Margo delivered the opening address for the ALC in 2021 titled ‘Clever country: There is no nature without culture’ where she presented about ‘Land’ and its link to ‘Country’ in Aboriginal Australia. It is a worldview that embodies nature and its many manifestations through the seasons, weather events, climate and landforms. Through this presentation Margo has continued her involvement now formalised as the First Nations Cultural Advisor for Outlandish.
Margo Ngawa Neale is currently Head of the National Museum of Australia Indigenous Knowledges Curatorial Centre. She is also an Adjunct Professor in the Australian National University’s Centre for Indigenous History. Margo has published widely and curated major pioneering exhibitions including the multi-award winning Songlines: Tracking the Seven Sisters. Margo is editing the First Knowledges book series, the first of these is Future Fire, Future Farming which explores Indigenous knowledges in vital areas and their application to the present and the future.