Heidi Norman is a descendant of the Gomeroi people of north-western NSW. She is a professor at UNSW and a leading researcher in the field of Australian Aboriginal political history. She has published widely on histories of Aboriginal land rights, Aboriginal participation in Rugby League, studies of media representation, the history of Aboriginal working life in cities and political history of Aboriginal affairs administration. She is the director of the Indigenous Land and Justice Research Group and has advised government and Aboriginal peak bodies. Most recently, she contributed to development of the Australian Government’s First Nations Clean Energy Strategy.