Biography
ADJUNCT ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MARY GRAHAM (UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND)
Dr Mary Graham is an Adjunct Associate Professor in Political Science at the University of Queensland. She grew up in South-East Queensland, and is a Kombu-merri person through her father’s heritage and a Wakka Wakka clan through her mother’s heritage. With a career spanning more than 30 years, Mary has worked across several government agencies, community organisations and universities. Mary has been a dedicated lecturer with the University of Queensland, teaching Aboriginal history, politics and comparative philosophy. Mary has written and published many prominent works, including – publications in the Aboriginal Encyclopaedia, training modules for Cross Cultural Awareness and a host of academic papers.
Presentations and Publications
❖ Graham, Mary (2023). ‘the law of obligation, aboriginal ethics: australia becoming, australia dreaming’. parrhesia (37) pp 1-21. Download article.
❖ Listen to Mary Graham speaking, as part of the Greenprints Exchange Workshop Series, about Indigenous philosophy and the relationist ethos.
❖ Glenn Woods, Mike Winer, and Mary Graham, ‘Forever Industries – First Nations’ approaches to sustainable economic futures’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 4 March 2025). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_6yL0wQMUiI.
❖ Nidala Barker, Mary Graham, and Yin Paradies, ‘Decolonising and nonviolence: relationality, entanglement and complexity’ (Webinar, Green Institute, 6 November 2024) https://www.greeninstitute.org.au/events/decolonising-and-nonviolence/.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘How the Aboriginal relationalist ethos can inform law and regulation’ (Conference Presentation, AELERT & INECE 2024 Global Summit, 2024). Presentation pdf: https://aelert.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/How-the-Aboriginal-relationalist-ethos-can-inform-law-and-regulation-Mary-Graham.pdf.
❖ Mary Graham and Michelle Maloney, ‘Future Law: The Relationist Ethos and Governance’ (Conference Presentation, AELERT & INECE 2024 Global Summit, 2024). Presentation pdf: https://aelert.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Graham-and-Maloney-24-11-08-AELERT-INECE-2024-Global-Summit-FINAL-SESSION.pdf
❖ Mary Graham and Michelle Maloney, ‘EXPLORING BIOREGIONALISM: First Peoples’ governance systems and the Relationist Ethos’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 5 December 2024). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieb9mDp1C9U&t=1607s.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘Indigenous philosophy and ‘Relationist Economics’ with Mary Graham’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 12 September 2023). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8afvrlkpxy4&t=1s.
❖ Mary Graham, Yin Paradies, and Michelle Maloney, ‘Decolonising our thinking, feelings, and actions’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 7 September 2023). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo4CXIboS1Q.
❖ Ross Williams, Mary Graham, and Michelle Maloney, ‘Connecting to Place, Caring for Country’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 10 September 2022) https://www.earthlaws.org.au/event/connecting-to-place-sept-2022/.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘Indigenous Philosophy and the Relationist Ethos’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 9 June 2022). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unbtHQnTAxk&t=1s.
❖ Mary Graham, Anne Poelina, Helena Norberg-Hodge, and Michelle Maloney, ‘Caring for Country, Caring for Each Other: Celebrating World Localisation Day in Australia’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 14 June 2021). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RNDceML8QU.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance, ‘Rights of Nature (2020) – Public Lecture: Dr Michelle Maloney (AELA) and Mary Graham (Future Dreaming, UQ, Blackcard), “Rights of Nature, Earth Jurisprudence and Caring for Country – An Australian Approach to Earth Laws”’ (Web Page, 13 October 2020) https://www.earthlaws.org.au/events/rights-of-nature-2020/.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance, ‘Workshop Series: “Connecting to Place, Caring for Country”’ (Web Page, 2020) https://www.earthlaws.org.au/our-programs/future-dreaming/. During 2020 we hosted an online workshop series which focused on how human relationships with the living world can form a foundation for broader societal change and governance stability. By bringing together Aboriginal philosophy and law, with Western critiques of the current governance system, the workshop explored how ancient and emerging place-based approaches can offer an effective, practical, compassionate and successful future for Australia. The webinars featured Mary Graham, Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy at UQ and Kombumerri person, Ross Williams – a Bindal/Juru man and social activist and Dr Michelle Maloney, National Convenor of AELA.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance and Future Dreaming, ‘Peace and Stability Dialogue’ (Web Page, November 2019) https://www.earthlaws.org.au/. AELA and Future Dreaming co-hosted an innovative dialogue event with UQ, led by Mary Graham, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland and Kombumerri person. Please visit the Dialogue Series webpage for more information.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance, ‘Earth Arts Workshop’ (Web Page, June 2018). AELA hosted a 4 day Earth Arts workshop for 20 non-indigenous artists, which included a day’s session with Mary Graham, to increase the understanding of First Nations culture and wisdom by non-indigenous people.
