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Biography
Zac Roberts is an Walbunja Yuin historian and archaeologist from the South Coast of New South Wales. His research interests centre on relationalities between Indigenous and other racialised minority communities in Australia, narratives of Australian history, and Indigenous peoples and knowledges in archaeology and cultural heritage. Zac is currently a Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Critical Indigenous Studies at Macquarie University. He is the 2025 Australian Religious History Fellow at the State Library of New South Wales.
Research interests
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories
- Australian history incl. archaeology and cultural heritage
- Histories of migration and migrant relations
- Media history
- Indigenist research
Education/Academic qualification
Australian History, Master of History
Award Date: 14 Feb 2025
Indigenous Studies, Doctor of Philosophy
Award Date: 24 Oct 2024
Indigenous Studies, Master of Research
Award Date: 18 Feb 2021
History and Archaeology, Bachelor of Arts
Award Date: 24 Apr 2019
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Unsettling the archive: Aboriginal cowboys, settler memory, and the politics of disappearance
Roberts, Z. (Primary Chief Investigator) & Carlson, B. (Chief Investigator)
2/07/25 → 23/10/26
Project: Research
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SLNSW: Changing representations of Indigenous peoples in the New South Wales Jewish Press
Roberts, Z. (Primary Chief Investigator)
10/02/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
Research Outputs
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Undisciplined afterword (3): Towards an undisciplined future of migration studies
Roberts, Z., 2026, Researching migration on Indigenous lands: challenges, reflections, pathways. Piperoglou, A. & Ricatti, F. (eds.). Cham, Switzerland: Springer, Springer Nature, p. 219-225 7 p. (IMISCOE Research Series; vol. Part F1191).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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A journey to and from archaeology
Roberts, Z., 2025, Working as Indigenous archaeologists: reckoning new paths between past and present lives. Nicholas, G. & Watkins, J. (eds.). London ; New York: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group, p. 454-462 9 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
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Criminals or craftsmen of genius? Attitudes towards antiquities forgery in the Australian press, 1900–1956
Handby, E. & Roberts, Z., 9 Dec 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: History Australia. 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Goanna Walking: a rubric to measure transformation in Critical Indigenous Studies students
Day, M., Lezard, P., Kaur, M., Worrell, T., Barnes, D., Rey, J., Moorehead, A., Roberts, Z., Haua, I., Bakic, T., Farrell, A., Bishop, M., O'Sullivan, S., Carlson, B., Ropeyarn, Y., Smith, D. J., Sams, T. K., Tynan, L., Marek, C. & Netana-Glover, L. & 2 others, , 5 Sept 2025, In: Journal of Global Indigeneity. 9, 1, p. 1-3 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Threads of connection and contention: social media linking Australian Indigenous and Jewish communities
Roberts, Z., Dec 2025, In: Journal of Sociology. 61, 4, p. 717–735 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Prizes
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Faculty of Arts Learning & Teaching award - Early Career
Roberts, Z. (Recipient) & Worrell, T. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Teaching award
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Monash University
Roberts, Z. (Visiting researcher)
4 Nov 2024 → 8 Nov 2024Activity: Visiting an external institution › Visiting an external academic institution
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Keynote: Archives, histories, and unspoken spaces: Telling Indigenous histories via the spaces in-between
Roberts, Z. (Speaker)
9 Jun 2023Activity: Talk or presentation › Invited talk