About the project
Limitations
The commercial use of the information gained will be prohibited (e.g. commercial ancestry testing) and indemnified from legal use, which means the genetic information gained will not be of suitable legal value in land right issues or ancestry claims.
Support and partner organisations
The project is funded by theÌýÌýscheme. It gained financial support from partner organisations:ÌýÌý(AGRF) and theÌý. It has additional valuable research support from Bioplatforms SA, the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute and the Harvard Medical School.
Ethics
The project has been approved by the ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ of AdelaideÌýHuman Research Ethics CommitteeÌý(Application ID: H-2014-252). The project is guided and overseen by an Aboriginal Advisory Board with members from different states (on a rolling basis), as well as the South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥n Museum Aboriginal Advisory Committee. Both advisory groups provide advice, guidance, and monitoring of the project.
Our team
The key researchers who will carry out this project are:
| South ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥ | National | International |
|---|---|---|
|
Dr Ray Tobler (Population Geneticist), |
Professor Peter Sutton (Anthropologist, linguist), SA Museum | Dr Wolfgang Haak (Molecular anthropologist), Max Plank Institute for the Science of Human History, Jena, Germany |
| Mr Shane Agius (Community Outreach Officer), SA Museum | A/Prof Emma Kowal (Anthropologist, consultant), Deakin ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Melbourne | Dr Miguel Vilar (National Geographic Society), USA |
| Mr Ali Abdullah-Highfold (Aboriginal Family History Officer), SA Museum | Mrs Lesley Williams (Cultural Advisor), Department of Communities, Child Safety and Disability Services, Queensland | Dr Chris Tyler-Smith (Geneticist), Sanger Institute, UK |
| Ms Francesca Zilio (Manager, Information Services), SA Museum | Dr R John Mitchell (Geneticist), Latrobe ÐÓ°ÉÖ±²¥, Melbourne | Prof David Reich (Geneticist, Harvard Medical School), USA |
| Dr Keryn Walshe (Anthropologist), SA Museum | Ìý | Ìý |
| Miss Isabel O’Loughlin (Community liaison officer), SA Museum | Ìý | Ìý |
| Miss Amy O'Donoghue (Community liaison officer), SA Museum | Ìý | Ìý |
Contact
OurÌýFAQsÌýare here to answer any questions you might have about the Aboriginal Heritage Project. If you have any enquiries that are not addressed then pleaseÌýemailÌýus.
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