❖ 4ZZZ/Triple A Murri Radio, ‘Auntie’s Lilla Watson & Mary Graham’ (Radio Program, 2017) https://triplea.org.au/listen/programs/lets-talk/aunties-lilla-watson-mary-graham/
❖ The Green Institute, ‘Everything Is Connected: Mary Graham Plenary on Indigenous Conceptions of Governance’ (Web Page, 2017) https://www.greeninstitute.org.au/indigenous-conceptions-governance/
❖ Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, ‘Indigenous Conceptions of Governance’ (Web Page, 2017) https://ipan.org.au/talk-by-dr-mary-graham-indigenous-conceptions-of-governance/
❖ Peoples’ Tribunal (2016). In October 2016, AELA hosted the first Australian Peoples’ Tribunal for Community and Nature’s Rights. Tribunal Panelists included First Nations Peoples representatives Professor Irene Watson and Adjunct Associate Professor Mary Graham, and included a case presented by traditional custodians of the Mardoowarra/Fitzroy River (WA). Read more information about the Tribunal.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham: On Contemporary Aboriginal Culture’ (YouTube, 15 August 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG_y0z6UmqU.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham: Aboriginal Communities in South East Queensland’ (YouTube, 15 August 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zj4SAsPBAE.
❖ Conversations, “Indigenous Elder Mary Graham Describes the Essence of Indigenous Perception” (podcast episode, ABC Radio, 22 January 2013) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/indigenous-elder-mary-graham-describes-the-essence-of-indigenous/7756396.
❖ Good Culture and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham | Good Culture and Precariousness’ (webpage, archived between 2015-2018) https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/good-culture/participants/mary-graham/.
❖ Nidala Barker, Mary Graham, and Yin Paradies, ‘Decolonising and nonviolence: relationality, entanglement and complexity’ (Webinar, Green Institute, 6 November 2024) https://www.greeninstitute.org.au/events/decolonising-and-nonviolence/.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘How the Aboriginal relationalist ethos can inform law and regulation’ (Conference Presentation, AELERT & INECE 2024 Global Summit, 2024). Presentation pdf: https://aelert.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/How-the-Aboriginal-relationalist-ethos-can-inform-law-and-regulation-Mary-Graham.pdf.
❖ Mary Graham and Michelle Maloney, ‘Future Law: The Relationist Ethos and Governance’ (Conference Presentation, AELERT & INECE 2024 Global Summit, 2024). Presentation pdf: https://aelert.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Graham-and-Maloney-24-11-08-AELERT-INECE-2024-Global-Summit-FINAL-SESSION.pdf
❖ Mary Graham and Michelle Maloney, ‘EXPLORING BIOREGIONALISM: First Peoples’ governance systems and the Relationist Ethos’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 5 December 2024). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ieb9mDp1C9U&t=1607s.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘Indigenous philosophy and ‘Relationist Economics’ with Mary Graham’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 12 September 2023). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8afvrlkpxy4&t=1s.
❖ Mary Graham, Yin Paradies, and Michelle Maloney, ‘Decolonising our thinking, feelings, and actions’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 7 September 2023). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bo4CXIboS1Q.
❖ Ross Williams, Mary Graham, and Michelle Maloney, ‘Connecting to Place, Caring for Country’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 10 September 2022) https://www.earthlaws.org.au/event/connecting-to-place-sept-2022/.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘Indigenous Philosophy and the Relationist Ethos’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 9 June 2022). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=unbtHQnTAxk&t=1s.
