Vanessa Cavanagh

is an Aboriginal woman with Bundjalung (NSW north coast) and Wonnarua (NSW Hunter region) ancestry. Vanessa is an Associate Lecturer, School of Geography and Sustainable Communities, University of Wollongong. She has more than two decades of experience in environmental conservation including both the corporate and government sector.

Articles By This Author

Environment

Strength From Grief: How Aboriginal People Experience the Bushfire Crisis

For Aboriginal people, healing from trauma—whether historical or contemporary—is a cultural and spiritual process and inherently tied to land.

Bhiamie Williamson, Jessica Weir, Vanessa Cavanagh | Jan 23, 2020

Vanessa Cavanagh

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