Dr Jilda Andrews

Jilda is a Yuwaalaraay cultural practitioner, researcher and museum professional from north western NSW. Currently based in Canberra, her work is focused on cultural material held in museum collections – particularly historical material considered ‘ethnographic’ or collected for anthropological enquiry. Jilda has recently been appointed Deputy Director – First Nations at the National Museum of Australia – a newly created role aimed to cement First Nations leadership within the Museum’s Executive.

Jilda’s leadership has been recognised in her appointment by the British Council and Australia Council for the Arts’ Accelerate Program alongside her research and advocacy work including: Visiting Fellow – Futurist in Residence, University of SA; Co-Chair, Advisory Council, Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection, University of Virginia, USA; Research Associate, University of Hokkaido, Global Station for Indigenous Studies and Cultural Diversity and Visiting Faculty Member for the Smithsonian’s Summer Institute of Museum Anthropology in Washington DC, USA.