❖ Mary Graham, Anne Poelina, Helena Norberg-Hodge, and Michelle Maloney, ‘Caring for Country, Caring for Each Other: Celebrating World Localisation Day in Australia’ (Webinar, Australian Earth Laws Alliance, 14 June 2021). Webinar recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RNDceML8QU.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance, ‘Rights of Nature (2020) – Public Lecture: Dr Michelle Maloney (AELA) and Mary Graham (Future Dreaming, UQ, Blackcard), “Rights of Nature, Earth Jurisprudence and Caring for Country – An Australian Approach to Earth Laws”’ (Web Page, 13 October 2020) https://www.earthlaws.org.au/events/rights-of-nature-2020/.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance, ‘Workshop Series: “Connecting to Place, Caring for Country”’ (Web Page, 2020) https://www.earthlaws.org.au/our-programs/future-dreaming/. During 2020 we hosted an online workshop series which focused on how human relationships with the living world can form a foundation for broader societal change and governance stability. By bringing together Aboriginal philosophy and law, with Western critiques of the current governance system, the workshop explored how ancient and emerging place-based approaches can offer an effective, practical, compassionate and successful future for Australia. The webinars featured Mary Graham, Adjunct Associate Professor of Philosophy at UQ and Kombumerri person, Ross Williams – a Bindal/Juru man and social activist and Dr Michelle Maloney, National Convenor of AELA.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance and Future Dreaming, ‘Peace and Stability Dialogue’ (Web Page, November 2019) https://www.earthlaws.org.au/. AELA and Future Dreaming co-hosted an innovative dialogue event with UQ, led by Mary Graham, Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Queensland and Kombumerri person. Please visit the Dialogue Series webpage for more information.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance, ‘Earth Arts Workshop’ (Web Page, June 2018). AELA hosted a 4 day Earth Arts workshop for 20 non-indigenous artists, which included a day’s session with Mary Graham, to increase the understanding of First Nations culture and wisdom by non-indigenous people.
❖ 4ZZZ/Triple A Murri Radio, ‘Auntie’s Lilla Watson & Mary Graham’ (Radio Program, 2017) https://triplea.org.au/listen/programs/lets-talk/aunties-lilla-watson-mary-graham/
❖ The Green Institute, ‘Everything Is Connected: Mary Graham Plenary on Indigenous Conceptions of Governance’ (Web Page, 2017) https://www.greeninstitute.org.au/indigenous-conceptions-governance/
❖ Independent and Peaceful Australia Network, ‘Indigenous Conceptions of Governance’ (Web Page, 2017) https://ipan.org.au/talk-by-dr-mary-graham-indigenous-conceptions-of-governance/
❖ Peoples’ Tribunal (2016). In October 2016, AELA hosted the first Australian Peoples’ Tribunal for Community and Nature’s Rights. Tribunal Panelists included First Nations Peoples representatives Professor Irene Watson and Adjunct Associate Professor Mary Graham, and included a case presented by traditional custodians of the Mardoowarra/Fitzroy River (WA). Read more information about the Tribunal.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham: On Contemporary Aboriginal Culture’ (YouTube, 15 August 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG_y0z6UmqU.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham: Aboriginal Communities in South East Queensland’ (YouTube, 15 August 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zj4SAsPBAE.
❖ Conversations, “Indigenous Elder Mary Graham Describes the Essence of Indigenous Perception” (podcast episode, ABC Radio, 22 January 2013) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/conversations/indigenous-elder-mary-graham-describes-the-essence-of-indigenous/7756396.
❖ Good Culture and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham | Good Culture and Precariousness’ (webpage, archived between 2015-2018) https://wp.lancs.ac.uk/good-culture/participants/mary-graham/.
❖ Australasian Association of Philosophy AAP, ‘Mary Graham – Metaphysical Identity: Time For An Australian Philosophy?’ (YouTube, 9 September 2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iR5hMWSo0NU.
❖ UQ Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, ‘Holding, Thoughts on Body and Country, in Place: A Conversation with Mary Graham & Ariel Salleh Pt.1’ (YouTube, 17 May 2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjcDUOYVUTQ.
❖ UQ Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, ‘Holding, Thoughts on Body and Country, in Place: A Conversation with Mary Graham & Ariel Salleh Pt.2’ (YouTube, 17 May 2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_Roxp6Jbv8.
❖ UQ Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, ‘The Hunt for an Australian Philosophy: A Conversation with Mary Graham & Stephen Muecke’ (YouTube, 17 May 2025) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ed-VJlJzBbI.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance, ‘Indigenous philosophy and ‘Relationist Economics’ with Mary Graham’ (YouTube, 12 September 2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8afvrlkpxy4.
❖ ANU TV, ‘Coral Bell School Inaugural Annual Lecture on Indigenous Diplomacy’ (YouTube, 7 March 2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4yz9J31vtw.
❖ Australian Philosophy Research Group, ‘Aboriginal Political Philosophy: A Conversation with Mary Graham & Morgan Brigg’ (YouTube, 2 May 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzSNw3RdvE8.
