Michael Hugh Southon has over 30 years of experience in anthropology, research, and project management. He has extensive expertise in areas such as native title research, cultural heritage protection, and working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. His resume lists qualifications including a Master's degree in Anthropology and experience conducting research and writing reports for various organizations related to native title claims and cultural heritage assessments.

1. Resume – Michael Hugh Southon
Personal Details:
Name: Michael Hugh Southon
Citizenship: Australian
Mob: 0418 871623
Email: michaelhughsouthon@gmail.com
Marital Status: married with two children
Summary of expertise and experience:
• Research and analysis
• Project Management
• Contract Management
• Community Engagement and Stakeholder Relations
• Native Title Research
• Cultural Heritage Protection
• Working with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• GIS mapping (MapInfo®, Manifold®, Quantum GIS, Cartographica®)
Qualifications:
1995 Master of Arts in Anthropology
Australian National University
Thesis title: "The Navel of the Perahu: Meaning and Values in the
Maritime Trading Economy of a Butonese Village"
(Winner of 1995 J.G. Crawford Prize [ANU])
1985 Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Anthropology
Australian National University
Thesis title: "Competition and Conflict in an Ecuadorian Beachseine
Fishery".

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Experience:
Dec 2014 Consultant Anthropologist
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Gave evidence in Federal Court in relation to Australian Securities
and Investments Commission (ASIC) v SuperCheap Car Sales Pty.
Ltd., Cash Brokers Pty. Ltd., and Channic Pty. Ltd.
Jul 2014 – Sept 2014 Consultant Anthropologist
Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
Research and wrote report on Financial Literacy at Yarrabah
Aboriginal Community in relation to Australian Securities and
Investments Commission (ASIC) v SuperCheap Car Sales Pty. Ltd.,
Cash Brokers Pty. Ltd., and Channic Pty. Ltd.
Jan 2014 – Jun 2014 Consultant Anthropologist
Chalk & Fitzgerald
Researched and wrote a connection report on behalf of the North
East Wiradjuri People
Jan 2014 – Feb 2014 Expert Witness
Queensland South Native Title Services
Giving evidence as Expert Witness in Federal Court Hearing,
Brisbane into application by indigenous respondent parties to be
included in Boonthamurra claim group.
Jun 2013 – Sep 2013 Consultant Anthropologist
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation
Report on Thudgari – Gnulli boundary
May 2013 – Jun 2013 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researching and writing Supplementary report on PCCC apical
ancestors
Jan 2013 - Mar 2013 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote Supplementary Report in relation to the
‘Connection Response’
Jun 2012 – Oct 2012 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote ‘Report on native title rights and interests in
the Yulluna/Mitakoodi Overlap Area’.

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Jul 2011 – May 2012 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote ‘Wangkamanha/Wangkamahdla Report’
(investigation into traditional ownership of an area subject to
competing claims by Bularnu, Waluwarra, and Wangkayujuru
(BWW) and Wangkamanha/Wangkamahdla (WW)
Researched and wrote (with Dr. Kingsley Palmer) ‘Bularnu,
Waluwarra and Wangkayujuru and the Wangkamahdla/
Wangkamanha Overlap: Anthropologists’ Joint Report’.
Jul 2011 – Oct 2011 Consultant Anthropologist and Expert Witness
Gillis & Delaney Law (representing North East Wiradjuri People)
Researched and wrote an Expert Report for submission to Federal
Court in relation to Federal Court Proceedings NSD 1320/2010 and
gave evidence before the Federal Court (Murray Wilcox, QC).
Feb 2011 – Jun 2012 Consultant Anthropologist
Yamatji Marlpa Aboriginal Corporation
Researching and writing connection report in
respect of Gnulli People native title application (WC97/028)
Oct 2010 – Dec 2010 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote Stage 2 of Anthropology Report in respect of
Boonthamurra People native title application (QUD435/06)
May 2010 - Sep 2010 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote ‘Anthropological Report with respect to the
Aboriginal traditional owners of lands and waters (“the claimed
lands”), the subject of the native title determination application
QUD 6014/2003 (“the Jagera People #2 Claim”)’ [Desktop Report]
May 2010 – Aug 2010 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote ‘Anthropological Report in respect of the
Aboriginal traditional owners of lands and waters (“the claimed
lands”), the subject of the Port Curtis Coral Coast Peoples native
title determination application QUD6026/01 – Stage 2’
Jun 2010 – Jul 2010 Consultant Anthropologist
North Eastern Wiradjuri Community Fund Ltd
Researched and wrote ‘Report on North East Wiradjuri meeting at
Kandos on 10 & 11 July 2010’.

