Blake is a curator of collections at AIATSIS. He is a historian with a particular interest in social and cultural history. His current work at AIATSIS focuses on various aspects of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander popular culture and on traditional Indigenous foodways. Blake has presented his research at numerous national and international conferences and has published widely on a wide variety of topics.
Dr Blake Singley
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Sherlocks of the Bush
HistoryIndigenous knowledgeIndigenous knowledge systemsLiterature and stories
18 Oct 2016AIATSIS holds a wide range of magazines and journals dating back to the 19th century. Amongst these are a number of issues of The Strand Magazine. Founded by George Newnes in 1891 the magazine featured short stories, interviews and general interest...
Song for the Gurindji
10 Aug 2016Cover for The Gurindji Blues AIATSIS Call No: In process The efforts of the Gurindji to reclaim their ancestral land became one of the emblematic events of the land rights struggle in Australia. In August 1966 a group of Aboriginal pastoral...