Pou, Atlantic Fellows for Social Equity, Melbourne & Atlantic Institute, Oxford University, Oxford and board member of Ngarrindjeri Aboriginal Corporation Compensation Trust. He has previously served on the board of the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority, Ngarrindjeri Ruwe Contracting, the Australian Centre for Social Innovation (TACSI) and the South Australian Certificate of Education’s Aboriginal Steering Committee. In 2013, Daryle was acknowledged as the South Australian National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC) Aboriginal person of the year. Daryle holds a degree in Secondary Physical Education and Australian Studies, a Masters in Curriculum Leadership, a Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Governance and a Graduate Certificate in Education.