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Mar 2010 – May 2010 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote ‘Anthropological report in respect of the
Aboriginal traditional owners of lands and waters (“the claimed
lands”), the subject of the Boonthamurra people’s native title
determination application QUD435/06
Feb 2010 – Mar 2010 Consultant Anthropologist
North Eastern Wiradjuri Community Fund Ltd
Researched and wrote ‘Report on composition of the claim group in
NSD 216/09, North East Wiradjuri’
Sep 2009 – Dec 2009 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote ‘Anthropological Report in respect of the
Aboriginal traditional owners of lands and waters (“the claimed
lands”), the subject of the Port Curtis Coral Coast Peoples native
title determination application QUD6026/01 – Stage 1’
Apr 2009 – Dec 2009 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote ‘Anthropological Report in respect of the
Aboriginal traditional owners of lands and waters (“the claimed
lands”), the subject of the Pitta-Pitta people native title
determination application QUD6025/1999’
Nov 2008 – Feb 2009 Consultant Anthropologist
Queensland South Native Title Services
Researched and wrote ‘Report on The Composition of the Claim
Group and the Area of the Claim in the Southern Barada Kabalbara
Native Title Claim Application (QUD6004/00)
Jan 2003 – Oct 2008 Director of Research - Anthropology
North Queensland Land Council NTRBAC
1998 - 1999 PhD research (in Venezuela)
PhD Scholarship from James Cook University, Cairns
Jun 1997 - Apr 1998 Consultant Anthropologist
Yirrganydji Aboriginal Corporation
Researched and wrote a report on the Yirrganydji Native Title
Claim. Conducted and reported upon a cultural heritage survey of
BHP (Mining Co) soil sampling sites on Bonnyglen pastoral lease,
Cape York Peninsula.

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Oct 1996 – Dec 1996 Consultant Anthropologist
CMPF&S Engineers
Conducted and reported upon an Aboriginal cultural heritage survey
of SW Queensland to Mt Isa gas pipeline.
Sept 1996 - Oct 1996 Consultant Anthropologist
Phillips Fox Pty, Solicitors
Researched and wrote a review of International and Australian
literature on indigenous sea rights for Umpila native title claim
Jun 1996 - Oct 1996 Consultant Anthropologist
Cape York Land Council NTRBAC
Sep 1994 - Jun 1996 Staff Anthropologist
Cape York Land Council NTRBAC
Research and wrote Kaurareg native title claim.
Dec 1991 - Jun1992 Research for Masters Degree
Australian National University
Buton, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Fieldwork funded in part by
the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research
(ACIAR).
Feb 1989 - Feb 1991 Staff Anthropologist
Aboriginal Sacred Sites Protection Authority, Darwin
Conducted sacred site surveys throughout Northern Territory.
Training:
26 – 28 Mar 2008 ‘Improving Capacity in Native Title Research: Anthropological
Issues and Concepts’, University of Queensland
25 May 2007 ‘Four Wheel Drive Vehicle Training’, 4WD Pro Drive Safe, Cairns
23 Mar 2007 ‘Recruitment and Selection Criteria Training Course’, Commerce
Queensland
13 Mar 2007 ‘Senior First Aid’, St. John Ambulance, Australia
29-30 Jan 2007 ‘Contract Management for Native Title Representative Bodies’,
Department of Families, Community Services and Indigenous
Affairs
19 Jan 2007 ‘MS Access, Level I, II & III’, PC Skills, Cairns

