Here is a link to an interview of Don Watson by Geraldine Doogue discussing the path-finding work of Dr Neville White AM. The focus was on Neville's 47 years working as a biological anthropologist with Indigenous Australians.
His research has investigated social, cultural and environmental influences on population genetic diversity in Aboriginal Australia. Situated since 1971 in north-east Arnhem Land, this research has widened to include medical anthropology, nutritional health, ethnobiology and the Yolngu management of their natural and cultural landscapes.
Over the past 15 years his work has increasingly focused on community development in the Donydji homeland, with the help of Vietnam Veteran volunteers and philanthropic funding, especially through the Rotary Melbourne, which presented him with its Vocational Service Award in 2010.
He also worked as a consultant on a number of issues, ranging from Indigenous heritage, land rights and health to identification of skeletal remains.
In 1998 he was awarded Membership of the Order of Australia (AM) in recognition of his research in biological anthropology and community work with Donydji and other Yolngu homelands.
The interview goes for 16 minutes and gives fascinating insight into how important Neville's work has been.
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