❖ CASSE NSW Inc, ‘Adjunct Assoc Prof Mary Graham’s presentation at the Online Workshop of April 23rd’ (YouTube, 29 April 2022) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5m8vlSnx4I.
❖ The Royal Society of Victoria, ‘The Land and its Laws of Obligation’ (YouTube, 31 March 2021) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5afkf6LQE0.
❖ Australian Earth Laws Alliance, ‘Mary Graham – Earth Ethics’ (YouTube, 2 December 2017) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hHYEVYqg3L8.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham, Victoria Gallagher and Fiona Rowley: Women and Community’ (YouTube, 15 June 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6lGq3yaYPY.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham and Lesley van Moelenbroek: On Women in Aboriginal Communities’ (YouTube, 22 February 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QTIIrA60-l0.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham, Community Worker: Biographical Interview’ (YouTube, 3 March 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUJicpgoWgg.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham, Co-Chairperson Murri Mura Aboriginal Corporation: On Ashington’ (YouTube, 8 March 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzPfEgjtwJU.
❖ QCOSS, ‘Achieving Equity for Children and Families through Community Capacity Building. Mary Graham’ (YouTube, 13 March 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qXdM9D3QPk.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham: On Autonomy’ (YouTube, 22 December 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOf8pYbQGaU.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham: On Contemporary Aboriginal Culture’ (YouTube, 15 August 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FG_y0z6UmqU.
❖ A Cross-Cultural Working Group on ‘Good Culture’ and Precariousness, ‘Mary Graham: Aboriginal Communities in South East Queensland’ (YouTube, 15 August 2014) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zj4SAsPBAE.
❖ Aboriginal Prov. Government, ‘2013 Mary Graham on a Treaty’ (YouTube, 26 October 2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=laT42S0gGDo.
❖ Aboriginal Prov. Government, ‘2013 Lilla Watson and Mary Graham on Being Australian’ (YouTube, 26 October 2013) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T17tTTx3NYo.
Journal Articles
❖ Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg, ‘Indigenous International Relations: Old Peoples and New Pragmatism’ (2023) 77(6) Australian Journal of International Affairs 590, doi:10.1080/10357718.2023.2265847.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘Holding Contradictions: Toward the Lawful Carriage of Indigenous Diplomacy’ (2023) 77(6) Australian Journal of International Affairs 682, doi:10.1080/10357718.2023.2275707.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘The Law of Obligation, Aboriginal Ethics: Australia Becoming, Australia Dreaming’ (2023) 37 Parrhesia 1. Download article. Also available via the Parrhesia Journal.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘Approaching First Nations Diplomacy from the Australian Continent’ (2023) 77(6) Australian Journal of International Affairs 585, doi:10.1080/10357718.2023.2265849.
❖ Morgan Brigg, Mary Graham and Martin Weber, ‘Relational Indigenous Systems: Aboriginal Australian Political Ordering and Reconfiguring IR’ (2022) 48(5) Review of International Studies 891, doi:10.1017/S0260210521000425.
❖ Edward Synot, Mary Graham, John Graham, Faith Valencia-Forrester, Catherine Longworth and Bridget Backhaus, ‘Weaving First Peoples’ Knowledge into a University Course’ (2021) 50(2) The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 222, doi:10.1017/jie.2019.29.
❖ Morgan Brigg, Matthew Johnson and Mary Graham, ‘Pearson and Responsibility: (Mis-)Understanding the Capabilities Approach’ (2016) 62(2) Australian Journal of Politics and History 251, doi:10.1111/ajph.12248.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘Aboriginal Notions of Relationality and Positionalism: A Reply to Weber’ (2014) 4(1) Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought 17, doi:10.1080/23269995.2014.895931.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘Some Thoughts about the Philosophical Underpinnings of Aboriginal Worldviews’ (1999) 3(2) World Views: Environment, Culture, Religion 105, doi:10.1163/156853599X00090.
Book Chapters
❖ Mary Graham and Michelle Maloney, ‘A City of Good Ancestors: A Relationalist View of Urban Governance and Design’ in Marcus Foth et al (eds), Designing More-than-Human Smart Cities: Beyond Sustainability, Towards Cohabitation (Oxford University Press, 2023) 241, https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191980060.001.0001.
❖ Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg, ‘Indigenous Public Policy Futures: A Manifesto for Relationalist Public Administration’ in Nikki Moodie and Sarah Maddison (eds), Public Policy and Indigenous Futures (Springer Nature Singapore, 2023) 13.
