Kate Brown
About
Kate Brown is a descendant of the Gawbun Gonigal clan of the northern Gomeroi Nation. As a Gomeroi Cultural Scientist her key research focus is on the role of women in Aboriginal land and sea management. She has a strong background as an Aboriginal land and sea project officer, researcher, and practitioner. Working as a cultural regenerative farmer at Black Duck foods with Uncle Bruce Pascoe, Kate gained invaluable hands-on experience culminating in the first known harvest, milling and baking of bread with Mandadyan Nalluk (Yuin Dancing Grass) since colonisation. Kate was working on Uncle Bruce’s farm near Mallacoota during the fires in 2019/20. This experience embedded in Kate a deep understanding of the intrinsically interrelated effects of drought, land-use change, fire, regeneration, and the interplay and role of Aboriginal culture. Kate has continued to deepen her understanding of Aboriginal cultural practice through daily ritual and frequently travels to her grandmother Country to fulfill her reciprocal, cultural and customary obligations.
Kate is a Co-Lead Researcher on a Natural Hazards Research Australia project Operationalising Aboriginal land and sea management at a landscape scale. Kate’s an emerging Gamilaroi researcher using a multidisciplinary and multimedia research approach to tell a story celebrating Aboriginal women’s lived experience in Aboriginal land and sea management as part of our customary practice. Kate’s personal research interest focuses on the distinct and shared cultural, spirit and environmental roles of dingo and domestic dogs in Aboriginal land, sea and sky management. Kate loves expressing her connection to Gamilaroi plants and their cultural essences through walking Country, yarning and creating art.