Pat Dudgeon

Pat Dudgeon was born in Darwin, in 1959 and is descended from the Beniol Bardi people from north of Broome. Pat came to Perth to study psychology and, after graduation, joined the Centre for Aboriginal Studies at Curtin as a lecturer. She later became the Head of the Centre in 1990. Pat is the current Chair of the Australian Indigenous Psychologist’s Association and is a Doctor of Philosophy. Her thesis was completed in 2008 and is called Mothers of Sin, Indigenous Women’s Perceptions of Identity and Sexuality/Gender. She is currently an Associate Professor and research fellow at the UWA School of Indigenous Studies where she is researching Aboriginal women and leadership.

Books available from Fremantle Press

• Waarda series for young readers: Lilli and her Shadow 2010