❖ Mary Graham and Michelle Maloney, ‘Caring for Country and Rights of Nature in Australia: A Conversation between Earth Jurisprudence and Aboriginal Law and Ethics’ in Craig La Follette and Chris Maser (eds), Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice (CRC Press, 2019) 385, https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429505959.
❖ Mary Graham, Morgan Brigg and Patrick Walker, ‘Conflict Murri Way: Managing through Place and Relatedness’ in Morgan Brigg and Roland Bleiker (eds), Mediating Across Difference: Oceanic and Asian Approaches to Conflict Resolution (University of Hawai‘i Press, 2011) 75, https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824860967-006.
Online Articles
❖ Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg, ‘Queensland’s “Path to Treaty” Has Some Lessons for the Rest of Australia’ The Conversation (Web Page, 20 January 2022) http://theconversation.com/queenslands-path-to-treaty-has-some-lessons-for-the-rest-of-australia-174464.
❖ Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg, ‘Why We Need Aboriginal Political Philosophy Now, More Than Ever’ ABC Religion & Ethics (9 November 2020) https://commonslibrary.org/all-about-dr-mary-graham/#Read.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘The Relevance of Aboriginal Political Concepts: The Current Pandemic and the Importance of Ancient Wisdom’ ABC Religion & Ethics (Web Page, 2020)
https://abc.net.au/religion/coronavirus-and-aboriginal-political-concepts-morgan-brigg-and/12281304.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘The Relevance of Aboriginal Political Concepts: How “Proportionality” Can Help Close the Gap’ ABC Religion & Ethics (Web Page, 2020) https://www.abc.net.au/religion/morgan-brigg-and-mary-graham-aboriginal-political-concepts-prop/12553830.
❖ Mary Graham and Matthew T Johnson, ‘What Residents of an English Mining Town Learned from Visiting Aboriginal Communities’ The Conversation (Web Page, 12 June 2015) http://theconversation.com/what-residents-of-an-english-mining-town-learned-from-visiting-aboriginal-communities-41847.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘Take a Page Out of Own Book — Whitefellas Must Change to Survive’ Sydney Morning Herald (online, 2 March 2009) https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/take-a-page-out-of-own-book–whitefellas-must-change-to-survive-20090301-8lh4.html.
❖ Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg, ‘Indigenous International Relations: Old Peoples and New Pragmatism’ (2023) 77(6) Australian Journal of International Affairs 590, doi:10.1080/10357718.2023.2265847.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘Holding Contradictions: Toward the Lawful Carriage of Indigenous Diplomacy’ (2023) 77(6) Australian Journal of International Affairs 682, doi:10.1080/10357718.2023.2275707.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘The Law of Obligation, Aboriginal Ethics: Australia Becoming, Australia Dreaming’ (2023) 37 Parrhesia 1. Download article. Also available via the Parrhesia Journal.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘Approaching First Nations Diplomacy from the Australian Continent’ (2023) 77(6) Australian Journal of International Affairs 585, doi:10.1080/10357718.2023.2265849.
❖ Morgan Brigg, Mary Graham and Martin Weber, ‘Relational Indigenous Systems: Aboriginal Australian Political Ordering and Reconfiguring IR’ (2022) 48(5) Review of International Studies 891, doi:10.1017/S0260210521000425.
❖ Edward Synot, Mary Graham, John Graham, Faith Valencia-Forrester, Catherine Longworth and Bridget Backhaus, ‘Weaving First Peoples’ Knowledge into a University Course’ (2021) 50(2) The Australian Journal of Indigenous Education 222, doi:10.1017/jie.2019.29.
❖ Morgan Brigg, Matthew Johnson and Mary Graham, ‘Pearson and Responsibility: (Mis-)Understanding the Capabilities Approach’ (2016) 62(2) Australian Journal of Politics and History 251, doi:10.1111/ajph.12248.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘Aboriginal Notions of Relationality and Positionalism: A Reply to Weber’ (2014) 4(1) Global Discourse: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Current Affairs and Applied Contemporary Thought 17, doi:10.1080/23269995.2014.895931.
❖ Mary Graham, ‘Some Thoughts about the Philosophical Underpinnings of Aboriginal Worldviews’ (1999) 3(2) World Views: Environment, Culture, Religion 105, doi:10.1163/156853599X00090.
