Diploma Teaching (South Australian College of Advanced Education, 1987), Graduate Diploma Arts (Aboriginal Studies) (University of South Australia, 1990), Masters in Environmental and Local Government Law, (Macquarie University, 1999)
Alma mater
South Australian College of Advanced Education
University of South Australia
Macquarie University
Occupation(s)
Professor, University of Queensland
Employer
University of Queensland
Known for
Scholarship and advocacy in relation to cultural heritage policy, biocultural diversity, Indigenous intellectual and cultural property, Indigenous natural heritage rights, protected area management, and traditional ecological knowledge.
Her language name, given by her grandfather, is Bukal and connects her to country, to a place near Woree. Bukal is the black lawyer vine that is characterised by its strength, resilience, and ability to overcome obstacles. Professor Marrie's scholarship includes biocultural diversity, indigenous intellectual property, and traditional ecological knowledge. Through her scholarship and activism she has:
"fought for the recognition of Aboriginal peoples’ intellectual property and cultural rights and particularly for access to and repatriation of ancestral remains, cultural objects and important historical information from national and state museums and archives".[2]
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^The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. "2018 Australia Day Honours List". The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
^Marie, Henrietta (2008). The UNESCO Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage and the Protection and Maintenance of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Indigenous Peoples' in L. Smith and N Akagawa (eds), Intangible Heritage: Key Issues in Cultural Heritage. London: Routledge. pp. 169–192. ISBN9780415473972.