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10 -11 Aug 2006 ‘Corporate Governance & Administrative Law in NTRBs’,
presented by Department of Families, Community Services and
Indigenous Affairs
4 April 2006 ‘Certificate of Fire Training’, presented by Trinity Fire Services,
Cairns
15 Feb 2005 ‘PowerPoint’, presented by Women At Work, Southport
25 - 26 Mar 2004 ‘MapInfo, desktop mapping and digital map data’
presented by Brazier Motti, Cairns
3 - 6 Mar 2004 ‘Alternative Dispute Resolution Mediation Workshop’
presented by LEADR, Sydney
11 - 12 Nov 2003 ‘Contract Management for Representative Bodies’
presented by Shane Carroll, Cairns
10 - 11 Sep 2003 ‘Administrative Law and Corporate Governance’
presented by Shane Carroll, Cairns
18 - 19 Aug 2003 Management Team Development Program
presented by Verner-McKay Group, Cairns
15 Feb 2003 ‘Microsoft Access Training’, Cairns
Publications:
1987 "Competencia y Conflicto en una pesqueria de red de arrastre, en Salango,
Ecuador', In La Pesca Artesanal en el Ecuador (ed) Centro de Planificación y
Estudios Sociales, Quito, Ecuador (papers presented at a national seminar on
the development of traditional fishing in Ecuador)
1989 "Competition and Conflict in an Ecuadorian Beachseine fishery" Human
Organization vol. 48, No. 4.
1995a "The Sea of Waubin: Customary Marine Tenure, Traditional Knowledge of
the Marine Environment, and Contemporary Fisheries Problems in the
waters surrounding the Kaurareg islands' In J. C. Cordell (ed) Report of the
Indigenous Land and Sea Management Project, Cape York Peninsula Land
Use Strategy, Department of Anthropology, University of Queensland.

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1995b "The Navel of the Perahu: Meaning and Values in the Maritime Trading
Economy of a Butonese village". Canberra: Department of Anthropology,
Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National
University in association with the Australian Centre for International
Agricultural Research (ACIAR).
Papers Presented at Conferences:
2006 ‘Demonstrating Connection to the Queensland Government’ paper presented
at the 2006 NTRB Conference, Darwin.
2004 ‘Who Speaks for Country: Resolving Overlaps and Boundary Disputes in
Native Title Claims’, paper presented at 2004 NTRB Conference, Adelaide.
1996 `The Sea of Waubin: Customary marine tenure and traditional knowledge of
the marine environment in the Kaurareg islands', Paper presented in a
workshop on Customary Marine Tenure at the Australian Anthropological
Society (AAS) Annual Conference, 1996, Albury, Australia.
1987 `Competition and Conflict in an Ecuadorian beach-seine fishery', Paper
presented at a National Seminar on the Problems of Developing Ecuador's
Artesanal Fisheries, 1987, La Libertad, Ecuador.
Referees:
Ms. Karen Fominas
Director, Client Relations (until 2014)
ANUedge (ANU Enterprise),
Fulton Muir Building (95),
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Tel: 0408 624 399
Email: karen.fominas@gmail.com
Ms. Elinor Egan
Lawyer, Financial Services Enforcement
Australian Securities and Investments
Commission
Tel: 02 9911 5569
Email: elinor.egan@asic.gov.au
Ms. Gudrun Northrup
Contract and Project Manager (from 2014)
ANUedge (ANU Enterprise),
Fulton Muir Building (95),
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200, Australia
Phone: 02 6125 9170
Email: Gudrun.Northrup@anuedge.com
Professional Affiliation:
Fellow of the Australian Anthropological Society (FAAS)