Book Chapters
❖ Mary Graham and Michelle Maloney, ‘A City of Good Ancestors: A Relationalist View of Urban Governance and Design’ in Marcus Foth et al (eds), Designing More-than-Human Smart Cities: Beyond Sustainability, Towards Cohabitation (Oxford University Press, 2023) 241, https://doi.org/10.1093/9780191980060.001.0001.
❖ Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg, ‘Indigenous Public Policy Futures: A Manifesto for Relationalist Public Administration’ in Nikki Moodie and Sarah Maddison (eds), Public Policy and Indigenous Futures (Springer Nature Singapore, 2023) 13.
❖ Mary Graham and Michelle Maloney, ‘Caring for Country and Rights of Nature in Australia: A Conversation between Earth Jurisprudence and Aboriginal Law and Ethics’ in Craig La Follette and Chris Maser (eds), Sustainability and the Rights of Nature in Practice (CRC Press, 2019) 385, https://doi.org/10.1201/9780429505959.
❖ Mary Graham, Morgan Brigg and Patrick Walker, ‘Conflict Murri Way: Managing through Place and Relatedness’ in Morgan Brigg and Roland Bleiker (eds), Mediating Across Difference: Oceanic and Asian Approaches to Conflict Resolution (University of Hawai‘i Press, 2011) 75, https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824860967-006.
Online Articles
❖ Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg, ‘Queensland’s “Path to Treaty” Has Some Lessons for the Rest of Australia’ The Conversation (Web Page, 20 January 2022) http://theconversation.com/queenslands-path-to-treaty-has-some-lessons-for-the-rest-of-australia-174464.
❖ Mary Graham and Morgan Brigg, ‘Why We Need Aboriginal Political Philosophy Now, More Than Ever’ ABC Religion & Ethics (9 November 2020) https://commonslibrary.org/all-about-dr-mary-graham/#Read.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘The Relevance of Aboriginal Political Concepts: The Current Pandemic and the Importance of Ancient Wisdom’ ABC Religion & Ethics (Web Page, 2020)
https://abc.net.au/religion/coronavirus-and-aboriginal-political-concepts-morgan-brigg-and/12281304.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘The Relevance of Aboriginal Political Concepts: How “Proportionality” Can Help Close the Gap’ ABC Religion & Ethics (Web Page, 2020) https://www.abc.net.au/religion/morgan-brigg-and-mary-graham-aboriginal-political-concepts-prop/12553830.
❖ Mary Graham and Matthew T Johnson, ‘What Residents of an English Mining Town Learned from Visiting Aboriginal Communities’ The Conversation (Web Page, 12 June 2015) http://theconversation.com/what-residents-of-an-english-mining-town-learned-from-visiting-aboriginal-communities-41847.
❖ Morgan Brigg and Mary Graham, ‘Take a Page Out of Own Book — Whitefellas Must Change to Survive’ Sydney Morning Herald (online, 2 March 2009) https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/take-a-page-out-of-own-book–whitefellas-must-change-to-survive-20090301-8lh4.html.
❖ ‘Stability, security and survival: a conversation with Mary Graham’ The Philosopher’s Zone (ABC Radio National, 11 December 2024) https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/philosopherszone/stability-security-and-survival-mary-graham/104459060.
❖ ‘First Law and Songlines’ The Other Others (Spotify, 22 April 2021) https://open.spotify.com/episode/3q0WY4VBhhs38iHTtTA3Nd.
❖ ‘Ancient Economic Foundations’ Align the Sound (SoundCloud, 2020) https://soundcloud.com/behind_the_lines_98_3/ancient-economic-foundations-mary-graham-aimee-meehan-nena20-2.
❖ ‘Dr Mary Graham – Professor, University of QLD’ Black Magic Woman with Mundanara Bayles (Podcast, 10 April 2020) https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/black-magic-woman/id1505283659?i=1000471138041.
❖ ‘Critical Parameters for the New Economy’ The Regen Narration (Rescope Radio, 26 September 2018) https://www.regennarration.com/episodes/026-critical-parameters-for-the-new-economy.
❖ ‘Indigenous Conceptions of Governance’ Align the Sound (SoundCloud, 2018) https://soundcloud.com/behind_the_lines_98_3/2-mary-graham-indigenous-conceptions-of-governance.
❖ ‘Indigenous Elder Mary Graham Describes the Essence of Indigenous Perception’ Conversations with Richard Fidler (ABC Radio National, 22 January 2013) https://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2013/01/22/3674244.htm.
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